A Wisconsin appeals court is refusing to block a lower court's ruling banning the practice known as ballot spoiling, which allows voters who already submitted an absentee ballot to void it and vote again.

A Wisconsin appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower court's ruling from last week prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, blocking at least temporarily the order sought by a conservative group founded by prominent Republicans.

A Wisconsin judge is prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, siding with a conservative group created by prominent Republicans that said the practice known as ballot spoiling is illegal.

Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed bipartisan bills establishing a first-ever process for collecting and tracking sexual assault evidence kits, proposals that stalled for years over partisan bickering despite widespread support among law enforcement agencies, victims' advocates and others across Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits that could define state officials' ability to regulate factory farms and high-capacity wells and determine how far state agencies can go when interpreting state law.

State officials are weighing how a legal opinion requiring fire sprinklers in apartment buildings could affect how state agencies enforce and adopt new administrative rules.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin crime labs took longer to complete DNA, ballistics and forensic evidence testing during Attorney General Josh Kaul’s first year in office, posing troubles for the Democrat after he hammered his Republican predecessor over lab delays during their 2018 campaign. Kaul released a report Wednesday revealing delays in DNA testing increased ...

The application for Jefferson County district attorney is open.

Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.

A proposal that began as a bipartisan effort to prevent future delays in the testing of kits for sexual-assault evidence in Wisconsin but that turned into a partisan fight appears doomed in the Legislature.

The state Department of Justice's work to test thousands of rape kits has resulted in charges against less than a half-dozen people so far.

Wisconsin’s former – and hitherto only — solicitor general has landed a new job at a large law firm.

An obscure Wisconsin board voted to lift a ban on its employees working on climate change during state time that was put in place by Republicans to target the daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, who was the board's executive director.

Last week, Attorney General Brad Schimel released a legal opinion involving a county’s authority to zone shorelands within a town.

Gov. Scott Walker has tapped the leader of the state’s parole commission and the legal counsel for a state regulatory agency to fill two spots on the Milwaukee County bench.

The ousted Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says in his first post-election interview that his defeat to the Democrat Josh Kaul was "kind of a death by a thousand cuts."

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel believes private events in public spaces require liquor licenses, drawing fire from a conservative law firm that fears such a stance could have a chilling effect on tailgating and wedding barn operations.

Gov. Scott Walker is giving outgoing Attorney General Brad Schimel a job as a judge.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel conceded defeat Monday to his Democratic opponent, Josh Kaul, saying the difference in their vote tallies is too great to overcome through a recount.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says it "appears" that Democrat Josh Kaul has won their race, but Schimel will wait until all votes are counted.

Although the contests for the governor’s office and a U.S. Senate seat topped the ballot in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Democrats had high hopes for a handful of other races.

New campaign finance reports show the Democratic attorney general candidate, Josh Kaul, is winning the fundraising battle over te Republican incumbent, Brad Schimel, as Election Day approaches.

The ad battle between Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul rages on.

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has joined 18 other GOP attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling finding that Clean Water Act protections extend to non-point pollution.

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is disputing a new ad that claims he was soft on child molesters.

An organization backed by the Democratic Attorneys General Association released a new television ad on Tuesday accusing the Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel of being soft on child molesters.

The trial date for a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries in Wisconsin has been set for April 2.

Democratic attorney general candidate Josh Kaul went on the attack during his first debate with Republican incumbent Brad Schimel on Friday, hoping to make up ground after polls show him trailing the veteran prosecutor less than a month before Election Day.

The Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul is releasing his first television ad, a 30-second spot blasting the incumbent, Brad Schimel, for taking too long with unanalyzed rape-testing kits.

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul are getting ready for the first debate.