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The State of Wisconsin said Monday it would pay more than $13 million for new Milwaukee County bus routes to help with congestion during the massive Zoo Interchange reconstruction, settling a 2-year-old lawsuit.

To settle a lawsuit challenging the Zoo Interchange reconstruction, the state will dedicate $2.87 million between 2014 and 2018 to establish bus routes to help Milwaukee's central city residents reach suburban job centers.

Over 500 marched, rallied, and organized to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, which made the promise of racially integrated public schools with its famed declaration: Separate is not equal.

In advance of a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that led to the desegregation of America’s schools, Milwaukee’s School & Communities United – a coalition of community, teacher, student, labor, civic and religious organizations – has issued a report on education in Milwaukee.

Congress finally had enough. Almost one year after the first disclosure about the NSA's abusive surveillance programs, the House Judiciary Committee made history on Wednesday when it

Madison — State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday appealed a two-week-old decision striking down Wisconsin's voter ID law.

By Gilman Halsted Wisconsin Public Radio

More than a month after the Gannett Wisconsin Media Investigative Team reported the state is using at least one Stingray device to track Wisconsin residents’ cellphones, the state Department of Justice still won’t discuss use of the technology — or even acknowledge having it.

Crossposted from the Election Law Blog.  Here is a guest post from Karyn Rotker, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Wisconsin (lead counsel in Frank v Walker).  It responds to an RNLA post on voter fraud in Wisconsin, and more broadly on my response to the RNLA on whether fear of impersonation fraud justifies voter id laws