A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits management company, alleging that their son died because he couldn’t afford a sudden $500 spike in his asthma medication.
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Todd Richmond is a reporter with The Associated Press who covers the Wisconsin state legislature as well as breaking news and enterprise stories throughout the state.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to let voters repeal and create state laws gets GOP resistance
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement met opposition from Republican leaders of the Legislature, who signaled that the idea is likely to be rejected for a second time.
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Wisconsin Legislature’s tight Republican majority sparks hope for bipartisan cooperation
When the Wisconsin Legislature returns in January, Republicans will have their narrowest majorities since taking control in 2011. That’s giving Democrats optimism.
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Wisconsin regulators file complaint against former Justice Michael Gableman, who led 2020 election probe
Judicial regulators filed a complaint against a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who spread election conspiracy theories, accusing him of violating multiple rules of conduct.
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Judge rejects GOP call to give Wisconsin youth prison counselors more freedom to punish inmates
A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators’ calls to give counselors at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison more leeway in controlling and punishing inmates after a counselor was killed during a fight at the facility this summer.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers urges federal judge not to make changes at youth prison following counselor death
Gov. Tony Evers asked a federal judge Wednesday not to impose any changes at Wisconsin’s youth prison after an inmate was accused of killing a counselor during a fight earlier this summer, insisting conditions at the prison have been slowly improving despite the death. Evers, a Democrat, said in the letter to James Peterson, chief judge for […]
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Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks budget committee’s ‘pocket veto’
The Wisconsin Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee can’t legally block conservation projects initiated by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration, the state Supreme Court ruled.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court allows expanded use of ballot drop boxes
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state.
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Wisconsin youth prison counselor declared brain-dead after inmate assault
A counselor at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison was declared brain-dead after a fight with a 16-year-old inmate, the county coroner said, less than three weeks after prosecutors filed criminal charges against a warden and multiple staffers in connection with two maximum-security inmates’ deaths.
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Waupun prison warden, eight staff members charged following probes into inmate deaths
The warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison and eight members of his staff were charged following investigations into the deaths of four inmates over the past year.
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Journalism groups sue Wisconsin Department of Justice for names of every police officer in state
Two groups of investigative journalists tracking police misconduct have filed a lawsuit in the hopes of forcing the Wisconsin Department of Justice to divulge the names, birth dates and disciplinary records of every officer in the state.
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Wisconsin Republicans launch audit of state government diversity efforts
The Legislature’s audit committee voted to launch a comprehensive review of diversity and inclusion efforts across state government after the Assembly’s top Republican vowed to eliminate equity initiatives.