A Wisconsin Department of Justice task force on Wednesday released draft legislation designed to protect senior citizens and vulnerable adults from exploitation, including bills that would define new crimes, create penalty enhancers and speed up court proceedings for elderly victims and witnesses.

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A therapist in suburban Milwaukee has pleaded not guilty to charges that he physically abused an autistic 3-year-old boy during a home therapy session.

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A proposed rule to drastically increase whistleblower rewards paid for information leading to successful Medicare fraud actions to as high as nearly $10 million was proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services this week.

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The Green Bay Catholic diocese says it's constitutionally protected from liability in a civil lawsuit filed by two victims of clergy abuse.

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A jury has been selected to hear a fraud trial against the Green Bay Catholic Diocese.

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