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The statehouse: A place paved with the best intentions?

Until 5:05 p.m. Wednesday night, state Rep. Gary Hebl thought there would be an amendment to a bill requiring the installation of devices that prevent someone convicted more than once of drunken driving from starting a car after having a drink.

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Dems push for data on drunken driving bills

Democrats challenged a pair of Republican lawmakers Thursday to prove measures for tougher drunken driving penalties would actually make a difference, demanding to see statistics and data that would justify the bills' costs.

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Wis. lawmakers try again on drunken driving laws

Two Republican legislators are gearing up for another try at toughening the notoriously weak drunken driving laws in Wisconsin, where pounding booze is hard-wired into the culture - and drunken driving kills scores every year.

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Man found not guilty in crash that killed 2

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of killing his wife and daughter in a drunken driving crash in central Wisconsin has been found not guilty. Jurors in Marathon County deliberated for seven hours before clearing Travis Ploman on four counts of homicide by drunken driving and other charges Wednesday night. Ploman wept as the verdicts were read and hugged ...

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UWM point guard Williams arrested on drunk driving charge

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee point guard Kaylon Williams has been arrested in his hometown of Cedar Rapids on suspicion of drunken driving. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that Williams was arrested early Wednesday after police say he drove away from a traffic stop and then ran away from officers. Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said Williams was eventually ...

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Marinette officials hire attorneys for mayor case

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — Marinette city officials have hired two attorneys to possibly help remove the mayor after his drunken driving arrest earlier this month. Mayor Bob Harbick was arrested after his sports utility vehicle struck a light pole. WFRV-TV reports that a committee voted Thursday to hire one attorney to prosecute the case against the mayor and one to ...

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Accused drunken driver in fatal crash in custody

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The man who disappeared from the hospital after he was accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two people has been found in Janesville. Police say they got a tip on the whereabouts of 21-year-old Omar Tavizon-Ramos and arrested him at an apartment Wednesday afternoon. Tavizon-Ramos disappeared from University Hospital in Madison on ...

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Court considers exclusionary rule

By Kimberly Atkins Lawyers USA The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tussled Monday with the limits of the exclusionary rule when the police conduct a search in a way that is lawful at the time, but later deemed unconstitutional by the Court. Willie Gene Davis, the petitioner in Davis v. U.S., was a passenger during a traffic stop. After ...

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Manitowoc man sentenced for 12th OWI

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Manitowoc man has been sentenced to 12 years for his 12th drunken driving offense. According to the Herald Times Reporter, 49-year-old Daniel Frisch was sentenced last month to seven years of initial confinement, followed by five years of extended supervision. Conditions of Frisch’s extended supervision include paying $1,272 in fines and costs plus supervision fees, ...

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