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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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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Kenosha County's district attorney has had his law license reinstated a day after it was suspended by Wisconsin's Office of Lawyer Regulation.

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A memo from Wisconsin's Office of Lawyer Regulation says Kenosha County's top prosecutor willfully failed to cooperate with one or more investigations into alleged misconduct.

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The proposal got support from a majority of Madison alders, but failed to secure the needed supermajority.

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The buildings known as GEF 2 and GEF 3 are being sold to a developer.

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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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The Department of Homeland Security is launching a criminal investigation focused on alleged voter in multiple states, including Wisconsin, according to a report from CNN.

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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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The multi-state lawsuit accused the company that owns Instagram and Facebook of designing its apps so that they would be addictive to children.

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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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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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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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The officer who fatally shot Corey Ruiz in Madison had nearly 11 years of law enforcement experience.

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A veteran born in Oshkosh is suing the state over a law that limits when transgender and intersex people can change the sex on their birth certificates.

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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. An additional 10 people have been cited, according to a Madison police spokesperson.

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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 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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Four Madison officers are on leaving pending a Wisconsin Department of Justice investigation into the fatal shooting of Corey Ruiz.

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A police department proposal calls for phased implementation of body cameras starting in 2027.

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