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ABOUT US - The Badger Project
Dec 22, 2024 · The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin that investigates state government, politics, campaign finance, law enforcement and related matters.
9 checks the state of Wisconsin uses to prevent - and catch - voter ...
Oct 24, 2024 · 3. Felons can’t legally vote until completing their entire sentence… Probation too. Safeguards are in place to prevent the most common form of prohibited voting — when a resident who is ineligible to vote due to a felony conviction attempts to cast a ballot.
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Dec 24, 2024 · The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded mainly through reader contributions and grants. In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,712.87 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our end-of-the-year fundraising drive.. In April 2020, the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation awarded The Badger Project a …
No need for TurboTax: New IRS program allows free tax filing …
Sep 4, 2024 · And that tax filing industry is fighting to keep its customer base intact. In 2023, Intuit, the company that owns TurboTax, spent more than $3.8 million lobbying Congress as it made plans for the Direct File system, according to the political spending watchdog Open Secrets. The tax prep industry has spent more than $93 million lobbying Congress since the 2003 launch of the separate, Free File ...
'Wisconsin does not, and should not, have secret police' - The …
May 24, 2024 · 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 “more conservative states,” including Wisconsin, Kenny Winslow, executive director of the Illinois Association of …
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The Democratic candidate increased his vote totals by a greater amount than Trump in 2020, but the script flipped this year. Dems improved against Van Orden in ’24, have better chance in ’26, experts say
Noticing more ads every election? Blame a legal loophole Wis ...
Nov 25, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court opened a loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law which the ultrawealthy are now using to flood our elections with cash and ads. Republicans have refused to close it, so Democrats are using it to their advantage.
police Archives - The Badger Project
Jun 13, 2024 · The Badger Project won first prize in the contest in 2022 and 2023 for its investigative journalism on law enforcement. ‘Wisconsin does not, and should not, have secret police’ – The Badger Project sues state DOJ for full list of police officers
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Nov 4, 2024 · State law doesn’t prohibit a person from running in a district where they don’t live, but they must move there before assuming office. Behnke says he will rent something in the new district before moving his family there permanently.