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Four gay and lesbian couples and the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state of Wisconsin on Monday, over the issue of marriage equality.

The American Civil Liberties Union delivered an early Valentine to gay and lesbian couples in Wisconsin. The ACLU, representing four same-sex couples, filed a federal lawsuit in Madison on Feb. 3 that demands marriage equality in the state.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Monday morning challenging Wisconsin's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Four couples are plaintiffs in the suit.

Why Milwaukee Public Schools should not sell Malcolm X to St. Marcus

Almost a year after a Wisconsin federal judge refused to overturn a ban on the controversial "i (heart) boobies!" bracelets at Sauk Prairie Middle School, a federal appeals court made a different decision in a different state.

MILWAUKEE - A new law passed by the legislature this year could affect some clinics performing abortions by requiring them to be within 30 miles of a hospital with admitting privileges.

Amid uncertainty over when — or if — Wisconsin's new regulation of abortion clinics will go into effect, seven doctors who perform the procedure are filing applications for hospital admitting privileges.

Police say the systems, which are growing in use among municipal departments and were highlighted this month in a report by the American Civil Liberties Union, enhance an officer’s ability to find stolen vehicles, kidnapped children, crime suspects or vehicles with expired registration.