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Oct 17, 2019

Evers sign bill extending insurance for police survivors

Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that extends health insurance to the immediate survivors of police officers and emergency medical workers who were killed in the line of duty.

Oct 17, 2019

Wisconsin school guard fired for repeating racial slur

A black security guard at a Wisconsin high school says he was fired after a student used a racial slur against him and he repeated the word when he told the teen not to use it.

Oct 17, 2019

Authorities make 5th arrest in THC vaping business

Authorities have made a fifth arrest in connection with a black-market THC-vape-manufacturing business in Wisconsin.

Oct 16, 2019

State Supreme Court agrees to hear veto challenge

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a case brought by a conservative law firm seeking to dramatically scale back the ability of governors to change the intent of legislators through partial budget vetoes.

Oct 16, 2019

Former Husch Blackwell lawyer faced with reprimand for lying about inactive license

A former lawyer at Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee office is faced with a public reprimand for misleading her employers and clients about her inactive law license.

Oct 16, 2019

New Wisconsin election security council holds first meeting

A new council formed to bolster Wisconsin election security is meeting for the first time.

Oct 16, 2019

Complaint could make up to 234K Wisconsin voters ineligible

More than a quarter-million voters in Wisconsin who have recently moved could be made ineligible to vote before next year's presidential primary election if a complaint filed Wednesday by a conservative law firm is successful.

Oct 16, 2019

Wisconsin jury awards $450,000 in Sandy Hook defamation case

A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never happened.

Oct 16, 2019

Daughter of state lawmaker faced with drug charges in prison

The daughter of one of the Legislature's most powerful lawmakers is faced with new drug charges from prison where she is awaiting trial on charges she supplied drugs that killed a pregnant woman.

Oct 16, 2019

Police officer won’t be charged in fatal shooting

A Wisconsin police officer who shot and killed a 34-year-old man after a chase last month won't be charged.

Oct 15, 2019

Michael Hupy serves as Milwaukee Crime Stoppers president

Michael Hupy, president of Hupy and Abraham, is serving as president of the new nonprofit Milwaukee Crime Stoppers.

Oct 15, 2019

20 lawmakers endorse Karofsky in state Supreme Court race

Twenty current and former Wisconsin legislators are endorsing Dane County circuit court judge Jill Karofsky in the 2020 race for state Supreme Court.

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