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

Those wading in the murky waters of election recounts and challenges in Wisconsin got a little clearer earlier this year. An appeals court ruling upholding a Rock County supervisor’s 3-vote electoral ...

Some potential legislation moving through the Wisconsin State Legislature is trying to relieve some stress on EMS. One bill would require the state’s technical college system to provide grants to ...

A Vilas County deputy who resigned after he was arrested for a drunken bar fight is back working as a law enforcement officer for that sheriff’s department. Brent Wilmot resigned from his position as ...

A sheriff’s investigation recommended that the Waterford Police Department terminate Nathaniel Schweitzer in 2024. He was recently promoted to sergeant in Big Bend in Waukesha County. 'They don’t know ...

If the IRS workforce is reduced by 50%, the nonpartisan Yale Budget Lab projects that lost revenues could amount to $395 billion over a 10-year period. Cuts could also increase the number of ...

A sheriff’s investigation recommended that the Waterford Police Department terminate Nathaniel Schweitzer in 2024. He was recently promoted to sergeant in Big Bend in Waukesha County. 'They don’t know ...

Our Funders and Donors. 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 ...

Megadonors from the right, Diane Hendricks and Richard Uihlein, and the left, George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, have each given their preferred party at least $500k this year.

Coty Hazelett was rehired by the Vilas County Jail after his 2020 resignation, then got a similar job in Fond du Lac County in 2023. By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT A deputy at the Fond du Lac ...

Peter Cameron. managing editor. 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 ...