By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin regulators lack the inherent authority to require businesses to clean up contamination from PFAS chemicals and other toxic contaminants because legislators haven’t established any restrictions on the substances, a judge ...

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Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Monday against Johnson Controls and Tyco Fire Products over PFAS pollution in northeastern Wisconsin.

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The Department of Natural Resources can continue to test wastewater for PFAS but can't take legal action against polluters until state lawmakers set water quality standards for the compounds, a Jefferson County judge ruled.

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The city of Eau Claire has shut down almost half its wells because of PFAS contamination.

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Gov. Tony Evers has decided to hire a San Francisco-based law firm to handle potential lawsuits over PFAS pollution.

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The Wisconsin Assembly planned to vote Tuesday on a bill that would create a new $10 million grant program to help communities clean up contamination from "forever chemicals" known as PFAS but would ban them from suing those responsible for the pollution.

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Nearly 800 residents of French Island plan to sue the city of La Crosse stemming from contamination of private drinking water wells from chemicals known as PFAS, a move that could expose the city to up to more than $39 million in claims.

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin therapists, counselors and social workers could continue to attempt to change the sexual orientation of gay or transgender people under a bill Republican legislators are poised to take up Tuesday. ...

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is being sued over its enforcement of environmental-protection laws.

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Gov. Tony Evers' administration announced Friday that it wants to hire outside attorneys to potentially file lawsuits over PFAS contamination.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials said Friday they’ve finished drafting new groundwater standards for more than 20 substances, including a dozen types of PFAS chemicals. The Department of Natural Resources asked the Department of Health Services in April ...

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Environmental regulators in Wisconsin voted Wednesday to table rules setting new restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul took action on regulating PFAS chemicals and a nationwide antitrust investigation into the generic drug industry on Wednesday.

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Gov. Tony Evers signed a Republican-sponsored bill Wednesday that imposes new restrictions on firefighting foam to curb pollution from PFAS chemicals.

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