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The state Assembly has signed off on a bill to regulate electric scooters on roads and sidewalks.

The state Assembly has passed a bill that would end the five-county sales tax that paid for the construction and operation of Miller Park.

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Wisconsin has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to three former inmates at Wisconsin's juvenile prison complex, raising the state's legal bills for problems there to more than $25 million.

Republican lawmakers and abortion opponents are calling on Gov. Tony Evers to sign four abortion bills he has promised to veto.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Opposition from a pair of conservative Wisconsin state senators to the Republican-written state budget is putting GOP leaders in a tough spot as they try to round up enough votes to ...

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The state Assembly is moving to approve a bill that would require online vendors like Amazon to collect and remit sales taxes from third-party sellers in perpetuity.

The state Assembly has approved two bills that would stiffen drunken-driving penalties.

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The Wisconsin Law Journal honored 22 outstanding women lawyers Thursday during its annual Women in the Law event at Discovery World in Milwaukee. More than 230 people attended the 16th annual event. WOMAN OF THE YEAR Denise Greathouse Michael Best ...

An 82-year-old man will go on trial on two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Wisconsin park 43 years ago.

A second Republican Wisconsin state senator says he will vote against the GOP-written budget, leaving Republicans with no room to spare to pass the two-year spending plan in its current form.

The state Assembly is poised to pass a bill extending the deadline for closing Wisconsin's troubled youth prison.

The state Assembly is set to take up two bills that would stiffen penalties for drunken driving.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press A Republican state senator vowed on Wednesday to vote against the state budget in its current form, leaving the GOP with room to lose only one more vote in the Senate and still have enough ...

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Public schools could release the names of students' parents and guardians under a bill approved by the state Assembly.

A bipartisan proposal designed to make it easier for patients to get needed prescription drugs even when insurance companies force them to try less expensive alternatives first is headed to Gov. Tony Evers.

The state Supreme Court is ready to hand down a ruling in a lawsuit challenging Republican's lame-duck laws limiting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praised Shirley Abrahamson as an inspiration Tuesday in a video tribute as the legal community heralded Wisconsin's longest-serving and first female state Supreme Court justice during a farewell ceremony.

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A doctor who now lives in Sheboygan and previously ran a clinic in Queens, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges in the overdose deaths of three patients who had taken prescription drugs.

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The last time Tanna Jo Fillmore talked to her mother, she was in a jail in Utah, angry and desperate. She'd called every day that week, begging for help.

Milwaukee's police chief says an officer on his way home from work was struck and killed by a speeding driver who ran a red light at a Milwaukee intersection.

Sarah Ponath has announced her candidacy for the Waukesha County Circuit Court Branch 5 judgeship.

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Racine police say one of their officers has been killed while trying to stop an armed robbery at a local bar.

The state Assembly is preparing to vote on a bill that would allow public schools to release the names of students' parents and guardians.

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Gov. Tony Evers has announced the appointment of Julie Gleeson as Ashland County's register of deeds. She will replace Karen Miller, who is resigning effective July 12.

Gov. Tony Evers re-established Wisconsin's pardons board on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise to again consider granting pardons after his Republican predecessor, Scott Walker, halted the process eight years ago.

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As a wave of consumer activism swept the country in the 1970s, Wisconsinites formed the country's first statewide consumer advocacy group focused on utilities.

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Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for Outagamie County Circuit Court judge.

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A jury has convicted a Wisconsin father of second-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of his son last year.

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Two Wisconsin officers were justified when they shot and killed a man who got in a gunfight with police that left a city firefighter dead in the crossfire last month, a prosecutor said Thursday.

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