Fri, May 18, 2012
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The state elections’ panel has dropped an ethics complaint against Senate Republican Van Wanggaard of Racine, one of the targets in ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
WAUPUN, WI (WTAQ) - A state education official will review a complaint that a Waupun elementary student with autism was repeatedly placed into a seclusion ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
UNDATED (WSAU) The jobs data that the Walker Administration released yesterday morning were being touted in a campaign ad that began airing on many ...
Sat, April 28, 2012
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy challenged former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Saturday to take legal action over his allegation that "political enemies ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ) - Waupaca County has agreed to settle federal allegations that a sheriff’s deputy was not promoted because she’s a woman ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - A Wisconsin Rapids cell phone provider has agreed to repay customers who complained about service coverage and early termination fees.
Element ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
By David Ingram and Nanette Byrnes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative group that promotes legislation in state capitals is mainly a lobbying organization and should ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk rejected a consumer advocacy group's complaint about its big-selling diabetes drug Victoza as groundless and said it ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Tennant, who portrayed the Time Lord between 2005 and 2010, teamed up with Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson to showcase a new product bundle ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Tennant, who portrayed the Time Lord between 2005 and 2010, teamed up with Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson to showcase a new product bundle ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
(Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal complaint asserting that a national campaign that portrays the pork industry as ethical ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
By Margaret Chadbourn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nonprofit group on Tuesday filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. government accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of a failure to maintain foreclosed homes in minority neighborhoods compared with those vacant properties it owns in white areas.
The complaint was filed by the National Fair Housing Alliance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"We found that with Wells Fargo, there was a neglect of simple things -- a lack of routine maintenance and security of the property -- that just didn't happen in African American and Latino neighborhoods across the board," said Shanna Smith, president of the National Fair Housing Alliance.
The complaint stemmed from years of investigations by the group, which advocates for minorities on housing issues, into how major lenders maintain and market bank-owned properties in various real estate markets across the nation.
In its complaint filed with HUD, the group said that in an independent investigation it completed on foreclosed properties owned by Wells Fargo, disparities existed in the maintenance and marketing of vacant homes for sale in minority neighborhoods compared with those homes in white neighborhoods.
A spokesperson for HUD declined to provide any comment on the group's complaint.
Tom Goyda, a Wells Fargo spokesman, said in a statement that the institution "conducts all lending-related activities in a fair and consistent manner without regard to race, and this includes maintenance and marketing standards for all foreclosed properties."
"Regrettably, the complaint does not include specific property information that can allow us to investigate the circumstances in any of the markets they list," he said.
Wells Fargo said that when it is responsible for a property it has a department that conducts monthly inspections, completes maintenance work and secures and winterizes homes. In other instances, the bank may service the loans, but the investors who own the mortgages handle the maintenance and sale of their properties after foreclosure.
The nonprofit group evaluated foreclosed properties owned by Wells Fargo in eight cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Dayton, Ohio, Miami, Oakland, California, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. They looked at 218 foreclosed properties owned by Wells Fargo.
Included in the survey were 149 properties located in neighborhoods occupied by minority groups, of which 99 that were in predominantly African-American neighborhoods, while the remainder were populated in mostly white communities.
The group used various statistics from its investigation to allege that properties in white communities were taken much better care of. For example, the group said that 56 percent of the foreclosed properties surveyed in the minority communities had substantial amounts of trash piling up, compared with 30 percent of Wells Fargo foreclosures in white neighborhoods that had the same problem.
"I was just astonished by how poorly maintained so many of Wells Fargo properties were," said Smith. "When you drive through some of these neighborhoods of color, you would just be stunned by the overgrowth of weeds, often there's no for-sale sign in front of the house, some look completely abandoned."
In a report released by the group earlier this month, they faulted the banking industry for discrimination in the care and maintenance of foreclosures, and offered evidence of disparity in how banks keep up properties and market them in white communities compared to properties in black and Latino neighborhoods.
(Reporting By Margaret Chadbourn; Additional reporting ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nonprofit group on Tuesday filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. government accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of a failure to ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Online travel agency Expedia on Friday accused Google of breaching EU rules with a formal complaint to EU ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
UNDATED (WSAU) The conservative Landmark Legal Foundation filed a complaint with the state’s judicial review board. They want the 29 county judges who ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
MADISON (WSAU) State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser wants to know exactly who’s accusing him of judicial misconduct, and why. The state’s ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin's Judicial Commission filed ethics charges this afternoon against Supreme Court Justice David Prosser.
