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Wisconsin’s high court asked to reverse Evers’ 400-year veto

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys with Wisconsin’s largest business lobbying group asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to strike down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ use of a partial veto to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400 years. The Wisconsin Manufacturers & ...

NE Wisconsin teen sentenced in bonfire explosion

MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old who triggered a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people at a backyard gathering in eastern Wisconsin has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation. Sam Armstrong appeared Thursday in Shawano County Court, WLUK-TV ...

Wisconsin high court justice won’t seek re-election

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The longest-serving current Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and member of its liberal majority announced Thursday that she will not seek another term, setting up a high-stakes fight for control of the battleground state’s highest court. Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s ...

Minnesota man guilty in fatal stabbing on river

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A 54-year-old Minnesota man was convicted Thursday in the slaying of a high school student and stabbing of four other people who were tubing on a western Wisconsin river. A Wisconsin circuit court jury found Nicolae Miu guilty of first-degree reckless homicide, four ...

Evers vetoes PFAS bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican bill Tuesday that would have created grants to fight pollution from "forever chemicals" and took the unusual step of calling the GOP-controlled budget committee into meeting to approve spending $125 million to deal with ...

Wisconsin seeks input on deer management

An online public comment period is open through Sunday to provide input on deer management in Wisconsin. The comment period is a chance to offer views that local County Deer Advisory Councils will consider as they make recommendations for the 2024 hunting season. To participate, go to ...