Nation Jul 02 Wisconsin’s 176-year-old abortion ban struck down by state Supreme Court The ban was in effect until 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nullified it, and was never repealed. Conservatives argued that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision overturning Roe reactivated the prohibition. Democratic Attorney…
Nation Jun 22 Eastern half of U.S. bakes under heat dome, with more days of dangerous temperatures ahead Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and East braced Sunday for another sweltering day of dangerously hot temperatures as a rare June heat wave continued to grip parts of the U.S.
Nation May 15 Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade federal immigration agents pleads not guilty A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade federal immigration agents has pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
Politics May 14 Wisconsin judge says no legal basis to charge her with helping man evade immigration agents A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing that there's no legal basis for…
Nation May 08 Father of teenager who shot and killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school faces felony charges Wisconsin prosecutors on Thursday charged the father of a teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting last year with allowing her access to the semiautomatic pistols she used in the attack.
Nation Apr 30 Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning at the county courthouse.
Nation Dec 20 Wisconsin shooter was new student at Christian school where her victims had deep ties, official says An official at the Wisconsin school where a student shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student says the 15-year-old was in her first semester there.
Nation Dec 18 Wisconsin police remain tight-lipped on Madison school shooting investigation Wisconsin police did not plan any public updates Wednesday into the extremely rare religious school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.
Politics Nov 11 Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid Abortion-rights advocates stand an excellent chance of prevailing, given that liberal justices control the court and one of them remarked on the campaign trail that she supports abortion rights.
Nation Aug 07 Milwaukee hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees with being a party to felony murder in connection with a Black man’s death.