The Wisconsin Claims Board announced on Monday that it will award $25,000 to a man wrongfully convicted in a 1995 homicide later connected to a Milwaukee serial killer.

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The Wisconsin Claims Board approved $10,000 in payments for two northwestern Wisconsin residents whose deer died after gypsy-moth spraying.

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The Wisconsin Claims Board on Friday awarded $25,000 to a U.S. Navy veteran who spent 26 years behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit.

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A Milwaukee man who spent more than six years in prison for a dismissed attempted-homicide charge won't receive monetary compensation for his time. The State of Wisconsin Claims Board denied Michael Winston's $275,000 claim on Tuesday.

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The Wisconsin Claims Board is schedled to hear a former prison inmate's demand for nearly $6 million in compensation.

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A man who spent 25 years in prison in connection with a 1992 homicide wants the state to pay him nearly $6 million, according to documents filed with the Wisconsin Claims Board.

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A state board has denied three requests for innocent conviction compensation.

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Wisconsin lawmakers are working on a pair of bipartisan bills that would boost compensation for a man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit as well as for all wrongful convictions.

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When David Turnpaugh appeared before the Wisconsin Claims Board on Wednesday for the third time in three years, he knew he would receive compensation for his wrongful conviction on prostitution and bail-jumping charges in 2006.

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A construction company is alleging it is out $217,499 and accusing Wisconsin officials of violating procurement rules by insisting on the use of a particular product for a veterans home project.

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The state will pay $25,000 to a Milwaukee man who was wrongly convicted of a homicide that was later linked to a serial killer.

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The Wisconsin Claims Board is considering claims from four people who were sentenced to time behind bars before their convictions were overturned.

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