The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to protect consumers from deceptive financial practices. Wisconsin ...

Megadonors from the right, Diane Hendricks and Richard Uihlein, and the left, George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, ...

Richard Uihlein, Eric Hovde and Tim Michels have each given the maximum. The Waukesha County judge and former state AG has ...

The Dane County judge has raised more than $5 million, much from the state party, as Wisconsin Democrats continue their fundraising edge.

In what has become the gameplan of both state parties in recent elections, Wisconsin Democrats are winning the direct donation game in this year’s race for state Supreme Court. But Republicans are ...

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A new law in Maine aims to make a big change to the state’s campaign finances, and by extension, political advertising. If applied in swing states like Wisconsin, the law could restrict the ...

An innovative healthcare approach that cuts out insurance companies— and with them, surprise charges — could get a boost in Wisconsin with the passage of a bill moving through the Legislature. State ...