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21 Likely Drug Deaths In One Week

21 Likely Drug Deaths In One Week

County Medical Examiner's Office on pace to handle 500 overdose deaths this year.

Hmong Leaders Rally Against Deportation

Hmong Leaders Rally Against Deportation

Efforts by Trump administration to deport Hmongs to Laos condemned at rally in Wausau.

Two Bald Eagles Illegally Shot, Killed

Two Bald Eagles Illegally Shot, Killed

Federally protected species, but two slain in rural Wisconsin, investigation ongoing.

State Seeks to Regulate Coal Ash

State Seeks to Regulate Coal Ash

DNR seeks federal EPA approval to regulate utilities' coal ash landfills, ponds.

City’s African American Auto Deaths Soar

City’s African American Auto Deaths Soar

Up by 93% in five years, report finds. Statistic is “shocking,” says Ald. Murphy

Johnson Controls Must Expand Inspection of PFAS Pollution

Johnson Controls Must Expand Inspection of PFAS Pollution

DNR requiring the company to look further for pollution from forever chemicals.

Lake Michigan At Record Water Levels

Lake Michigan At Record Water Levels

Unprecedented lake levels are wreaking havoc on the shoreline.

Bill Preventing Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Stalls in Senate

Bill Preventing Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Stalls in Senate

GOP amendments muddy passage of the bi-partisan legislation.

GOP Tax Cut Passes Assembly

GOP Tax Cut Passes Assembly

Plan costs state $248 million annually, saves average Wisconsin income tax filers $106 annually.

Milwaukee Republican Field Office Vandalized

Milwaukee Republican Field Office Vandalized

State GOP says they're not leaving.

GOP Tax Cut Passes Senate

GOP Tax Cut Passes Senate

Assembly takes up bill today, despite Evers' call for money to go to schools.

38% of Police Stops Not Fully Documented

38% of Police Stops Not Fully Documented

Morales promises improvement as MPD releases semi-annual report on stop and frisk, other encounters.