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A judge has ordered a Wisconsin woman to spend at least nine months in jail for harming her baby in a hospital.

A state appeals court says a Darien man was properly convicted of threatening police on Facebook.

Gov. Tony Evers' pick to head the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has won approval from a Republican-controlled legislative committee.

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A bipartisan proposal designed to help Wisconsin's fledgling hemp industry has been modified to appease law-enforcement officials.

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If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom.

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A man charged with tampering with a vehicle owned by two missing Wisconsin brothers is facing new charges in Kansas.

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Two Republican legislators introduced legislation Tuesday that would combat elder abuse by increasing criminal penalties and allowing financial advisers and bankers to delay seniors' questionable transactions.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has reinstated expelled wide receiver Quintez Cephus following an acquittal on a sexual assault charge.

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Wisconsin police have identified the man who was fatally shot by an officer after he allegedly attacked the officer.

A man who spent 25 years in prison in connection with a 1992 homicide wants the state to pay him nearly $6 million, according to documents filed with the Wisconsin Claims Board.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Grafton School District is asking a federal court to overturn a decision by a state administrative law judge that forced it to pay $78,000 a year in tuition, plus expenses, to send a student to a ...

A Fond du Lac man has pleaded guilty in a grisly homicide, and prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life without parole.

Kenosha police have arrested two adults in the death of an infant who had been missing since late July.

Life expectancy in Wisconsin has dropped for two years in a row, a decline driven by increased deaths from alcohol abuse and opioids, a report released Monday from the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum found.

Wisconsin taxpayers will pay a liberal group's attorneys $200,000 because Republican lawmakers blocked them on Twitter.

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A semi driver accused of taking too many prescription pills before his rig slammed into a disabled school bus and injured 33 people in Columbia County has been found guilty of felony charges.

A judge has set a hearing to decide whether there is enough evidence to try a man for tampering with a vehicle used by two Wisconsin brothers who are missing and presumed dead in Missouri.

Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for appointment as register of deeds in Menominee County.

The Legal Services Corp. has announced that 14 legal aid organizations, including the Legal Action of Wisconsin, will receive Pro Bono Innovation Grants totaling $4,347,185 to expand pro bono legal services for low-income clients.

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A Wisconsin fugitive wanted on charges of child sexual assault and child pornography hid out for more than three years in a makeshift bunker powered by solar panels and a pedal generator before a hunter stumbled onto him last week, police said.

A man convicted of killing a Milwaukee police officer has fired his lawyers two weeks before his sentencing.

Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed requiring more background checks for gun sales in the state and called on Republicans who control the Legislature to pass their legislation, even though GOP leaders have said they have no support for such a change.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday accused a paralyzed Democratic lawmaker of going public with his requests for accommodations to undermine the GOP legislator's taking over as head of a national organization.

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Wisconsin Republican lawmakers find themselves in an unusual position, advocating for a bill they've introduced that broadens access to birth control.

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Wisconsin Republicans who continue to largely dismiss Gov. Tony Evers' call to pass gun-safety legislation introduced a series of bills on Tuesday designed to bolster mental-health services in the state, a step they said was not in response to recent mass shootings.

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Police say a man found passed out behind the wheel at an Eau Claire gas station is facing his 12th drunken driving charge.

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Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wants to increase the GOP majority in the state Assembly to a veto-proof number following the 2020 election.

Republican legislators are re-introducing a bill that would punish students with suspensions and expulsions for interfering with campus speeches and presentations

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Wisconsin elections officials scaled back a plan on Tuesday to buy scores of new loaner computers for local clerks who are using outdated systems that are vulnerable to cyberattacks, saying the proposal is too expensive.

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