The commission found that Prosser violated ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
By Noriyuki Hirata
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's securities watchdog became the latest authority to file a criminal complaint against Olympus Corp <7733.T>, some former executives ...7733.t>
Tue, March 06, 2012
By Noriyuki Hirata
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's securities watchdog became on Tuesday the latest authority to file a criminal complaint against Olympus Corp, some ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin Democrats have filed a complaint against billionaire businessman David Koch, saying he’s using his tax-exempt status to help Governor ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s local governments and school districts are supposed to have new systems in place by now to hear complaints from ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft and several other companies have complained to EU antitrust regulators about Google's social networking tool, two ...
Sat, February 18, 2012
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple has asked EU anti-trust regulators to step in and settle a technology patent dispute between the company and Motorola Mobility, according ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
By Joseph A. Giannone and Suzanne Barlyn
(Reuters) - Wall Street's own watchdog filed a complaint against Charles Schwab Corp
Wed, February 01, 2012
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A legislative aide who was fired by state Senator Spencer Coggs now says her former boss made his staff illegally do ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin’s Number-One consumer complaint is still the tele-marketers who violate the do-not-call list.
The state Consumer Protection agency received 1,669 ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
MADISON, WI (WATQ) - The Former Calumet County District Attorney wants the state Supreme Court to toss out a complaint filed against him involving a ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A third complaint has been filed against State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman.
The Milwaukee worker rights' group 9-to-5 accuses Gableman ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The State Democratic Party says it will file an ethics complaint against Governor Scott Walker’s campaign, as the result of ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign filed a second complaint Wednesday against State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, for getting free legal help ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The head of Wisconsin’s largest state employee union says the Walker administration has put unconstitutional limits on where recall petitions ...
Wed, October 26, 2011
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Prosecutors in Milwaukee are investigating a complaint that out of state election volunteers voted in the Badger State, and listed a suburban ...
Tue, October 25, 2011
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – State Democrats filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board on Tuesday, claiming that a Web site posted by Governor Walker ...
Thu, September 22, 2011
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New TV talent show "The X Factor" was hit with a formal indecency complaint on Friday for broadcasting an audition by ...
Mon, August 22, 2011
Levine, who acts as a judge on Idol rival The Voice, slammed bosses behind the hit TV talent show over allegations they prevent gay ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Levine, who acts as a judge on Idol rival The Voice, slammed bosses behind the hit TV talent show over allegations they prevent gay ...
Sat, August 20, 2011
Levine, who acts as a judge on Idol rival The Voice, slammed bosses behind the hit TV talent show over allegations they prevent gay ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Levine, who acts as a judge on Idol rival The Voice, slammed bosses behind the hit TV talent show over allegations they prevent gay ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
(Reuters) - A U.S. trade agency will review Apple Inc's patent-infringement complaint against Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp.
The International Trade Commission will ...
Fri, August 05, 2011
By Molly O'Toole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two campaign finance watchdogs are asking the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice to investigate a $1 ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
The brunette beauty, who is preparing to marry basketball player Kris Humphries on 20 August (11), recently opened up about the complaint after she ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
UNDATED (WSAU) The state GOP has filed two complaints involving the possible recall of state senator Alberta Darling.
Her opponent is state rep Sandy ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
The brunette beauty, who is preparing to marry basketball player Kris Humphries on 20 August (11), recently opened up about the complaint after she ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ) - Sheboygan’s mayor has rejected an official call to resign, after his third major alcohol-related episode in just over two years ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - InterDigital Inc has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Nokia Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - InterDigital Inc has filed a complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission against Nokia, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE ...
Sun, July 17, 2011
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung LED Co. Ltd. said it had filed a complaint with the U.S. fair trade commission to ban imports of LED ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has filed a fresh complaint against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp with a U.S. trade panel over unspecified ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of retired National Football League players who feel they have been excluded from the mediation sessions taking place between ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A watchdog group has accused the state insurance commissioner of giving more to Governor Scott Walker’s election campaign than was ...
Thu, June 30, 2011
SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Samsung asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban the importation of Apple's iPhones, iPads and iPods, ratcheting ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - John Nygren has filed a complaint against the Government Accountability Board, asking he be placed back on the ballot for the ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - A small newspaper in north central Arkansas is considering changing its policy on obituaries after a local ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
By Simon Evans
MIAMI (Reuters) - FIFA's Ethics Committee has questioned CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer, the whistle-blower in the cash-for-votes scandal, after complaints ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The NBA Players Association has accused management of unfair labor practices in a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - For the eighth year in a row, Wisconsin’s top consumer complaint is the unwanted phone calls from telemarketers.
