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Gov. Tony Evers' administration announced Friday that it wants to hire outside attorneys to potentially file lawsuits over PFAS contamination.
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Milwaukee County hopeful for strong post-pandemic comeback for courts
Participants in Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system believe the courts will come back from the COVID-19 pandemic stronger than it was before.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans propose getting rid of mask mandate
The Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are considering ending the statewide mask mandate designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus and could do so by passing a resolution as soon as next week.
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Read More »Monica Paz appointed as Waukesha County Clerk of Circuit Court
Monica Paz has been unanimously appointed as Waukesha County's Clerk of Circuit Court.
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Read More »WILL hires 2 attorneys, 2 policy experts
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is adding to its team with two new attorneys and two policy experts.
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Read More »Police, Tavern League promote COVID-19 safety in Green Bay
Green Bay police and the Brown County Tavern League are working together to make sure bars and restaurants are enforcing coronavirus protocol for Sunday’s NFC championship game.
Read More »Third of Wisconsin police in survey report no body cameras
More than a third of Wisconsin law enforcement agencies that responded to a new survey said they don't use body cameras, according to findings released Thursday.
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Read More »Drunken man’s right to bear arms at the core of case in front of state Supreme Court
An intoxicated man's right to bear arms is at the core of a case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Read More »Green Bay mother sentenced to 10 years in death of toddler
A Green Bay woman convicted of neglect in the death of her 15-month-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Read More »Assembly Republicans want public to have vaccine by March
Everyone would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by mid-March regardless of how much vaccine is available, under a bill heard by the Assembly Health Committee on Wednesday.
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Read More »Grocery employees, bus drivers recommended for vaccine
A state advisory committee is recommending grocery-store workers and bus drivers be added to the list of people in Wisconsin to be inoculated in the next phase of the coronavirus vaccine rollout.
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Read More »$2.5M settlement reached in genetic-testing scheme
A California company has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that it had paid a marketing company to refer it genetic testing for Wisconsin nursing-home patients.
Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers introduce police reform package
A group of Wisconsin lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday designed to reform police use-of-force policies and investigations, including proposals that would ban training on chokeholds, punish municipalities that defund police departments and set up a board to investigate officer-involved deaths and injuries.
Read More »State Supreme Court clarifies child-testimony rules in unanimous opinion
The Wisconsin Supreme Court clarified child-testimony rules in a unanimous opinion involving a man convicted of sexually assaulting three children.
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Read More »Transgender teen must use male name on offender registry
A Wisconsin appeals court rejected arguments Wednesday from a transgender teen who contended she shouldn't be forced to register as a sex offender because she has to use her male name on the registry in violation of her free-speech rights.
Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers resurrect expungement bill
A bipartisan group of legislators is resurrecting a bill that would allow more convicts to have their criminal records expunged.
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Read More »Assembly Republicans want public to have vaccine by March
The COVID-19 vaccine would have to be available to the general public by mid-March, rather than June as state health officials estimate, under a bill from the Republican chairman of the Wisconsin Assembly Health Committee.
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Read More »Green Bay mother sentenced to 10 years in death of toddler
A Green Bay woman convicted of neglect in the death of her 15-month-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Read More »Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals
Stop. Stabilize. Then move — but in a vastly different direction.
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Read More »State begins distributing, receiving at-home COVID-19 tests
The state has started distributing and receiving at-home test kits for COVID-19.
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Read More »Pharmacist accused of destroying vaccine charged
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine with misdemeanor property damage.
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Read More »Loudenslager formally ends Court of Appeals campaign
Aaron Loudenslager has formally ended his campaign for a judgeship on the District III Court of Appeals.
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Read More »Michael Best Strategies partner Karen Timberlake to serve as DHS interim secretary
Karen Timberlake, a partner at Michael Best Strategies’ Madison office, will serve as the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ interim secretary. Timberlake replaces Andrea Palm, who has been nominated as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
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Read More »Everyone over 65 next in line for vaccine in Wisconsin
Everyone over age 65 in Wisconsin will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday, the state Department of Health Services said Tuesday.
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Read More »Drunk driver arrested for driving up Wisconsin Capitol steps
Authorities say the actions of an intoxicated man who drove his vehicle up the stairs of the Wisconsin Capitol grounds Saturday night did not appear to be politically motivated.
Read More »Assembly Speaker Vos blocking people on Twitter
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is again limiting who can interact with him on social media two years after a federal judge found he had unconstitutionally blocked a liberal group from following him on Twitter.
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Read More »Biden releases $1.9T plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy
President-elect Joe Biden has introduced a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end "a crisis of deep human suffering" by speeding up vaccination and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic's prolonged economic fallout.
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Read More »Wisconsin Capitol Police tell lawmakers to stay away
The head of the Wisconsin Capitol Police told state lawmakers to stay away from the Capitol building this weekend and suggested that they remove any personal information from social media accounts due to threats of unrest at capitols in all 50 states.
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Read More »Former lawmaker’s candidacy for open seat challenged
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is recommending that a former lawmaker who wants to run for a vacancy in the state Senate be allowed on the ballot, despite a challenge contending that he doesn’t live in the district.
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Read More »Wisconsin teen charged with killing infant daughter in woods
A 16-year-old boy has admitted fatally shooting his newborn daughter and leaving her body inside a fallen tree in the woods in southern Wisconsin, according to prosecutors.
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