Jeffrey Johnson resigned from the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office in northern Wisconsin in 2022 after sending sexual images to female jail deputies. He was later hired in the next county over at ...

Wisconsin regulators can require large livestock farms to obtain permits seeking to prevent manure spills, a state appeals court has ruled.

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The budget diverts an estimated $2.2 million annually for the district attorney’s office that’s supposed to go to a fund for Milwaukee schools.

Gov. Tony Evers didn’t veto two projects in the Assembly speaker’s district as part of the budget agreement with Republicans.

The special prosecutor, La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke, declined further comment to Wisconsin Watch on his investigation of Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis.

The federal government has extended its lease for at least one year at a downtown field office used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Court rulings prompt the state to lift its ban on unemployment insurance for Social Security Disability recipients, removing obstacles for future workers. But some questions remain unanswered.

Thousands of workers could see relief after a judge struck down the state’s ban on unemployment insurance for Social Security Disability recipients.

In a 5-1 vote, the elections commission rejected arguments from the interim clerk that the orders exceed its statutory authority.

Peter Navis, who worked as a Walworth County court commissioner for four years, resigned from his job after he asked to see an immigration arrest warrant.