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Second inmate charged in youth prison assault

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a second inmate Thursday in connection with a fight that left a counselor at Wisconsin’s youth prison brain-dead. Online court records show 17-year-old Rian Nyblom was charged in Lincoln County Circuit Court with being a party to felony ...

Wisconsin youth prison counselor declared brain-dead after assault

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A counselor at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison has been declared brain-dead after a fight with a 16-year-old inmate, the county coroner said Wednesday, less than three weeks after prosecutors filed criminal charges against a warden and multiple staffers in connection ...

Signatures collected to force recall election against Vos

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on what district the recall should be held in, based on a review by the state elections commission ...

Wisconsin AG argues against letting disabled vote electronically at home

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general pushed back Monday against a request to let people with disabilities vote electronically from home this fall. Attorney General Josh Kaul’s attorneys told Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell during a hearing that the ...

Taxpayers in Wisconsin to pay about half of redistricting costs

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin taxpayers will pay half of the $128,000 bill submitted by redistricting consultants hired by the state’s Supreme Court for the work they did reviewing proposed legislative maps, the liberal majority of the court ordered Monday. Conservative justices ...