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Hazing investigation ongoing into unaffiliated frat at UW-Madison

25 September 2026 at 16:01

Police have arrested at least two men amid an investigation into alleged hazing in the basement of an unrecognized fraternity near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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Madison mayor: City cops will get body cams sooner than expected

24 September 2026 at 21:04

Across Wisconsin and the country, body-camera use is near-universal among large law enforcement agencies. But, in Madison, the only officers who wear them are on the SWAT team or motorcycle unit.

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Judge sides with state in latest dispute over program for incarcerated moms

1 September 2026 at 21:32

A Dane County judge says Wisconsin's Department of Corrections is complying with a 2025 ruling that ordered the prison system to implement a program for incarcerated moms and their infants.

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Wisconsin tax collections higher than expected, as surplus discussions continue

28 August 2026 at 19:56

The figures come during amid a crucial election year, as candidates for governor and the state Legislature debate how Wisconsin should spend its budget surplus.

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Board meets to consider Wisconsin’s first commutations in decades

21 August 2026 at 10:00

Wisconsin governors have the power to shorten criminal sentences. But the last governor to use that power was Republican Tommy Thompson, who left office in 2001.

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Green Bay faces federal lawsuit from wrongfully convicted brothers

18 August 2026 at 10:00

David and Robert Bintz spent decades in prison for a murder they didn't commit. They've recently a filed a lawsuit which accuses the city of Green Bay of violating their constitutional rights.

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β€˜Corey matters’: The Rev. Al Sharpton gives eulogy for Madison man killed by police

14 August 2026 at 18:44

The Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy at a funeral for a man who was fatally shot by a Madison police officer on July 22. Attorneys for the Ruiz family say they plan to release an independent autopsy in coming days.

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Madison police clear encampment at shooting site, arrest 16

4 August 2026 at 12:35

Madison police arrested at least seven people early Tuesday morning as officials moved to clear out the encampment at the site of a July 22 police shooting.Β An additional 10 people have been cited, according to a Madison police spokesperson.

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Madison fought for years about police body cams. Leaders say things have changed.

3 August 2026 at 10:00

As far back as 2014, body cameras for Madison police have been debated, but never adopted on a department-wide basis. That could be poised to change following a fatal police shooting on July 22.

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Madison mayor: Cars will be towed from encampment at site of police shooting

2 August 2026 at 20:08

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is asking demonstrators to voluntarily leave an encampment that's sprung up at the site where a Madison police officer shot and killed 38-year-old Corey Ruiz on July 22.

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