A property owner and a contractor have agreed to pay the state $12,500 to resolve a civil environmental lawsuit. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources had asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice to prosecute Stan Johnson and contractor Mark Schultz ...

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By Marie Rohde Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking an appellate court to overturn a contractor’s conviction on nine felonies of theft, fraud and embezzlement because the prosecutor secretly demanded the victims pay the cost of a key expert witness. “It’s ...

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One of Gov. Scott Walker’s first acts was to instruct was Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to file a lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Days after the sweeping federal law was signed into law by President ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s attorney general says Brown County and the city of Green Bay have each agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a complaint about toxic pollution in the Fox River area. As part of Wednesday’s settlement, ...

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By Ben Mook Dolan Media Newswires Pressure on banks and processing firms to suspend foreclosures over concerns of paperwork errors continues to mount as a group of as many as 40 state attorneys general plans to announce a multijurisdictional investigation ...

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Patrick Cudahy Inc., which owns and operates a meat processing facility at One Sweet Apple-Wood Lane in Cudahy, has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle state claims under Wisconsin’s air pollution laws. Under Wisconsin law, Patrick Cudahy obtained and is ...

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By Matt Pommer Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has ducked out of representing the state in a legal fight over a federal court ruling blocking the U.S. government from spending money on stem-cell research. A weak excuse, offered by ...

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A Hartland real estate company has agreed to pay $150,000 in penalties for violating state environmental laws regarding erosion control during construction of a condominium project. Trillium Development LLC and one of the company’s owners, Jeffrey J. Christensen, entered a ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin paper mill has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle alleged violations of its air pollution permit. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced his office’s settlement with Appleton Coated LLC of Combined Locks. The mill ...

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By Sean Ryan Municipal officials facing backlogs of roadwork are waiting on a Wisconsin attorney general’s opinion that could give them a new source of construction money. The idea of using tax-incremental financing to rebuild deteriorating roads started in the ...

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