Gov. Tony Evers will lay out his policy agenda and goals for the year in his second State of the State speech to lawmakers on Wednesday, presenting a wish list sure to include some bipartisan measures that the Democratic governor hopes will have a chance of passing the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice plans to review a series of sexual-assault investigations from the Wisconsin National Guard after a federal report found many were conducted improperly.

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Judge Maxine White has been appointed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District 1. She’s the first woman of color to serve on the Wisconsin appellate court. White is the chief judge of the First Judicial District and is responsible ...

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Gov. Tony Evers, a former teacher and state superintendent of schools, assigned "homework" to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday, calling on them to spend more money on combating homelessness, restrict the use of water-polluting chemicals and close a loophole that lowers property taxes for large retail stores.

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Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democratic lawmakers have introduced a series of proposals designed to reduce overcrowded prisons, but without support from Republican leaders they are unlikely to gain momentum in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

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A federal investigator called the Wisconsin National Guard's response to a sexual-assault case "a train wreck," according to a review of the Guard's handling of sexual assault-allegations.

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Gov. Tony Evers released a day's worth of his emails to a newspaper, after initially saying state law prohibited him from doing that.

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The La Crosse County assistant district attorney Melissa Inlow will serve as district attorney in nearby Clark County.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a bipartisan bill that makes Wisconsin's hemp-growing program permanent, while bringing it into line with new federal regulations.

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Two new laws are meant to make communications easier for attorneys. Gov. Tony Evers signed the bills into law Wednesday.

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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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It doesn’t look as if Gov. Tony Evers is going to call another special legislative session on gun control anytime soon.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order designed to promote diversity and inclusiveness in Wisconsin state government.

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The Wisconsin Legislature's first veto override attempt in nearly a decade seemed destined to fail on Thursday, with no Democrats planning to jump ranks to provide Republicans with the votes they need to have their way.

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The state Assembly is moving to approve bills intended to prevent suicide in Wisconsin.

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The Republican-controlled state Assembly is expected to pass a bill opposed by anti-abortion groups that would broaden birth control access.

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The Wisconsin Assembly plans to attempt its first veto overrides in 11 years, targeting three partial budget vetoes by Gov. Tony Evers.

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The Republican-controlled Senate fired the state agriculture secretary on Tuesday, and the Democratic governor who appointed him watched quietly a row behind lawmakers before using profanity to blast the process.

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Attorney General Josh Kaul waded into the thorny world of emergency mental-health detentions Thursday, convening a summit to devise ways to prevent police from spending hours transporting detainees to treatment centers.

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The possession of small amounts of marijuana would be decriminalized in Wisconsin under a bill that Democratic lawmakers introduced Wednesday in their latest push to loosen Wisconsin's marijuana laws in the face of Republican opposition.

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When the Madison barber and business owner Brian Britt, 42, stepped up to a folding table in the entryway of the Urban League of Greater Madison, he had a single goal in his mind: Wipe from his record the decades-old criminal convictions he says are holding him back.

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Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for open positions for a Milwaukee County judge and a Crawford County district attorney. He announced both vacancies on Friday.

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Nearly 250 people sent an open letter to Gov. Tony Evers in support of Brendan Dassey's petition for executive clemency.

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Republicans tried to persuade the state Supreme Court on Monday to dismiss a union lawsuit challenging their contentious lame-duck laws, insisting during oral arguments that the laws don't violate the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called the Legislature into a special session next month to take up a pair of gun-control proposals that Republican leaders have been unwilling to debate, accusing them of telling those who support the legislatin to "go to hell."

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that extends health insurance to the immediate survivors of police officers and emergency medical workers who were killed in the line of duty.

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Wisconsin Republicans continued their push on Tuesday to weaken Gov. Tony Evers' powers, holding a hearing on a constitutional amendment prohibiting him from using his veto pen to increase spending.

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Gov. Tony Evers will kill a contentious plan to punish students who disrupt free speech on University of Wisconsin System campuses, his spokeswoman said Friday as system regents took another step toward implementing the policy.

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The Wisconsin Assembly is likely to vote later this year on overriding budget vetoes made by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

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