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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Gov. Tony Evers announced the state’s first settlement with a Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam over alleged violations of the state’s spills law for failing to report PFAS contamination.

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The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the theft of a navigational beacon at the lighthouse that guides ships into the Superior harbor.

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Wisconsin youth are appealing a recent decision to dismiss their legal challenge seeking to strike down state laws that they say worsen the climate crisis and violate their constitutional rights.

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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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Many Americans are having a tough time making ends meet. And an increasing number have fallen so deeply into debt, they’ve filed for bankruptcy.

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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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A new lawsuit filed by a watersports group argues an ordinance passed by a Wisconsin village is an illegal and unconstitutional ban on wake surfing and wake boats.

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Last week, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit against 5 different prediction market platforms alleging that they facilitate illegal sports betting in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin is suing Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto.com for allegedly illegally facilitating sports betting on their prediction market platforms, the state’s Department of Justice announced this week. 

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Legislative Republicans are asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed earlier this year by parents and educators from across Wisconsin alleging lawmakers have failed to adequately fund public schools.

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The Pabst Brewing Company can be held liable for injuries that an independent contractor suffered on the job, and may pay out damages, after a decision from the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wednesday.

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Defense attorneys are calling for sanctions against the Kenosha County district attorney over actions in an ongoing homicide trial. A judge called the DA's actions "extremely unacceptable."

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