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Three people in Wisconsin who filed a federal lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in absentee voting have dropped the lawsuit.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court was hearing arguments Monday on whether to strike down the state's mask mandate, which being challenged by conservatives as an unconstitutional overreach of power by. Gov. Tony Evers.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary, pointing to an epidemic-powers law that her administration has used since a setback at the state Supreme Court.

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Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won't participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state's electors to vote for President Donald Trump.

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The city of Madison's approved 2021 operating budget includes a $139,000 decrease in funding for the city attorney's office.

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The Office of Lawyer Regulation is requesting a private reprimand for a Rock County attorney who's accused of four counts of misconduct.

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An increasing number of universities in Wisconsin are telling students heading home for Thanksgiving not to return for the rest of the semester.

Three voters in northeastern Wisconsin have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude election ballots in Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties that helped deliver the state to President-elect Joe Biden.

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There remained no evidence of any wrongdoing, fraud or irregularity in Wisconsin's presidential election on Thursday, as counties worked to wrap up the certification of their votes and their estimates of how much it would cost to recount them, the state's top elections official said.

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Wisconsin health officials reported more jaw-dropping COVID-19 infection numbers Thursday as people continued to flaunt recommendations to wear masks and avoid gatherings and state government remained gridlocked on how to beat the pandemic.

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During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he had found any signs of fraud from among the 592 ballots challenged.

Police are stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.

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Outside groups spent nearly $10 million trying to influence Wisconsin's legislative races, according to a report a government watchdog group released Thursday.

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants.

The state Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure spill that has apparently killed scores of fish in Vernon County.

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A suburban Milwaukee police commission will begin deciding next month whether to discipline an officer who has killed three people in five years.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than two-thirds of Wisconsin counties had completed certifying the results of last week’s presidential election by Wednesday, but the last one is still not expected to be finished until the ...

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Missing records in a ninth-offense OWI case have the Wisconsin Supreme Court considering what constitutes enough proof to support a conviction.

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The only way to stop the coronavirus pandemic from getting even worse in Wisconsin is to "triple down," individually and collectively, on public health measures, the state's business leaders learned in a bleak update on Wednesday.

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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Mayo Clinic Health System says its hospitals in the northwest region of Wisconsin are full to capacity. System officials say 100% of their beds are full at hospitals in the region, which encompasses Barron, Bloomer, ...

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New Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu removed long-time budget committee co-chair Alberta Darling from her leadership post on the panel Wednesday.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are grasping for ways to reverse Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin over President Donald Trump, despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud or voting irregularities in the state. Instead, ...

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Meet the Wisconsin Legislature's new bosses, same as the old bosses.

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Gov. Tony Evers renewed his pleas Tuesday for people to stay home to avoid the coronavirus in an unusual prime-time speech hours after the state set new records for infections and deaths.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has hired Kyle Koenen as its policy director.

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Wisconsin lawmakers were expected to finish selecting their leaders for the upcoming session in a series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon.

A man is faced with felony charges for a school bus stop crash that killed a six-year-old girl.

Twenty-four counties in Wisconsin had completed their canvassing of last week's election results as of Monday morning, but all 72 must be in before President Donald Trump could call for a recount, as his campaign has said it intends to do.

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Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying the gun that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a protest over police brutality in August.

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Husch Blackwell is moving into its new, state-of-the-art office space in downtown Milwaukee.

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