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Feb 19, 2020

Wisconsin Assembly votes to require teaching about Holocaust

Teaching about the Holocaust to middle and high school students in Wisconsin would be required under a bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the state Assembly.

Feb 19, 2020

Wisconsin Assembly calls for constitutional convention

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, despite arguments against the proposal from Democrats who called such a step dangerous.

Feb 19, 2020

Tennessee attorney’s license suspended for medical incapacity

A Tennessee attorney agreed to having her Wisconsin law license suspended indefinitely for medical incapacity.

Feb 19, 2020

Man charged with shooting kids who threw snowballs at car

A Milwaukee man is charged with firing shots at children who threw snowballs at his car, injuring two of them.

Feb 19, 2020

Kelly, Karofsky win high court primary

Incumbent Justice Dan Kelly and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky emerged from a three-way state Supreme Court primary Tuesday, besting Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone to advance to the April general election.

Feb 18, 2020

Wisconsin Assembly takes on prescription-drug prices

A bipartisan proposal designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs and ensure there's access to medicine in Wisconsin cleared the state Assembly on Tuesday, a step lawmakers said they hope is just the beginning of attempts to rein in rising prices.

Feb 18, 2020

Charge: Man strangled girlfriend, 2 girls, burned bodies

A Milwaukee man strangled his girlfriend then killed her two young daughters, kissing the girls and telling them their mother wanted them to be in heaven with her, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Feb 18, 2020

Wisconsin tribal leader calls for action on opioids

The leader of the Forest County Potawatomi Community urged Wisconsin policy makers on Tuesday to work together to fight the scourge of opioid abuse, which he said was hitting the state's tribal populations hard.

Feb 18, 2020

Milwaukee attorney to learn if he’ll lose law license indefinitely

A Milwaukee attorney will soon find out if the state will revoke his law license. The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to rule in the Office of Lawyer Regulation's case against Michael Krill on Thursday.

Feb 18, 2020

Wisconsin Assembly considering constitutional convention

The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, including imposing term limits on federal offices.

Feb 18, 2020

Parents sue Madison schools over transgender policy

A group of parents filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Madison school district's transgender policy is unconstitutional because it prohibits teachers and staff employees from informing parents that their children want to switch sexes.

Feb 17, 2020

Former construction exec to plead guilty to 2 child-porn charges

The former Milwaukee construction executive Brian Ganos has agreed to plead guilty to two of three charges filed against him in a child-pornography case.

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