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As lawmakers grapple with how to close a shortfall in the transportation fund, a group of Republican lawmakers are proposing a sweeping series of reforms to how the state Department of Transportation operates. The proposed legislation released Thursday would make changes to how the DOT plans, designs, and builds roads. It also includes a repeal […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

As deaths from synthetic opioids rise nationwide, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson is proposing legislation he argues will help prosecutors go after the people trafficking those drugs. While Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are well known to law enforcement at this point, Johnson says a simple change in the drugs chemical composition can make it difficult […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Written arguments in appeal of Steven Avery’s murder conviction have been presented to a Sheboygan County judge hearing post-conviction motions. Avery’s attorney Kathleen Zellner says she is requesting the state appeals court dismiss its proceedings in the case so the Sheboygan judge’s, Judge Angela Sutkiewicz, court can have jurisdiction on all claims in their latest motion. […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The DOJ argued that the circuit court judge only has jurisdiction over three of the claims Steven Avery’s attorney made in her latest filing.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration rejected North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s request for a “major disaster declaration” to help cover some of the estimated $38 million cost to police protests of the Dakota Access pipeline, a spokesman for… Source: LacrosseTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]