The state Assembly walked back a bill Thursday that would have allowed bars throughout Wisconsin to stay open later during the Democratic National Convention this summer, tweaking the proposal to allow extended hours only for taverns in the southeastern corner of the state before passing it on to the Senate.

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A 52-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after striking at least 13 vehicles in the town of Lake Tomahawk, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office.

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Repeat drunken drivers would spend more time behind bars under a bill the state Assembly passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday.

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A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a decision on a subject-matter-jurisdiction dispute relating to an OWI case from Ozaukee County.

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A case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court questions when police officers have reasonable belief to conduct searches without warrants after an arrest.

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Wisconsin public defenders are on pace to receive pay parity with state prosecutors. The state Senate on Tuesday passed an amended version of Senate Bill 468 to provide a pay-progression plan for assistant state public defenders.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed a Republican bill that stiffens penalties for drunken drivers who kill someone.

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The state Senate has signed off on two bills that would stiffen drunken-driving penalties — and possibly generate millions of dollars in new prison costs.

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The Marquette County Courthouse sounded like a math classroom during oral arguments in a Wisconsin Supreme Court case on Monday. The justices asked two attorneys appearing before them how they’d calculate fines in a felony OWI case involving a baby in a car and a blood alcohol concentration more than four times the legal limit.

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A drunken driver who fled from a fatal crash in Milwaukee has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

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Dane County sheriff's officials say they've arrested a Madison man for his tenth drunken-driving offense.

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A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that operating a riding mower while drunk carries the same penalties as driving a car while intoxicated.

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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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A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison for driving drunk and causing a fatal crash in northeastern Wisconsin.

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A Wisconsin man is facing his 10th drunken driving charge following a motorcycle crash.

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A drunken driver with a six-year-old in the car nearly struck a Janesville police officer.

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Drunken drivers who consent to a blood draw can't stop the state crime lab from analyzing the sample by withdrawing their permission, Wisconsin's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

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The Supreme Court says law enforcement officers can generally draw blood without a warrant from an unconscious person suspected of driving drunk or while on drugs.

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

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A panel of lawmakers is again scheduled to vote on proposals to change some of the state’s drunken-driving laws.

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A committee of state Assembly lawmakers are schedule to vote on a group of bills related to drunken driving, including one that would require court appearances for citations issued for driving while intoxicated.

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Authorities say speeds during an interstate chase in Sheboygan County reached 115 miles an hour before the fleeing driver crashed into a squad car, a tree and two parked vehicles.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a Wisconsin law that allows law-enforcement officials to draw blood without a warrant from suspected drunken drivers who have become unconscious.

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A man accused of driving drunk, killing a pedestrian and fleeing from the scene in Waupaca County is sentenced to five years in prison.

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State Assembly lawmakers are scheduled to hear public testimony on legislation that would both require drunken drivers to appear in court and make a first-time drunken driving offense a crime.

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Democratic legislators are proposing a bill that would require all first-time drunken drivers to use ignition interlock devices.

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A Dodgeville man arrested after an off-duty firefighter was killed while assisting a disabled motorist along a Dane County highway won't be charged with homicide by drunken driving.

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A Wisconsin man is facing at least his 10th drunken driving charge.

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A Waunakee woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for striking a pedestrian while driving drunk in Madison, leading to the person's death.

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Two Republican legislators are continuing their quest to crack down on drunken driving, reintroducing bills Thursday that would make a first offense a crime and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders.

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