Wisconsin's Department of Corrections will pay out $3.75 million as part of an agreement with the family of Donald Maier.

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A group of retired judges asked the state's highest court to consider changing rules that govern when judges should step down from a case because of conflicts of interest.

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Currently, some disabled Wisconsinites have to rely on help from someone else when filling out an absentee ballot at home. Disability Rights Wisconsin says that violates the right to a secret ballot.

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Yessenia Ruano self-deported to El Salvador last year after immigration officials denied her request to stay in the country. Now, a federal judge says she must be allowed to return to the U.S.

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Green Bay Packers star running back Josh Jacobs was released from custody Wednesday following an arrest in Brown County on suspected domestic violence charges.

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Some Wisconsin communities are cutting ties with Flock Safety, a company that deploys automatic license plate reader cameras.

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A Dane County judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against the father of a Madison school shooter.

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Last year, the Wisconsin Elections Commission declined to provide federal officials with a voter registration that would have included driver's license numbers or partial social security numbers. That prompted the Trump administration to sue.

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Just weeks after changes to federal student loan policy officially reclassified nursing and other programs as no longer “professional” degrees, Wisconsin has joined two dozen other states in suing the Trump administration over the policy.

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Two former executives of a defunct solar energy company are facing criminal theft by contractor charges tied to work that was paid for but never completed.

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Wisconsin's Elections Commission voted Friday morning to certify the April 7 election results. That final tally included 23 absentee ballots from Madison that were previously excluded.

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The grieving mother of a man shot and killed by a Superior police officer last month told the city’s police chief her son didn’t deserve to die during an update on recent shootings.

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Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security say they are still working to deport Noel Quintana Gonzalez. The Madison restauranteur was released from immigration detention after the governor pardoned him for a 20-year-old cocaine conviction.

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A manufacturing company in east central Wisconsin must pay $200,000 for alleged violations of its air pollution violations.

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For women in prison, Mother's Day can be especially difficult. A group of Wisconsin activists wants to let incarcerated moms know they're not alone. To do that, they got in their cars.

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A judge has granted an emergency order that temporarily blocks a Milwaukee ordinance that would have limited food truck hours in parts of the city.

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Two individuals are facing felony charges following recent street takeovers in Milwaukee County.

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A recent decision from a federal appeals court could impact Wisconsin residents seeking to get the abortion pill mifepristone from providers in other states through the mail.

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Wisconsin is the latest state to be sued by the federal government over its attempt to shut down prediction markets from being used by residents. 

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For people behind bars, books can be a vital connection to the outside world. A newly released collection includes reviews of books that people received while they were incarcerated.

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