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Wisconsin school ends cheerleading awards for body parts (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin high school is ending cheerleading awards given annually to girls with the largest breasts or buttocks after district officials received repeated complaints from parents and a former coach.
Evers won’t seek to phase out vouchers in 1st budget plan
Gov. Tony Evers says he won't seek to eliminate or phase out taxpayer-funded school vouchers in his first state budget.
Republicans say new study bolsters argument against Medicaid
Republican lawmakers say a new study bolsters their position against Wisconsin accepting an expansion of the federal Medicaid program.
Panel of Milwaukee judges, attorneys to discuss courts
A panel of Milwaukee-area judges and attorneys will gather next week to discuss how the American court system works.
High court revokes Madison-area attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court revoked the law license of a Madison-area attorney on Tuesday and ordered him to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution.
Kaul rips wall declaration, stops short of joining lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is condemning the emergency declaration President Donald Trump is trying to use to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall but isn't saying whether he'll join a multistate lawsuit challenging the declaration.
Supreme Court: Defendants must be allowed to present cases
The state Supreme Court says defendants must be allowed to present their cases in court.
High court to consider case about reach of clean-water law
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case about the reach of a federal clean-water law.
Hagedorn focuses on adoption in first Supreme Court ad
The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn released the first television campaign ad of his campaign on Tuesday, a spot calling attention to his adoption of an opioid-addicted newborn that comes as he's been on the defensive about his conservative Christian beliefs.
Controversial algorithms help decide who stays in jail
Eddie Armstrong had been sitting in the Dane County Jail for nearly two weeks when a judge set him free to await trial. His release was based in part on computer-generated scores that rated Armstrong's likelihood to return to court as fair and predicted he had a good chance of not committing a new crime.
GOP plan aims to address state public defender problems
Republicans in Wisconsin's state Assembly are supporting raising the pay for attorneys who represent poor defendants, as the state faces a class-action lawsuit over the issue.
Former owner of electrical contractor pleads guilty in tax case
The former owner of an electrical-contracting company who was indicted last year for failing to pay payroll taxes has taken a plea deal.
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- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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