A sheriff’s investigation recommended that the Waterford Police Department terminate Nathaniel Schweitzer in 2024. He was ...

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Former Navy Seal Van Orden first joined the U.S. House in 2022, narrowly defeating his Democratic challenger in the western Wisconsin swing district. Van Orden sits on the committees overseeing ...

Nearly 200 law enforcement officers currently employed in the state were fired from previous jobs in law enforcement, resigned in lieu of termination or quit before completion of an internal ...

8th Congressional District of Wisconsin Northeastern Wisconsin – U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher CLICK TO ENLARGE. Graphic by Karissa Schumacker. Expert Analysis “The 8th Congressional District has ...

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has raised nearly $57 million this election, and is showering its candidates with cash. The state Republican Party has raised only about $29 million. Here are the ...

By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT Wandering officers — police and jailers who were fired or forced out from a previous job in law enforcement — have increased in Wisconsin by more than 50% since ...

Following the slide across the country, the total number of law enforcement officers in Wisconsin continues to decline to record lows. The number of officers in Wisconsin fell again to less than ...

By Christina Lieffring, THE BADGER PROJECT More than 30 states released their full list of cops. But not Wisconsin. The state Attorney General’s office denied a records request late last year from a ...

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 ...

After decades of delivering babies in the small Wisconsin town of Waupaca, Thedacare-Froedtert Health shuttered the OB-GYN unit last month. What’s best for healthcare systems is not always best for ...