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Judge dismisses liberal watchdog’s claims that Wisconsin impeachment panel violated open meeting law
A judge dismissed on Tuesday a liberal watchdog group's claims that a panel researching the possible impeachment of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice violated the state's open meeting laws.
Prosecutors won’t charge deputy who killed man in October
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they won't charge a Dane County Sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a man in October.
Judge orders Wisconsin DOJ agent to stand trial in shooting
A Wisconsin Department of Justice agent who wounded an unarmed Black man during a Madison traffic stop last year must stand trial over whether the shooting was justified.
Prosecutors move to dismiss Wisconsin abortion ban challenge (UPDATE)
A conservative prosecutor is asking a judge to toss out Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 173-year-old ban on abortions, arguing that it lacks legal merit and that there is no weight to assertions that it is unenforceable because of its age.
Wisconsin Capitol statue head thief gets probation
A man who stole the head from the state Capitol statue of Hans Christian Heg during a night of protests in 2020 pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft on Wednesday and was sentenced to a year of probation.
Wisconsin agent charged in nonfatal shooting of unarmed man
A prosecutor charged a Wisconsin Department of Justice agent on Thursday with reckless endangerment in the nonfatal shooting of an unarmed man during a Madison traffic stop last winter.
Prosecutor wants more evidence from Madison shooting
A prosecutor weighing charges in the shooting of a Black man during a violent arrest in Madison says he wants more evidence from investigators.
Grandmother asks judge to OK charges against Madison cop
A woman has asked a judge to authorize homicide charges against a white Madison police officer who shot and killed her biracial grandson seven years ago.
Man accused in fatal crash due in Dane County court
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.
Democrat says lame-duck session violated open meetings
A disabled Wisconsin Democrat says an all-night lame-duck legislative session last month violated the open meetings law because he had to leave after spending too much time in his wheelchair.
DA: Officers justified in killing Wisconsin workplace gunman
A Wisconsin man who wounded four co-workers when he opened fire at a software company last year said in a note that he wanted "to right a grave wrong," according to documents released Monday.
DA office using federal grant to help protect abuse victims
A Wisconsin district attorney's office is using a $100,000 federal grant under the Victims of Crime Act to provide protection to those who've suffered domestic abuse.
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