The Racine County district attorney said Sarah Polka was deceptive during an investigation into her son. Polka says the ...

Oak Creek Police officers arrested Christopher Romero Sanchez in 2021 when he was a recruit officer in the city of Milwaukee. The DA declined to charge him, and his law enforcement career has ...

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Ted Gregory senior editor Ted is a former general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune who, as part of a team of six reporters, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He also ...

More than 30 states released their full list of cops. But not Wisconsin. The state Attorney General’s office denied a records request late last year from a group of news media outlets seeking the ...

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has raised nearly $57 million this election, and is showering its candidates with cash. The state Republican Party has raised only about $29 million. Here are the ...

Elon Musk joins the usual billionaire donors in Wisconsin politics: the Uihleins, Diane Hendricks, George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with many others dumping huge sums into political ...

Voter fraud is rare, in Wisconsin and nationally, but many checks exist to prevent and catch it, whether it be accidental or intentional. In the 2020 presidential election, fewer than 0.003% of the ...

When a journalism nonprofit asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice in 2020 for the names and work histories of all law enforcement officers in the state, the agency initially appeared ready to ...

Three bills working through the Legislature would help EMS agencies fund themselves, subsidize coursework and increase reimbursements for some 911 calls, experts say.

More than 300 active officers in the state were fired or forced out from previous jobs in law enforcement. Here are the departments that employ the most.

The names of at least three active police officers in the Milwaukee area are on a leaked membership list for the far-right, anti-government group the Oath Keepers, an investigation by The Badger ...