A Milwaukee man who spent more than six years in prison for a dismissed attempted-homicide charge won't receive monetary compensation for his time. The State of Wisconsin Claims Board denied Michael Winston's $275,000 claim on Tuesday.
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A paralyzed Wisconsin lawmaker would be allowed to call into committee meetings he can't attend in person under rule changes Republicans released on Tuesday to meet demands the Democrat made nearly a year ago.
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Read More »Authorities say a drug raid at a hotel near Appleton could be the largest methamphetamine bust ever in northeastern Wisconsin.
Read More »Milwaukee County Chief Judge Maxine White celebrated diversity in the court during her State of the Court address at the Wisconsin Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Read More »The state Senate has approved a bill that would force the state, municipalities and universities to continue paying health-insurance premiums for the immediate survivors of police officers and emergency medical workers who are killed in the line of duty.
Read More »Wisconsin's hemp industry would remain under state control as it enters its second year under a bill the state Senate approved on Tuesday.
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Read More »Children in Wisconsin could legally operate lemonade stands under a bill the state Senate has passed.
Read More »Bikes with small rechargeable electric motors that are gaining in popularity would be regulated in a new way under a bill the Wisconsin Legislature has passed.
Read More »Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate are preparing to vote on a resolution supporting a plan to bring F-35 fighter jets to an Air National Guard base in Madison.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Senate is poised to approve bills that would establish new protocols for storing and tracking kits used to process sexual-assault evidence.
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Read More »A Missouri man has pleaded not guilty to tampering with a vehicle rented by two missing Wisconsin brothers.
Read More »A Milwaukee man and woman are accused in an alleged counterfeit THC vape operation.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would make bestiality a felony.
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The U.S. Supreme Court says police investigated two suspicious packages found near the court just before the justices were to hear arguments over LGBT rights.
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Read More »The state of Iowa has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by two women once held at a state-run juvenile home for nearly $700,000.
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A Milwaukee lawyer is faced with a 60-day license suspension for fabricating a motion and disappearing on his clients. According to an Office of Lawyer Regulation complaint, Willem J. Noorlander began committing various violations in 2015.
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Read More »Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature are pushing an agenda for the fall session that pushes priorities the Republican majority has repeatedly rejected, including offering Medicaid to more people, raising the minimum wage and instituting universal gun background checks.
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Read More »A Wisconsin woman has been imprisoned for sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Iowa and Nebraska.
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Read More »Dane County sheriff's officials say they've arrested a Madison man for his tenth drunken-driving offense.
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will issue Wisconsin’s first pardons in nine years, invoking his constitutional power to grant clemency to four people. Evers plans to issue the pardons on Monday, the first ...
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A Republican senator said Friday he learned from a U.S. ambassador that President Donald Trump was tying military aid for Ukraine to an investigation of the 2016 election. But when the senator asked Trump if he could assure the Ukraine leadership the money would be coming, the president blocked him from carrying that message.
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Read More »Bond has been set at $1 million for a Wisconsin man suspected of killing a woman and injuring two other people in a shooting at a cemetery.
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Read More »Authorities say 16 people have been charged in a methamphetamine-distribution operation in central Wisconsin.
Read More »The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and the city of Milwaukee will receive more than $300,000 worth of grants to fight gun violence in the city. The Eastern District of Wisconsin District Attorney's Office announced the two-year grant on Thursday.
Read More »A Hartford man who worked as a pimp could spend life in prison for forcing women and at least one minor to work for him as prostitutes.
Read More »A man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman nearly three decades ago has taken a related drug case to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Judges don’t usually hug convicted murderers in the courtroom or hand them Bibles before sending them off to prison.
Read More »Attorneys general from 24 states are telling a judge that OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should not be allowed to pay $38 million in bonuses and severance packages to employees as it goes through bankruptcy.
Read More »The Milwaukee Bar Association will honor a Foley & Lardner LLP attorney, a Marquette Law School student and a legal clinic supporting survivors of sexual violence with its annual Pro Bono Publico awards. The awards recognize outstanding pro bono work in the Milwaukee area.
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