In a rarity in recent years, the state budget received just enough support from legislative Democrats. In exchange, they got ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a GOP-backed challenge to a decades-old campaign finance law that limits how much parties can spend in coordination with candidates for federal office.

Ted Gregory senior editor 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 ...

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Wandering officers, problem police who get fired or forced out from one department, then go work at another, are a problem across the country. To help prevent these officers from bouncing between ...

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 ...

For the last eight years, the Republican congressman in northeastern Wisconsin has crushed opponents, winning more than 60% of the vote in every contested election. In 2022, Democrats couldn’t even ...

The primary election for Waupaca County Sheriff is more than a year away, but accusations between the incumbent and his presumptive challenger are flying. Former Waupaca County Sheriff’s deputy Justin ...

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 ...

At least 12 law enforcement officers currently working in La Crosse County and the surrounding areas have been fired or forced out from previous jobs in law enforcement, according to an investigation ...