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Aug 29, 2019

GOP won’t let Kaul settle lawsuit under lame duck laws

epublicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature's finance committee stopped short of allowing Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul to settle an unknown lawsuit after he asked them to sign confidentiality agreements Tuesday in a messy first test of their lame duck law limiting the attorney general's powers.

Aug 29, 2019

Applicants wanted for Washburn County district attorney

Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applications for a Washburn County district attorney.

Aug 29, 2019

DOJ: 11 cases worth millions in limbo due to lame-duck law

Nearly a dozen lawsuits that could net the state millions of dollars are in limbo thanks to a dispute between Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul and Republicans who passed a lame-duck law giving them final say over settlements.

Aug 27, 2019

Authorities: Teen was fatally shot in Fitchburg

The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the victim of a homicide as a 17-year-old boy.

Aug 26, 2019

Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment

An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid drug crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to help abate the problem in the coming years.

Aug 26, 2019

Kaul: Don’t launch your own predator stings

Attorney General Josh Kaul is warning that a resurgence of online vigilantes posing as children to trap and embarrass sexual predators is hampering police efforts.

Aug 26, 2019

Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress

U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, who represents northern Wisconsin in Congress, is resigning next month.

Aug 26, 2019

Indicted Chicago alderman withdraws as law firm partner

Records show a longtime Chicago alderman facing corruption charges is no longer a partner at a law firm that’s central to a federal criminal case against him.

Aug 26, 2019

Madison police not ruling out threat to public after killing

Madison police investigating the city's first homicide of the year say they cannot discount a continued threat to the public.

Aug 26, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Kelly gets ticket for accident

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly has been ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign after the car he was driving slammed into a van, sending two people to the hospital.

Aug 26, 2019

Wisconsin’s next for man behind Minnesota’s hands-free law

A man who pushed for Minnesota's hands-free driving law says he wants to take his fight to Wisconsin.

Aug 24, 2019

The Bois Forte consider a wellness court

The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa needed a larger courthouse.

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