by The Badger Project, The Badger ProjectApril 29, 2022 While Wisconsin Supreme Court gave Republicans major wins, the 2023 election could reverse them. On the left, the congressional districts from […]
Author Archives: Peter Cameron
Posted inBusiness
After receiving tens of millions from federal government for internet upgrades, big telecom companies ask state for millions more
by Peter Cameron, The Badger ProjectApril 4, 2022 Local companies and co-ops have done more for rural Wisconsin, experts say A map from the Wisconsin PSC documenting all the requests […]
Posted inElections, Government
Better ways to do elections are out there, critics say. Other countries use them. Why not here?
March 21, 2022 BY PETER CAMERON, The Badger Project Elections are supposed to be the mechanism voters use to choose their political representatives. But increasingly, it’s the elected leaders who […]
Posted inLocal news, Police and fire
Nearly 200 Wisconsin officers back on the job after being fired or forced out
By Peter Cameron, For Wisconsin Watch One officer was accused by a supervisor of snoozing in his squad car while on duty. Another had multiple drunken run-ins with police, including […]
Posted inLocal news, Police and fire
Total police officers, academy graduates in WI at 10-year low
BY PETER CAMERON, THE BADGER PROJECT The number of law enforcement officers in the state and the number of law enforcement academy graduates here have fallen to their lowest points […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news
Wisconsin state legislators wrote themselves a ‘bizarre’ loophole in the Open Records Law
BY PETER CAMERON, THE BADGER PROJECT If the city of Oshkosh’s streets superintendent gets an email from a citizen complaining about an uneven sidewalk in front of his house, by […]
Posted inCORONAVIRUS
As semester ends in Wisconsin, COVID-19 fears shrink — while concerns of academic slide grow
By Peter Cameron For Wisconsin Watch One family reported driving to the community library parking lot, sitting there for hours each day so their children could use the wifi to […]
Posted inElections, Government, Local news, Politics
TWO MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS: This Year, Out-of-State Liberals Dominated Donations to Wisconsin Political Parties
The ex-wife of a Silicon Valley super-investor. The governor of Illinois. George Soros. Out-of-state millionaires and billionaires are pouring money into the two major Wisconsin political parties in 2020. Huge […]
Posted inElections, Government, Local news, Politics
The Election is Over. Wisconsin Turns to Redistricting.
The veto is intact. Now that the election is over, it’s time to move on to the next political fight in Wisconsin. The results from that will last longer than […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news
Policing in Wisconsin: ‘Room for improvement,’ but could be a lot worse
More than a month after the death of George Floyd led to protests across the country, calls to reform police have reached the decibel levels of a thunderbolt. State Democrats […]
Posted inCity Hall, Government, Local news
Following National Trend, City of Racine Spends Heavily on Policing
After George Floyd, a black man, died at the hands of a white Minneapolis Police Officer on Memorial Day, protests and calls to defund, demilitarize, reform, and even abolish the […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news
SIX OUT OF SEVEN: Wisconsin Supreme Court has highest percentage of female high court justices in the U.S.
Six of Wisconsin’s seven Supreme Court justices will soon be women again, once more giving the state the highest ratio of female high court judges in the country, an investigation […]
Posted inElections, Government, Local news
For the Wisconsin left, if only — Election Thoughts
BY PETER CAMERON Today could have gone a lot differently if the left-leaning candidate had won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court last year. Liberals are trying again this year, […]
Posted inElections, Government, Local news
Could adding competition to elections break the gridlock in Wisconsin, and beyond?
If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you remember the classic Halloween episode from 1996 in which aliens take over the bodies of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in the middle of […]
Posted inElections, Government, Local news, Politics
Redistricting in Wisconsin: Where we’re at
By Peter Cameron The state of Wisconsin is gerrymandered. In one of the most-evenly divided states in the country, none of the 2018 elections for the state’s seven U.S. congressional […]