Wisconsin sheriffs have discretion on whether to report a person booked into county jails to U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A seventh inmate died at a Wisconsin prison, less than a year after the then-warden and staff were charged with misconduct ...

Fired USDA employees said terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive ...

The system of flagged officers — often known as a “Brady/Giglio list,” so named for two landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases — is meant to help prosecutors fulfill their legal duty to share evidence that ...

How to understand the county’s inconsistent system for tracking law enforcement officers who have been accused of dishonesty, bias or crimes.

For more than 25 years, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has closely guarded its list of law enforcement officers who have been accused of dishonesty, bias or crimes. In September, ...

An audit of the November election won by Donald Trump in Wisconsin found not a single vote counted incorrectly, altered or ...

For the 19th consecutive year, the  Freedom of Information Council is bestowing its annual Openness in Government Awards, or ...

Competing proposals would protect “innocent landowners” — those who didn’t knowingly cause pollution — from liability under ...

The state typically caps payouts at $5,000 per year, totaling no more than $25,000. Many get less, and others don’t apply.

Lame-duck laws passed in late 2018 after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers won his first term, but before he took office.

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