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A sexual-assault case against a Milwaukee firefighter has been dismissed.

A man would receive $7.5 million from the City of Milwaukee after he was wrongly imprisoned for 24 years based on what he says was bogus bite-mark evidence.

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Financier Jeffrey Epstein awaits a bail hearing after pleading not guilty this week to sex trafficking charges in a case brought a decade after he secretly cut a deal with prosecutors to dispose of nearly identical allegations.

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Legal wrangling has surrounded the U.S. census count for decades, culminating in this year's fight over adding a citizenship question.

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The Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro are participating in a town hall in Milwaukee sponsored by the Hispanic civil rights organization LULAC.

The NBA's most valuable player is suing a Pennsylvania artist who is selling "Greek Freak" merchandise.

Wisconsin Republicans are planning to take public comments on a bill that would keep lottery winners' names secret.

The state Supreme Court has dismissed allegations of ethics violations against former Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf.

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Signature bonds of $250,000 have been ordered for a woman and her adult daughter accused in the death of a 13-year-old girl in Mineral Point.

Federal authorities say an Ohio man has pleaded guilty in Kentucky to committing bank and wire fraud in several states.

Wisconsin Republicans are proposing a constitutional amendment that would prevent the governor from using his or her partial veto powers to increase spending in any bills.

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Conservative-leaning state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly is warning voters to beware of judges who can't explain why they shouldn't legislate from the bench.

A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend in a barrage of text messages to take his own life should have her involuntary manslaughter conviction thrown out because it violated her right to free speech, her lawyers told the nation's highest court on Monday.

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a conservative legal organization, is continuing to add to its litigation team in anticipation of the likelihood that it will challenge policies adopted under Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat.

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The state Supreme Court has barred a former Fox Crossing municipal judge from serving on the bench for three years after his clerk accused him of harassment.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill to regulate electric scooters on roads and sidewalks.

Louis Butler, the first black man to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, announced on Monday that he plans to retire from full-time legal practice by the end of July.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hand down a decision Wednesday in a lawyer-discipline case accusing a former Kenosha County district attorney of failing to disclose a police officer’s planting of evidence in a murder investigation.

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A man accused in the fatal shooting of a Milwaukee police officer is going on trial.

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A Wisconsin man is facing his 10th drunken driving charge following a motorcycle crash.

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The parents of a young woman killed in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre said Wednesday they blame gun manufacturers for their daughter's death.

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A La Crosse man is in trouble with the law after he was arrested for running around a parking lot naked and telling officers he was on "tons and tons of acid."

A drunken driver with a six-year-old in the car nearly struck a Janesville police officer.

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The Superior City Council has decided to censure one of their own despite the mayor's objections.

Wisconsin insurance officials will soon consider a proposal to lower insurance rates for workers' compensation in the state.

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Gov. Tony Evers used his partial veto power to make 78 changes to Republican legislators' version of the state budget before signing it Wednesday. The budget takes effect immediately and Republicans do not have the votes needed to override any of the vetoes.

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Four Democratic presidential candidates are planning to attend a town-hall meeting on July 11 in Milwaukee.

A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a woman he met in downtown Minneapolis has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.

One of six men convicted in the death of a co-worker at a Green Bay paper mill in 1992 has been released from prison.

A three-judge panel has dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries following a weighty U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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