Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Wisconsin made their case Wednesday at a public hearing on a Republican bill that's getting its first airing under the GOP-controlled Legislature, the latest sign of movement toward loosening the state's pot laws.

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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says he doesn’t want Wisconsin to become a “rogue state” by legalizing medical marijuana before the federal government does.

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The push to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin enjoys some bipartisan support, but backers of bills that would make it legal for either medical or recreational use say it won't happen this year.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have increased the penalties for making or distributing marijuana through a process that creates a highly concentrated version of marijuana known as butane hash oil.

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A group of Republican lawmakers resurrected a bill Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin, saying it's time to at least talk about using the drug as a natural way to help the sick treat their ailments naturally.

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A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday in the Wisconsin Legislature would lighten penalties for marijuana possession in many parts of the state and increase fines in a few of the state's largest communities, including Milwaukee and Madison.

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A UW Law School graduate who was charged for transporting 114 pounds of marijuana to Wisconsin will be able to practice law in the state.

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Gov. Tony Evers said last week he will propose legalizing marijuana for Wisconsin residents in his state budget as part of a plan to generate $166 million in revenue to help fund rural schools and programs for marginalized communities.

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Highlights of Gov. Tony Evers' state budget proposal submitted to the Legislature on Tuesday.

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Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled Legislature but could be a catalyst to allow the use of medical marijuana.

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Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget could include criminal-justice reforms as Wisconsin emerges from a tumultuous year of protests over police brutality and racism, setting up another possible conflict with Republicans who have been reluctant to take any action to reform police procedures.

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Medical marijuana will not become legal in Wisconsin next year or anytime soon, despite broadening support, the state Assembly's top Republican — himself an advocate for legalization — said Thursday.

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The push to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin grew Wednesday with the unveiling of a bill introduced for the first time by Republican lawmakers.

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It’s been a hard autumn for Jonathan Baker, the owner of TFP Sciences.

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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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Three more people have been charged in what investigators say was a large black-market operation for the manufacture of THC-vape cartridges in southeastern Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin's hemp industry would remain under state control as it enters its second year under a bill the state Senate approved on Tuesday.

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A Milwaukee man and woman are accused in an alleged counterfeit THC vape operation.

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Authorities have made a fourth arrest in connection with a black-market business for THC-vape manufacturing in Wisconsin.

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Kenosha County prosecutors say the mother of two brothers accused of making vaping cartridges containing THC oil was aware of the illegal activity and allowed some products to be manufactured at her real estate office.

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The historically black parts of Chicago's south side bear the marks of disinvestment common to many of the city's mostly black neighborhoods.

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Three legislators have introduced a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin.

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Sniff and search is no longer the default for police in some of the 33 states that have legalized marijuana.

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A Wisconsin operation that manufactured thousands of vaping cartridges a day may have been packing them with far more THC oil than the packaging claimed, authorities said Wednesday.

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Madison authorities on Wednesday raided a self-styled Rastafarian church that claimed marijuana was a sacrament it gave its members in exchange for donations, police said.

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Elected as state representative for the 48th Assembly District, Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, has been "legislating through listening" to her 60,000 constituents since 2012. The stories and concerns she heard from voters in her district have launched Sargent on an unexpected journey, sending her on a mission that she never anticipated when she first ran for office.

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Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote taken this year by the state's budget-writing committee, proposals including accepting federal money to offer more Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.

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