The bill comes as legislative Republicans are increasingly governing through constitutional amendments, bypassing Gov. Tony ...

A bill that U.S. House Republicans say would prevent noncitizens from voting, something that is already illegal and experts and research say almost never happens, passed with 216 GOP votes and four ...

More than $50 million was spent in 2023 on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. More than $80 million in 2025. How much cash will pour into the state next year? And in 2027, 2028 and 2029? The state ...

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 ...

The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded mainly through reader contributions and grants. In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,713 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our ...

When a journalism nonprofit asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice in 2020 for the names and work histories of all law enforcement officers in the state, the agency initially appeared ready to ...

Elon Musk joins the usual billionaire donors in Wisconsin politics: the Uihleins, Diane Hendricks, George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with many others dumping huge sums into political ...

Ever wondered why you can’t just go to a store and buy a new car? Why must you haggle at a dealership? You can find the reason in state law. In Wisconsin, auto manufacturers are prohibited from ...

The highly politicized race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court garnered national attention and smashed previous spending totals, again setting the record for most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.

The Milwaukee Press Club nominated The Badger Project’s managing editor Peter Cameron for a 2024 Excellence in Journalism award in the online division category of Best Public Service Story or Series.