The Wisconsin Department of Justice joins 20 other states Tuesday in regulating “ghost guns.” Ghost guns are typically homemade from kits that can be purchased without background checks, the agency explained.

“Drug dealers with loaded weapons present a serious danger to public safety,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul. “Thank you to the law enforcement officers who were part of the collaborative investigation that led to this arrest and the recovery of several types of drugs and a loaded weapon.”

A new state program is helping pay to map schools in case of emergencies, like an active-shooter situation.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) announced Monday it is now accepting applications for the 2021 Wisconsin Act 109 Digital Mapping of School Buildings 2022 grant program.

During a public hearing Wednesday morning, the DOJ explained how this law will help ensure that all sexual assault kits are collected and sent to the state crime lab, quickly and efficiently.

According to a media release by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the settlement is requiring Emerald Sky Dairy to pay $65,000 to resolve violations in Nov. of 2019 related to a manure discharge into a creek near Emerald, Wis.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that legislation designed to prevent a future backlog of untested sexual assault kits will go into effect on Friday, July 1.

Legislation aimed at preventing a backlog of future untested kits that contain evidence following a sexual assault in Wisconsin will go into effect at the end of the week, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s 173-year-old abortion ban, arguing that statutes passed in the 1980s supersede the ban and it’s so old no one can say it passed with the consent of modern generations.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul are challenging the state's 19th century state law banning most abortions in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade with a new lawsuit that asks state courts to clarify whether the 173-year-old ban is still in place.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) has filed a challenge to Wisconsin’s 1849 law banning nearly all abortions in the state.

Kaul said there are two main arguments that are used in this lawsuit surrounding the age and enforceability of this law. The first argument states there are other abortion laws in Wisconsin that contradict the 1849 law.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul are announcing a lawsuit over the state’s 1849 abortion ban.

Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit on June 28 challenging the state's 173-year-old abortion ban, arguing that statutes passed in the 1980s supersede the ban and it's so old that modern generations never consented to it.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit to block the state's abortion ban, which dates to 1849.

Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday his administration will fight Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban in court.