A coalition of liberal-leaning groups planned to file a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to void laws passed by Wisconsin Republicans who were trying to reduce the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general.

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Gov. Scott Walker recently made appointments to the St. Croix County Circuit Court and Ashland District Attorney’s Office.

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Gov.-elect Tony Evers named four Milwaukee-area leaders to his Cabinet on Wednesday, including a former campaign manager to Mayor Tom Barrett and a 30-year veteran of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department.

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The federal guarantee of health-insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions is too politically popular to be eliminated, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said on Tuesday.

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The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin is headed back to federal court.

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Gov. Scott Walker says the powers of his Democratic replacement will remain among the strongest of any governor in the country, even if he signs bills passed in a lame-duck session.

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Companies seeking tax credits from Wisconsin’s troubled job-creation agency would be subject to reduced scrutiny under a provision Republicans included in a package of lame-duck legislation designed to weaken newly elected Democrats.

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Gov. Scott Walker made two appointments on Tuesday to district attorney positions in Burnett and Columbia counties.

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Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday announced that he had appointed a long-time prosecutor from Racine County to take the place of a retiring judge in Racine County.

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Wisconsin Republicans, just weeks away from losing control of both the governor's and attorney general's offices, planned to take big lame-duck votes Tuesday on a sweeping attempt to limit the powers of incoming Democrats, a step that opponents decried as a last-gasp power grab and attempt to invalidate the election.

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A sweeping series of proposals offered by Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers for a lame-duck legislative session would weaken the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, move the date of the 2020 presidential and do much more.

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Gov. Scott Walker recently announced that he is looking for candidates to fill a vacancy on the St. Croix County Circuit Court.

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Wisconsin Democrats are worried their Republican rivals will find a way to remove Gov.-elect Tony Evers from the all-important legislative redistricting process.

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Nothing has been ruled out for consideration during a lame duck legislative session next month before Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Monday.

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

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Gov.-elect Tony Evers has some big ideas about how to reform Wisconsin's overcrowded prison system.

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A new state report shows doctors have been prescribing fewer opioids in the past three years.

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A new report shows the number of adults in Wisconsin prisons reached a record high last year.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that "obviously" President Donald Trump can't end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship with an executive order, while saying he agrees with the president that "unchecked illegal immigration" needs to be dealt with.

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Gov. Scott Walker recently announced that he is taking applications for an appointment to the Racine County Circuit Court.

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Gov. Scott Walker recently announced that he is taking applications for an appointment to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench.

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The Democratic candidate for governor, Tony Evers, faced with charges of plagiarism from Republican Gov. Scott Walker, acknowledged on Friday that he submitted a state schools budget request under his name without proper citations.

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Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't "have any knowledge" about whether his administration stopped former Corrections Secretary Ed Wall from seeking an outside review of Wisconsin's troubled juvenile prisons in 2015.

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A television station is reporting that Gov. Scott Walker's administration told former prisons Secretary Ed Wall to cancel his request for a prison-administrator association to investigate abuse at Wisconsin's youth prison.

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Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a Milwaukee lawyer to fill an open seat on the Racine County Circuit Court bench.

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Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that he is seeking applicants for an appointment to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench.

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The Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office is again asking the state Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker to increase the pay rate for private bar attorneys appointed to take cases for the agency.

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District attorneys around the state are asking the governor and state Legislature to add more prosecutor positions.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking for more employees for the state’s crime labs.

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Gov. Scott Walker is looking for applicants for an appointment to the Waukesha County Circuit Court.

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