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WEB4 days ago · The Silicon Valley billionaire giving millions to Wisconsin Democrats. The Badger Project on September 18, 2024 • ( Leave a comment ) Using a loophole in campaign finance law left open by Republicans, the co-founder of LinkedIn and investor in huge tech companies has donated heavily to the state Democratic Party in recent years.
Verizon is purchasing Frontier. How will that affect customers in ...
WEB1 day ago · Farewell, Frontier internet and phone service. Last month, Verizon Communications announced plans to buy the, to put it mildly, widely-disliked company and its thousands of miles of copper and fiber optic telecommunication lines last month for $20 billion. Frontier Communications has more than 130,000 customers in …
$1.8 mil & counting: The most expensive race for the Wisconsin ...
WEB3 days ago · More than $700,000 of Habush Sinykin’s 2024 campaign cash has come from the state Democratic Party, a striking example of the organization’s huge fundraising advantage over the state GOP.By comparison, the Republican Party of Wisconsin has given Stroebel a paltry $83,000.
'Wisconsin does not, and should not, have secret police' - The …
WEBMay 24, 2024 · Officers from at least one neighboring state have been moving to jobs in Wisconsin. After Illinois passed some law enforcement reform measures in 2021, some police started transferring to agencies in “more conservative states,” including Wisconsin, Kenny Winslow, executive director of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, told the Washington Post last year.
Wisconsin law enforcement agencies that employ the most …
WEBApr 16, 2024 · A total of about 15,000 law enforcement officers, including those working in jails and other detention facilities, are employed in Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Wandering officers make up about 2 percent of the total. Many wandering officers are simply rookies who didn’t perform at an acceptable level during ...
ABOUT US - The Badger Project
WEBAug 1, 2023 · The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin that investigates government, politics and related matters. With the decline of local newspapers across the state, this project aims to try and fill at least a small portion of that gap. Elected officials work for the people and do the people’s business.
“Housing First” cut homelessness in Milwaukee. Can it work across …
WEBMay 31, 2022 · In the Milwaukee metro area, a renter would need to make about $19 per hour to afford the rent and utilities on a fair market-priced, two-bedroom apartment on a 40-hour workweek, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a nonprofit aimed at decreasing homelessness for low-income people. In …
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WEBThis is a better option for those who want to make large contributions, because The Badger Project will not have to pay a processing fee. The Badger Project uses The Center for Community Stewardship in Madison as a fiscal sponsor.
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WEBOct 3, 2024 · Ted is a former general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune who, as part of a team of six reporters, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He also contributed to the Tribune’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. In addition, Gregory is the author of the true-crime odyssey, “Mary Jane’s Ghost,” and ...
Final-Five Voting has bipartisan support across the country. But …
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Final-Five Voting does not yet exist anywhere in the U.S. Alaska’s Final-Four is the closest iteration. And election experts note that state laws requiring waiting periods before the tabulation of absentee ballots – not ranked-choice voting – are the main reason for vote-counting delays in some states, like Alaska.