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Wisconsin joined in a nationwide $86.3 million agreement with Nationstar Mortgage to resolve allegations that the company's practices caused problems for thousands of homeowners.

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Patricia Baker is the newest Portage County circuit court judge and the first woman judge in county history.

A Fox Valley attorney will lose his law license for four years after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and running from the police.

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Godfrey & Kahn has added Kate Campbell to its data privacy and cybersecurity and technology and digital business practice groups.

LaKeisha Haase has been appointed to the Winnebago County Circuit Court, making her the first Black judge in county history.

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A man whose arrest last summer ignited a violent protest in downtown Madison has pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors and has been sentenced to time already spent behind bars.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System officials are proposing that all of its 39,000 employees receive pay raises of 2% and 2.5% over the next two fiscal years, despite a projected $373 million deficit in the state’s general ...

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President Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases.

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A Madison man has been charged in the death of his infant son. And, the child's mother is facing a felony child-neglect charge.

State officials worked Monday to tamp down expectations that vaccines will offer a quick way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying most of the state’s nearly 6 million people will likely have to wait months for their first shots.

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Authorities say an attempt by police to pull over a reckless driver resulted in shots being exchanged between a suspect and a Milwaukee police officer. There were no injuries as a result of the gunfire.

Apple has reached a $113 million settlement agreement with the Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and a coalition of other state in a case involving allegations that the tech giant was throttling iPhone speeds.

The Outagamie Circuit Court Judge Greg Gill Jr. is running for the District III Court of Appeals.

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The attorneys Margaret Wrenn Hickey and Odalo J. Ohiku have accepted nominations to run for the 2021 State Bar of Wisconsin president-elect.

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Two Republican lawmakers put up a Christmas tree in the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda despite being told they weren't allowed to do so, after Gov. Tony Evers chose not to display a holiday tree there this year because the building is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A judge hearing President Donald Trump's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin said Friday that the president's request to "remand" the case to the GOP-controlled Legislature to pick new electors was "bizarre."

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The Wisconsin Association for Justice has named Timothy Trecek as its 2020 Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year.

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Gov. Tony Evers has pardoned more than 100 people during his first two years in office with his latest round of granted requests.

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Bail has been set at $1 million for the man charged with killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in 2008.

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Attorneys for the 15-year-old boy charged in a shooting at a Wisconsin mall that left eight people wounded plan to contest prosecutors' attempts to move his case to adult court.

For a man obsessed with winning, President Donald Trump is losing a lot.

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A California attorney for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Wisconsin is extracting himself from his criminal defense after prosecutors raised ethical concerns about the lawyer.

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Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for Racine County Circuit Court Branch 5.

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A split Wisconsin Supreme Court refused on Thursday to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first wind its way through lower courts.

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Wisconsin is ready to begin distributing coronavirus vaccines by mid-December, when it hopes to receive nearly 50,000 doses, state health officials said.

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Authorities say a Janesville man who said he came to Madison to watch protests because he was bored at home pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing a gun after a felony conviction.

President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn Wisconsin's election results by tossing ballots only from the state's two most heavily Democratic counties is an "assault on democracy," attorneys for Gov. Tony Evers said in filings with the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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National lawmakers are expected on Wednesday to introduce a joint resolution aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution that enshrines a form of slavery in America's foundational documents.

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A Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin will not be allowed to meet in person with his lawyers until health officials testify on the issue, a judge ruled on Tuesday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers plans to deliver his third State of the State address virtually on Jan. 12, saying the unprecedented move is consistent with his recommendations to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic and limit interactions ...

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