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

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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 ...

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When politicians and PACs break campaign finance law, regulators enforce penalties. The Badger Project requested every settlement in the history of the regulatory body, the Wisconsin Ethics Commission ...

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 ...

When politicians and PACs break campaign finance law, regulators enforce penalties. The Badger Project requested every settlement in the history of the regulatory body, the Wisconsin Ethics Commission ...