At issue is a six-year-old state law which gives the Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance the final say about whether to approval settlements in civil lawsuits prosecuted by state's attorney general.

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Wisconsin voters have agreed to add a voter ID requirement to the state constitution.

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The boy previously seemed to be improving, and UW health officials announced in mid-January that he had been upgraded to good condition. Since then, things have taken a turn for the worse.

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Voters can show their IDs from a Wisconsin college or university in order to vote. But not all IDs are accepted.

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Republicans on a state building commission have rejected Gov. Tony Evers' capital budget plan. The $4.1 billion two-year proposal now heads to the Legislature's GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee.

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The Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team is taking home yet another NCAA championship after an overtime victory Sunday against Ohio State University.

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A Dane County supervisor says rising rents in her downtown Madison district have contributed to her decision to resign from her spot on the county board.

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Wisconsin's Department of Corrections estimates the changes could lead to an increase in the state's prison population of 4,600 people.

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Tuesday, March 18 marks Wisconsin's first day of early in-person voting ahead of the spring 2025 election. Exact hours and locations for early voting vary depending on your local community.

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Wisconsin's Supreme Court is weighing whether thousands of corrections workers should be able to sue as a group in a dispute over pay.

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Voters across Wisconsin will decide during the April 1 election whether to add a voter identification requirement to the state's Constitution. Here's what voters need to know.

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A lot of things aren’t allowed through the doors of Wisconsin’s prisons. Cell phones are banned and even underwire from a bra is considered a possible weapon. But recently, a […]

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A Dane County judge is ordering Wisconsin's Department of Corrections to launch a program for incarcerated moms and their infants. 

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