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SiriusXM settles with states to pay eligible consumers restitution

Settlement resolves claims company engaged in misleading advertising, billing practices

Wisconsin's attorney general joins 45 other attorneys general who have agreed to a settlement with SiriusXM Radio that will provide restitution to eligible consumers, according to a release.

Van Hollen: Gay marriage isn't a fundamental right

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause doesn't cover sexual orientation the same way it does gender discrimination and there's no fundamental right for gay couples to marry.

AG tells DAs not to prosecute clerks

Email explains AG's position

An email sent to Wisconsin's district attorneys from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen tells them he doesn't recommend charging county clerks for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Recent rulings place state's same-sex marriage ban in doubt

Attorney General Van Hollen acknowledges law may be struck down by federal judge

The man charged with defending the legal challenge to Wisconsin's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen acknowledges the law may likely be struck down by a federal judge.

Investigators who delayed porn cases out

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says a state agent and supervisor are no longer employed after an internal review found they were letting child pornography cases languish.

Van Hollen: Legislator complied with records law

Attorney General's stance stuns open records advocates

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says legislators aren't above the open records law but the Wisconsin Constitution clearly allows them to invoke immunity in lawsuits seeking documents.

DOJ: Federal court upholds Act 10

A federal judge has ruled Republican Gov. Scott Walker's controversial law stripping most public workers of nearly all their union rights is constitutional.

Van Hollen comes out against police shootings bill

Van Hollen comes out against bill setting new procedure for police-involved deaths

Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is coming out against a bipartisan proposal to change the way law enforcement agencies investigate fatal shootings and other officer-involved deaths.

Van Hollen comes out against police shootings bill

Van Hollen comes out against bill setting new procedure for police-involved deaths

Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is coming out against a bipartisan proposal to change the way law enforcement agencies investigate fatal shootings and other officer-involved deaths.

Van Hollen comes out against police shootings bill

Van Hollen comes out against bill setting new procedure for police-involved deaths

Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is coming out against a bipartisan proposal to change the way law enforcement agencies investigate fatal shootings and other officer-involved deaths.

Van Hollen comes out against police shootings bill

Van Hollen comes out against bill setting new procedure for police-involved deaths

Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is coming out against a bipartisan proposal to change the way law enforcement agencies investigate fatal shootings and other officer-involved deaths.

DOJ request for solicitor general rejected

Van Hollen asks for new position

The Legislature's finance committee has deleted provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would create a solicitor general's office within the state Justice Department.

Confusion over Act 10 continues

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he will not ask the Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider putting on hold a lower court's ruling that threw out major portions of the law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public unions.

Appeals court upholds Act 10

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is upholding Wisconsin's Act 10, which puts limits on collective bargaining for public employees.