Democrats have a serious chance to retake the Legislature's lower chamber. The state party is using its massive fundraising ...

Dawson noted he was “amused” by the fact that Frontier grew to its current size by buying cast-off copper wire networks, used ...

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A Democratic candidate for state Senate pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors nearly 20 years ago for writing several bad checks to Walmart. Michael Rapp, now living in unincorporated Van Dyne in ...

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Wisconsin’s 8th State Senate District is one of the most competitive races this year, experts say. Using their fundraising edge, state Democrats are sending huge sums to their candidate there. From ...

See the list of the ultrawealthy using a loophole in state campaign finance law allowing them to avoid legal limits and steer huge sums of cash to political candidates. If you want to make a political ...

Political candidates and interest groups have paid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties since the 2016 launch of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, which oversees political campaign finance ...

Labor unions have donated tens of thousands to the progressive Democrat Rep. Mark Pocan’s reelection campaign. Pocan is sitting on about $870,000, while his Republican opponent Erik Olsen only has ...