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Redistricting Attorneys Could be Paid More than $275,000
MADISON (AP) - Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have signed contracts to pay attorneys representing them in a redistricting lawsuit a flat fee that could reach $275,000. Documents released Wednesday show that one contract calls for paying attorneys with…
Walker Supports Eliminating Treasurer if Voters Approve
MADISON (AP) - Governor Scott Walker says he supports eliminating Wisconsin's all-but powerless state treasurer's office if voters approve. Republicans who control the Legislature have slowly eliminated the treasurer's duties over the years, shifting them to other agencies. The position's…
Hearing in Case Against Office Charged in Philando Castile's Death
ST. PAUL (AP) - A judge is set to hear arguments on whether to dismiss the case against a Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a black man during a July traffic stop. St. Anthony police officer, Jeronimo Yanez…
Group Sues Feds for Delaying Bumblebee's Endangered Listing
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - An environmental group is suing the Trump administration for delaying an endangered-species designation for the rusty patched bumblebee. The Natural Resources Defense Council says the U.S. Department of Interior broke the law by postponing the…
U.S. Sees Steady Decline in New HIV Infections
NEW YORK (AP) - New calculations to better track HIV infections confirm that the United States is seeing a strong and steady decline. The number of new cases has been falling for years, but health officials wanted a clearer picture…
Walker Says He has No Problem with 'Safe' Refugees
MADISON (AP) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he has no problem with refugees coming into the state as long as they are "safe." Walker was asked Tuesday by reporters about the ongoing legal fight over President Donald Trump's travel…
Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court OKs Toxicology Report
MADISON (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has resolved a question over whether results of certain toxicology reports can be admitted at trial without having the author of the report testify in court. The court ruled 5-2 on Tuesday,…
National Security Adviser Resigns, Dems Now Asking What Did Trump Know and When
WASHINGTON (AP) — The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn elicited a simple but persistent question Tuesday from congressional Democrats: What did President Donald Trump know and when did he know it? But many Republicans brushed past this echo…
Appellate Court Takes Up Brendan Dassey's Case
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court will consider the fate of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer." Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in the death of photographer Teresa Halbach…
The Latest on Problems with an Emergency Spillway at Nation's Tallest Dam
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) _ The Latest on problems with an emergency spillway at the nation's tallest dam (all times local): 12:40 p.m. The acting head of California's water agency says he's ``not sure anything went wrong'' on a damaged spillway…
2 North Dakota Students Killed, 1 Hurt, in Crash on I-94
GLYNDON, Minn. (AP) - Two North Dakota State University students are dead and a third is injured after a crash on a snow and icy interstate in Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol says 18-year-old Danie Thomssen of Fargo, and 19-year-old Carson…
Arby's Investigates Credit Card Security Breach
FOX NEWS - Hundreds of thousands of customers' credit and debit card information may have been stolen after it was discovered that malware had been installed on payment systems and cash registers at hundreds of Arby's restaurants in the U.S.…
Border Agents Seize Nearly 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Fake Key Limes
FOX NEWS - Authorities in Texas last month recovered about 4,000 pounds of marijuana hidden inside a shipment of fake key limes near the U.S.-Mexico Border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials found the drugs in a commercial shipment on…
U.S. Appeals Court Refuses to Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The panel of three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a…
Appeals Court: Decision on Trump Travel Ban Coming Thursday
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco is set to issue its ruling in the legal fight over whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominately Muslim nations. The 9th U.S. Circuit…
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