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Number of Milwaukee Police Officers Declined 16% in 5 Years
Down from 1,900 officers in 2019 to 1,600 today, but will soon rise.
May 12th, 2024 by Peter Cameron, The Badger Project28 Agencies That Employ the Most Wandering Police Officers
Milwaukee County Sheriff employs 16 officers previously fired or forced out.
Apr 20th, 2024 by Peter Cameron, The Badger Project300 Wisconsin Officers Fired or Forced Out Are Back on Job
Milwaukee and Waukesha have re-employed the most such officers.
Apr 15th, 2024 by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectFive Brewers Executives Gave Maximum Donations to Robin Vos
Donations made just two weeks after $366 million funding for team passed.
Mar 18th, 2024 by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectNearly 40 People in Wisconsin Charged With Defrauding COVID Funds
Nationally an estimated $300 billion was illegally obtained from COVID-19 relief funding.
Feb 11th, 2024 by Hina Suzuki, The Badger ProjectBayside Officer Who Joined Oath Keepers Resigns
Reason for leaving Bayside Department unspecified. Two other area cops are Oath Keepers.
Dec 17th, 2023 by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectThree Metro Area Cops Joined Oath Keepers
One Milwaukee officer and two Bayside officers. 'Very disturbing,' says police ethics expert.
Nov 29th, 2023 by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectKaul Won’t Release List of All Law Enforcement Officers in State
Media seeks to track officers let go for misconduct who got rehired elsewhere.
Aug 22nd, 2023 by Christina Lieffring, The Badger ProjectBrewers’ State Lobbying Spending Soars
Spending $435,000 in last session. But three biggest spenders are manufactures, hospitals and realtors groups.
May 30th, 2023 by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectTop 20 Donors to State Political Parties
George Soros, Steven Spielberg and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman among rich donors across U.S. pouring money into Wisconsin.
Apr 4th, 2023 by Peter Cameron and Hina Suzuki, The Badger ProjectWisconsin Supreme Court Has Highest Percentage of Women Justices
That's 86%, compared to a 38% average for all state high courts.
Mar 28th, 2023 by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectShould State’s Schools Require Financial Literacy Course?
17 states require it. Evers, some Republicans favor it, but won't fully fund it.
Mar 13th, 2023 by Peter Cameron, The Badger Project