MADISON, Wis. – A top state senator was charged Thursday with extortion and official misconduct in a scandal that has tarnished Wisconsin's reputation for squeaky-clean government. Senate Majority ...

If convicted, Chvala could face up to 90 years in prison and $200,000 in fines. Chvala’s resignation announcement came after several state democrats demanded Chvala step down from his leadership ...

Allegations from a decade marred by political scandal are resurfacing to haunt state Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, D-Madison, in a time that now seems far removed from the world of the 1990s.

MADISON - Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is taking fire from within his party over his handling of the state budget. In an online video for WisPolitics.com, former state Senate Majority Leader Chuck ...

Three years after 20 felony charges were rained down on then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, including extortion and misconduct in office, all but two were washed away as part of ...

MADISON - A Dane County judge dismissed one of the felony charges against Sen. Chuck Chvala Tuesday but refused to throw out the other 19 that claim Chvala shook down lobbyists for contributions and ...

It was a Saturday afternoon in 1973, and I was poring over the new rock albums in Connor's Department Store in Laona, Wis. A Doobie Brothers album here, a Jethro Tull album there. An angular man ...