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A Mexican restaurant in Madison is closed while public-health officials investigate a possible outbreak of foodborne illness.

A proposal expanding the state’s expungement process is scheduled for a vote Wednesday on the floor of the state Assembly.

Gov. Tony Evers recently appointed a former candidate for clerk of circuit court to the vacant Racine County register of deeds position.

A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the company's popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers.

Police say the deaths of two people in a Racine home are being investigated as a murder-suicide involving an estranged couple.

A software company on Monday tried to persuade the Wisconsin Claims Board to hand over $14.3 million for extra work building a new system to track state employees' retirement benefits.

Gov. Tony Evers recently announced that he has appointed a lawyer to take over as Milwaukee County Register of Deeds.

A referee is recommending that a Milwaukee lawyer be suspended for 60 days over misconduct in two divorce cases.

Tagged with: Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown office of lawyer regulation OLR Richard Reilly

An internal review of the Wisconsin Republican Party after the 2018 election found that it had been "recklessly reliant" on high-paid consultants to the detriment of grassroots supporters.

Tagged with: Diane Hendricks Gov. Scott Walker Sen. Ron Johnson

Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has appealed a ruling that would force him to be questioned by attorneys representing Democratic voters in a federal redistricting lawsuit.

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The National Indian Gaming Commission has proposed fining the St. Croix Chippewa $5.5 million over accusations that the Wisconsin tribe's leaders pocketed at least $1.5 million in casino funds.

Formal charges are pending against a Green Bay woman who police say was driving under the influence with her three small children in the vehicle when she crashed in Ashwaubenon.

Police officers in Wisconsin have arrested three juveniles for an alleged social-media threat against the local school district.

A judge has ruled a former Florida prosecutor with schizophrenia is not guilty by reason of insanity in the slaying of his mother and beating of his father.

More than a week after his office got a murder conviction in the high-profile case of a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced he's taking a medical leave.

POYNETTE, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin have arrested three juveniles for an alleged social media threat against the local school district. District officials contacted police on Saturday to report a possible school shooting threat in Poynette, which is about ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued orders that both give the green light to rolling out electronic filing in the state’s appellate courts and make changes to the court’s court-reporting rules.

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The new Wisconsin attorney general has used his first four months in office to shift the state Department of Justice to a more liberal footing, pleasing supporters by nullifying his Republican predecessor's attempts to kill federal health care reforms and limit environmental protections.

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Authorities say two children found dead in a Seymour home were slain and an adult man found dead in the same home killed himself.

The fastest way for federal judges facing investigation by their peers to make an inquiry go away is to utter two words: "I quit."

The state Assembly Health Committee has approved a series of anti-abortion bills, setting up a floor vote next week.

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Milwaukee has reached an agreement with Bird Rides Inc. over the electric scooters the company released on the city's streets last summer.

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Former major-league pitcher Bobby Jenks has agreed to accept a $5.1 million settlement from Massachusetts General Hospital and a doctor he says caused his career-ending spine injury.

A lawyer who formerly worked in northern Indiana and was charged with scamming elderly investors has pleaded guilty to another charge in the case.

A man was arrested after authorities say he came to the police department to claim a methamphetamine-filled backpack he had left at a northeastern Wisconsin library.

Moertl, Wilkins & Campbell recently hired a new attorney for its Milwaukee office.

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Assembly Republicans with prisons in their districts are complaining about Gov. Tony Evers' decision to grant temporary raises at only six institutions.

Another man has been convicted in connection with a Lac du Flambeau tribal member's death.

The state Assembly plans to vote next week on a constitutional amendment bolstering crime victims' rights.