Voter fraud is rare, in Wisconsin and nationally, but many checks exist to prevent and catch it, whether it be accidental or ...

The most recent round of redistricting in Wisconsin hit like a thunderbolt into the political status quo in the state. The ...

Democrats have a serious chance to retake the Legislature's lower chamber. The state party is using its massive fundraising ...

Dawson noted he was “amused” by the fact that Frontier grew to its current size by buying cast-off copper wire networks, used ...

Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania as ...

Wisconsin’s 8th State Senate District is one of the most competitive races this year, experts say. Using their fundraising edge, state Democrats are sending huge sums to their candidate there. From ...

A Democratic candidate for state Senate pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors nearly 20 years ago for writing several bad checks to Walmart. Michael Rapp, now living in unincorporated Van Dyne in ...

Political candidates and interest groups have paid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties since the 2016 launch of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, which oversees political campaign finance ...

When politicians and PACs break campaign finance law, regulators enforce penalties. The Badger Project requested every settlement in the history of the regulatory body, the Wisconsin Ethics Commission ...