The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the garbage-disposal giant Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. over allegedly illegal hazardous-waste practices at a landfill in Franklin. The proposed settlement, announced on Thursday, calls for increased monitoring for hazardous waste near ...

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Milwaukee is among seven cities included in a crackdown on violent crime the U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

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The Justice Department issued new guidance to its prosecutors Wednesday, aimed at encouraging more white-collar criminal and civil cases against corporate executives.

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It's clearly illegal to hack into someone else's computer network and steal information from it. But what about a police officer who uses his own department's computer database to look up women from his past? Or an employee who uses his log-in credentials to download confidential information from his employer?

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A proposal in 2006 to let school employees carry concealed weapons popped up five days after a 15-year-old student shot and killed Weston High School Principal John Klang.

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The Wisconsin Public Service Corp., a utility company, has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit alleging violations of the Clean Air Act.

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As a young attorney fresh out of law school in the early 1980s, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker wanted to work for the federal government prosecuting organized crime.

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Waupaca County officials have agreed to pay nearly $142,000 to settle allegations they refused to promote a sheriff's deputy because she was a woman, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

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Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments to decide whether attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice can appear in Wisconsin state courts without being members of the bar or being admitted pro hac vice.

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I recently watched the season premiere of my favorite television show.

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