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As a wave of consumer activism swept the country in the 1970s, Wisconsinites formed the country's first statewide consumer advocacy group focused on utilities.
Tagged with: Citizens Utility Board Kurt Runzler
Read More »Jury convicts father of homicide in son’s death
A jury has convicted a Wisconsin father of second-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of his son last year.
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Read More »Prosecutor: Officers justified in deadly shooting
Two Wisconsin officers were justified when they shot and killed a man who got in a gunfight with police that left a city firefighter dead in the crossfire last month, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Tagged with: Melinda Tempelis
Read More »US sports bets hit $9 billion a year after court ruling
At least $9 billion has been bet — legally — on sports in the U.S. in the year since New Jersey's victory in a U.S. Supreme Court case cleared the way for other states to do it.
Tagged with: gambling U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »ACLU seeks delay in decision on census question
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold off issuing a decision about whether to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
Tagged with: ACLU citizenship U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Evers re-forms pardons board Walker dropped
Gov. Tony Evers re-created Wisconsin's pardons board on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise to again consider granting pardons after his Republican predecessor, Scott Walker, halted the process eight years ago.
Tagged with: Jeffrey Kremers Mary Woehrer Ryan Nilsestuen
Read More »A look at where Wisconsin’s lame-duck laws, challenges stand
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated almost all of the laws passed by Republicans during a December lame-duck legislative session that limited the powers of the state's incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.
Tagged with: James Peterson Josh Kaul lame-duck session Richard Niess Stephen Crocker Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs lame duck challenges
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated almost all of Republican legislators' lame-duck laws limiting Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers, but the legal fight isn't over.
Tagged with: Frank Remington Josh Kaul lame-duck session Lester Pines Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of girl in living room
A man accused of firing into a Milwaukee home and killing a 13-year-old girl in her living room abruptly pleaded guilty Tuesday as the second day of testimony at his trial began.
Tagged with: Hanna Kolberg homicide Mark Sanders
Read More »Wisconsin joining suit to stop $26.5B Sprint-T-Mobile deal
A group of state attorneys general led by New York and California filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block T-Mobile's $26.5 billion bid for Sprint, citing consumer harm.
Tagged with: Antitrust
Read More »Milwaukee man accused in death of 2-month-old baby
Authorities say a man beat to death an infant who was in the arms of a mother who was the intended target of the blows.
Tagged with: homicide
Read More »Judge says Racine can divert water for Foxconn
A judge has ruled in favor of Racine's plans to divert millions of gallons of water from Lake Michigan for Foxconn Technology Group.
Tagged with: Brian Hayes DNR Foxconn
Read More »Man sentenced for threatening to shoot Alabama Guard member
A federal judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man for threatening to shoot a member of the Alabama National Guard.
Tagged with: James Peterson Reed Cornia
Read More »US Supreme Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia.
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Read More »Reckless homicide charge recommended in Wausau shooting
Wausau police are recommending second-degree reckless homicide charges in a fatal shooting.
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Read More »Wisconsin celebrating women’s right to vote
Wisconsin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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Read More »Man sentenced to 70 years for killing 2 teens
A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for fatally shooting two teens.
Tagged with: homicide
Read More »Proposed city ordinance to fine parents of bullies
A Wisconsin city is considering an ordinance that would impose fines on the parents of young bullies after a viral social media post showed handwritten notes that students sent to a middle school girl urging her to kill herself.
Tagged with: bullying
Read More »GOP lawmaker questions flying of gay pride flag in Wisconsin
A Republican state lawmaker says Gov. Tony Evers' order to fly over the Wisconsin state Capitol for the first time a rainbow flag representing gay pride is divisive.
Read More »Wisconsin jury awards $15M to family in bicyclist’s death
A Wisconsin jury has returned a $15 million civil verdict for the family of a woman struck and killed while riding her bicycle to work.
Read More »Police: Sauk City mother, adult son died of natural causes
The police say a mother and her adult son found dead in their Sauk City home died of natural causes.
Read More »Committee scales back DOJ analyst positions in budget
The Legislature's budget-writing committee has voted to scale back the number of new crime-lab analysts Gov. Tony Evers wanted to give the state Department of Justice in the state budget.
Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers
Read More »Opioid maker agrees to pay $225M to settle federal probes
An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid kickbacks and used other illegal marketing tactics to sell a powerful fentanyl spray, authorities said Wednesday.
Tagged with: opioids
Read More »Medical examiner handling baby homicide death
Milwaukee police say they've made an arrest in the death of a 2-month-old baby.
Read More »Doctor accused of murder in 25 patient overdose deaths
An Ohio doctor was charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who, authorities say, were killed with deliberate overdoses of painkillers, many of them administered by other medical workers on his orders.
Tagged with: opioids
Read More »Officials: Connecticut will be 1st to amass prosecutor data
Altough prosecutors around the country are making daily decisions affecting people's liberty, few are compiling data that would show how criminal cases are resolved and whether those outcomes are harsher for minorities.
Read More »Wisconsin Senate approves prescription-drug step therapy
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bipartisan proposal designed to make it easier for patients to get needed prescription drugs even when insurance companies force them to try less-expensive alternatives first. The Senate approved the measure ...
Read More »Wisconsin court: Electronic records better than paper copies
The Wisconsin Appeals Court says public records provided electronically contain more information than paper copies.
Tagged with: Bill Lueder public records Scott Krug
Read More »Republicans stand by rejection of federal Medicaid money
The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee voted Tuesday to stand by its decision to reject Gov. Tony Evers' plan to accept federal money for Medicaid, turning down more than $1 billion from the federal government and $324 million wort of state savings.
Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Medicaid state Legislature
Read More »Wisconsin Legislature to send abortion bills to governor
Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature was poised Wednesday to send four anti-abortion bills to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has vowed to veto all of them.
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