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Daniel Ulrich, a long-time officer for the La Crosse Police Department, resigned as he was being investigated for a report he ...

A bill introduced days before the state Assembly adjourned aimed to institute a year-long “cooling off period” for ...

Elected officials in Wisconsin must submit reports on their finances to the state. Here is the report from one of the court’s left-wing justices. Rebecca Dallet was elected to the court in 2018. The ...

An investigator for the Racine County Sheriff’s Office is the subject of a criminal inquiry after his wife petitioned for a restraining order and accused him of physically and sexually abusing her for ...

As the Wisconsin State Legislature is scheduled to close for campaign season, the Assembly passed a Republican bill targeting lawsuits that try to stifle free speech. The Senate must now… ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany was first elected to Congress in 2020 after several years in the Wisconsin State Senate. His committee assignments: • Judiciary, with subcommittee assignments to Crime and ...

First elected to Congress in 2020 after many years as Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader, Fitgerald sits on the following committees: He reports assets between $1.7 million and $6.7 million, including ...

Daniel Ulrich, a long-time officer for the La Crosse Police Department, resigned as he was being investigated for a report he wrote that differed from another officer’s body-worn camera footage ...

“The redistricting after the 2010 Census did not change the partisan makeup of the 6th Congressional District. The 6th has been safely Republican for over 50 years. The last Democrat elected to ...

The Wisconsin State Capitol and the Forward statue. Photo by Ben Donahue. The bill, which has little chance of passage this year, may preview future strategy from Democrats should they take full ...

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 ...