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Senate to pass bills targeting heroin use
The Wisconsin Senate is poised to pass a pair of bills designed to combat heroin use.
Assembly OKs 2 more heroin bills
The Wisconsin Assembly has approved two more bills designed to curb heroin abuse.
Assembly OKs parolee sanctions bill
The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would create a formal system of short-term sanctions for convicts who violate parole or probation.
AG awards $1.5M to 13 diversion programs
The state Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that 13 criminal diversion programs across the state will receive grants this year.
Legislator introduces more heroin bills (UPDATE)
A Republican assemblyman is working on several more bills designed to combat heroin and drug abuse.
Assembly passes 4 bills to curb heroin abuse
The state Assembly unanimously passed four bills Tuesday that seek to curb heroin abuse.
Assembly committee passes heroin prosecution bill (UPDATE)
An Assembly bill that gives individuals who call 911 to report a heroin overdose immunity from prosecution for certain crimes unanimously passed out of committee Thursday.
Lawmakers alter DNA collection proposal (UPDATE)
The Republicans who dominate the state’s Joint Finance Committee plan to keep Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to collect DNA samples from people who have been arrested on suspicion of felonies. But they could drop the plan to take them from those arrested for certain misdemeanors, the co-chairman of the committee said Thursday.
Judge rules against Nygren in recall lawsuit (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County judge has ruled that a Republican state lawmaker can’t have his name added to the ballot for an upcoming recall election. Judge Richard Niess ruled against Rep. John Nygren of Marinette on Friday afternoon. State election officials ruled this week that Nygren wasn’t eligible to run. They said […]
Nygren lawsuit could upend election preparations
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — County clerks in northeastern Wisconsin have begun preparing ballots for a recall election in three weeks, fully aware that an impending court ruling involving the state senate race could turn all their plans upside-down. Clerks in Brown, Marinette, Oconto and Shawano counties are getting ready for a […]
Hearing on Rep. Nygren’s lawsuit set for Friday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County judge will hear arguments this week in the case of a Republican state lawmaker who says his name should be on the ballot in an upcoming recall election. Rep. John Nygren of Marinette filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state Government Accountability Board. He said board officials acted […]
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