Facilities assisting homeless Wisconsin veterans in Chippewa Falls and Green Bay have closed and — as of Tuesday — their funding officially ran out.

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A court appointed referee is recommending that former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman lose his law license for three years because of several ethics violations during his failed investigation into the 2020 election.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has asked parties to file briefs on whether two redistricting lawsuits filed in Dane County Circuit Court should be allowed to proceed.

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The longtime mayor of Menomonie in western Wisconsin says the city won't be negotiating any development agreements with a firm behind a $1.6 billion data center proposal.

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Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany has officially entered Wisconsin's 2026 race for governor, joining a field of GOP candidates hoping to win back control of the executive branch, held by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers since 2019. 

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Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says discussions are underway to allow Wisconsin lawmakers and the state Supreme Court to use tax dollars for security at their homes amid an uptick in political violence.

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A University of Wisconsin Board of Regents committee has signed off on a $13.5 million expansion of a planned cyclotron particle accelerator research facility that will create radioactive isotopes used in cancer research, detection and treatment.

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Wisconsin state Rep. Jerry O'Connor said he received several death threats over his comments in support of a bill that would block gay pride flags from being flown at state buildings.

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Free speech advocates say the bill is likely unconstitutional and the government shouldn't decide which groups get federal funding based on employees' private comments. 

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is accusing Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature of ignoring a recent state Supreme Court decision about when proposed rules submitted by state agencies can be given the force of law.

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Wisconsin members of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA say they're shocked, saddened and angry following his assassination at a college campus on Wednesday.

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Wisconsin officials of all political stripes are denouncing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah on Wednesday afternoon. Kirk, 31, died after being shot at Utah Valley University.

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A Democratic state lawmaker from Milwaukee is accusing Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley of abusing his power during the COVID-19 pandemic. The testimony from state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez comes just a day after Crowley launched his campaign for governor.

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Wisconsin livestock markets, dealers and truckers would see massive fee increases under a rule change proposed by state agriculture regulators.

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The parents of two Minnesota teens killed in a drunken driving crash in July have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the woman at the heart of a dispute between the Dane County Sheriff's Office and federal immigration authorities.

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An unnamed tech company is proposing a $1.7 billion data center in the western Wisconsin city of Menomonie — and concerned citizens are raising the alarm.

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A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin to give back pay to disabled workers who were denied unemployment over the past decade.

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Republican leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature are punching back after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers told state agencies to publish rules on topics like water quality, licensing and wolf management without waiting for GOP-led committees to sign off. They're doing so by telling the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau it can't publish rules until committees have weighed in.

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Gov. Tony Evers is telling state agencies not to wait for Republican-led legislative committees to sign off on a backlog of administrative rules covering topics ranging from wolf management to professional licensing.

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Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says the U.S. Department of Justice should investigate the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for charging the Town of Lac du Flambeau hundreds of thousands of dollars to use roads crossing reservation land.

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