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"Making a Murderer" subject Steven Avery has appealed his latest unanimous legal defeat, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case.
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Milwaukee office building in foreclosure following departures of major tenants
The 100 East high-rise in downtown Milwaukee is in foreclosure after losing an anchor tenant last year.
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Read More »Up to 10,000 refugees expected to come through Wisconsin
Refugees from Afghanistan have arrived at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and up to 10,000 more could do so in the coming weeks, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Wednesday after meeting with base officials.
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Read More »Rittenhouse lawyer: Defense donors none of state’s business
An attorney for the Illinois teen accused of killing two men and wounding a third during a protest in Wisconsin last summer, says he doesn't know who donated to his client's defense and therefore cannot produce any names.
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Read More »Former Wisconsin GOP head: Election probe will cost $680,000
A Republican-ordered investigation into Wisconsin's 2020 election could cost taxpayers at least $680,000, more than nine times the original cost of contracts signed earlier this summer, according to Reince Priebus, the former state and national head of the Republican Party.
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Read More »Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for baby’s death
A man convicted of causing the death of a 10-month-old boy he was caring for in Oshkosh has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Read More »Evers hires San Francisco law firm to handle PFAS suits
Gov. Tony Evers has decided to hire a San Francisco-based law firm to handle potential lawsuits over PFAS pollution.
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Read More »House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law
House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past decade, a step party leaders tout as progress in their quest to fight back against voting restrictions advanced in Republican-led states.
Read More »Milwaukee mayor orders vaccinations for city employees
Milwaukee's mayor has ordered mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees. Mayor Tom Barrett made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. The requirement applies to general city employees as well as temporary employees and interns.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans try to intervene in redistricting case
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature wants to intervene in a second federal lawsuit brought by advocacy groups that seeks to have a court set a timeline and be prepared to draw new legislative maps.
Read More »Thompson won’t give lawmakers control of UW’s COVID policies
University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson pushed back Tuesday against Republican lawmakers who claim campuses need their permission to implement COVID-19 policies, insisting university leaders don't need legislative approval to manage the system.
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Read More »How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence
Michael Williams' wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker asks for prayers for colleague with COVID
The office of a Wisconsin lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of vaccine and mask mandates declined to update his condition on Tuesday, even as a fellow legislator asked for prayers, saying the state senator was hospitalized with COVID-19-induced pneumonia.
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Read More »Homicide charges filed in crash that killed two in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee man accused of drag racing and causing a crash that killed two people has been charged with reckless homicide.
Read More »Conservatives file redistricting lawsuit in Wisconsin
A conservative group filed a redistricting lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, an action that comes after Democrats filed their own legal challenge in federal court less than two weeks ago.
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Read More »Paul Farrow elected Wisconsin Republican Party chairman
Vos to keep Trump ‘updated’ on election investigation
The Rochester Republican who has ordered an investigation into the 2020 Wisconsin election in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, said he spent the day with the former president. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos the said in a statement Saturday he is going to be keeping Trump "updated on our investigation," the Journal Times reported.
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Read More »Greenfield officer shot after traffic stop; suspect killed
A traffic stop turned deadly early Sunday, leaving a Milwaukee man dead and a Greenfield police officer in critical condition.
Read More »Cardinal Burke off ventilator, still hospitalized with COVID
high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 is off a ventilator and is being moved out of intensive care, according to officials at a Wisconsin shrine that he founded.
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Read More »Minnesota asks federal court to block Line 3 tribal lawsuit
The state of Minnesota has gone to federal court to block a lawsuit over Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline project from proceeding in tribal court.
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Read More »US appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium
A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the COVID-19-related pause on evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to remain in place, setting up a likely battle before the nation’s highest court.
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Read More »Prosecutors want to show Rittenhouse video at trial
Prosecutors want a video of Kyle Rittenhouse accepted into evidence that they say shows him talking about wanting to shoot people, footage taken about two weeks before Rittenhouse fatally shot two protesters in Wisconsin and wounded a third.
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Read More »No charges for National Guard mishandled sex assault cases
Prosecutors have not filed criminal charges for about 30 sexual assault cases mishandled by the Wisconsin National Guard following an 18-month investigation, the state Department of Justice said Thursday in releasing its findings and recommendations.
Read More »Settlement sends $650,000 to workers at shuttered plant
About 130 former workers at window and door manufacturer in Merrill are receiving payments from a $650,000 settlement with the company reached after the Wisconsin Department of Justice sued.
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Read More »GRGB attorneys named to Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch lists
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has several lawyers named as 2022 Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch.
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Read More »Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge
When Sigal Chattah goes to federal court to challenge a school mask mandate issued by the governor of Nevada, she'll likely be required to wear the very thing she's arguing against: a mask.
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Read More »Conservatives ask justices to toss Dane County mask mandate
A conservative law firm asked the state Supreme Court to toss out Dane County's new mask mandate Wednesday, saying county health officials overstepped their authority. Public Health Madison and Dane County, the joint city-county health department, issued a requirement Tuesday that everyone older than 2 wear a mask indoors as a way of slowing COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant.
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Read More »Cardinal in serious condition after contracting COVID-19
A high-ranking Catholic cardinal who has COVID-19 is alive but in serious condition and has been sedated, according to officials at a Wisconsin shrine that he founded.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans seek to dismiss redistricting lawsuit
Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Democrats that asks a judge to take over the process of drawing new boundary lines if lawmakers and the Democratic governor can't reach agreement
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Read More »Dealer who provided deadly drugs given 11 years in prison
A man convicted of delivering drugs that caused an overdose death has been sentenced in Fond du Lac County to 11 years in prison.
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