The state ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
By Ros Krasny
BOSTON (Reuters) - The New Hampshire Democratic Party on Friday said Mitt Romney's presidential campaign may have violated election finance laws ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> said it would fight a National Labor Relations Board complaint originally lodged by one of its labor unions ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top internet portals filed a complaint on Friday with antitrust regulators against Google Inc, alleging the search giant was ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
By Bill Rigby and Foo Yun Chee
SEATTLE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp stepped up its rivalry with Google Inc, claiming in its first-ever complaint ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a complaint its employees tried to bribe South Korean and Chinese officials ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The State Democratic Party has filed a complaint that accuses Governor Scott Walker of illegally using his tax-funded office for political ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
UNDATED (WSAU) A complaint has been filed with the state Justice Department that accuses state Senate Republican Randy Hopper of not living in his ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - A complaint has been filed with the state Justice Department that accuses state Senate Republican Randy Hopper of not ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The State Democratic Party filed a complaint Monday against Governor Scott Walker, accusing him of violating ethics and campaign laws.
Party ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Presumed Guilty focuses on a pair of lawyers who battle to free a man they believe is wrongly convicted of murder, and features officials ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
MADISON (WRN-WSAU) The state's largest public employee union charges Governor Scott Walker is engaging in unfair labor practices.
Marty Beil, head of the ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state government’s largest public employee union filed an unfair labor practice charge Monday against Governor Scott Walker.
The Wisconsin ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
The advert for the horror franchise's final installment, which was released last October (10), shows a screaming man with bloody hands surrounded by ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is intensifying its use of consumer complaint websites with two new outlets for customer gripes ...
Fri, November 26, 2010
The Two and a Half Men actor hit headlines in October (10) when police were called to his suite at the plush Plaza Hotel ...
Thu, November 25, 2010
UNDATED (WSAU) The Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute has filed a legal complaint with the USDA against a Texas mega dairy for marketing organic milk produced ...
Thu, November 25, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute has filed a legal complaint with the USDA against a Texas mega dairy for marketing organic milk ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Web sites offering a sense of community to people with diseases or ailments often are created by marketers who fail to disclose ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
The Two and a Half Men actor hit headlines last month (Oct10) over reports he ransacked his suite during a night of passion with ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
UNDATED (WSAU) Former Wisconsin National Guard spokesman Tim Donovan has filed a second complaint, saying he should have been hired for a state post ...
Sun, October 24, 2010
(Reuters) - The U.S. securities regulator is planning to streamline the complaint process by electronically cataloging alleged securities violations, the Wall Street Journal said ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
The new film tells the story of Kenneth Waters, who was jailed for the murder of Katharina Brow, and released after 18 years when ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Google has denied Oracle's complaint of copyright infringement in development of Android smartphone software and asked a U.S. court to ...
Thu, September 23, 2010
UNDATED (WSAU) Officials will decide Monday when to hold a public hearing on the proposed removal of Ken Kratz as Calumet County’s district ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Governor Doyle has begun the process of removing Calumet County district attorney Ken Kratz from office.
The governor received a verified ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - It's on to the next step in the removal of Calumet County's District Attorney.
Governor Jim Doyle Wednesday afternoon ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
The fashion designer was angry to discover that bosses at Bodyform offered up underwear from her range as a prize in magazine and online ...
Thu, September 16, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Labor Department has filed a complaint accusing Tyson Foods Inc of systematically rejecting female job applicants at its plant in Illinois ...
Fri, September 10, 2010
PEWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former police officer in Pewaukee is getting $180,000 to settle a lawsuit and a discrimination complaint he filed.
Robert ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
LACROSSE, Wis (WSAU) Republican U-S House candidate Dan Kapanke said he made a mistake by having his charity help pay for new lights at ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
MUKWONAGO, Wis (WSAU) The state’s education department has scheduled a hearing for next Friday on a complaint against Mukwonago High School’s Indian ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
MUKWONAGO, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state’s education department has scheduled a hearing for next Friday on a complaint against Mukwonago High School’s Indian ...
Wed, July 14, 2010
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - An Outagamie County judge denied motions to dismiss the criminal complaint and other statements in the case of Jamie Sames.
He ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
KEWAUNEE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A complaint has been issued against the "Indians" name and mascot at Kewaunee High School.
Under a new state law ...
Wed, July 07, 2010
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police came under heavy criticism in a criminal complaint that accuses a man of kidnapping and molesting 7 women.
According ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. software company Versata filed a complaint with European Union antitrust regulators accusing German software company SAP ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - A suit filed by the EEOC alleges a female worker at Richardson Industries was fired after she filed a sexual ...
Sat, June 19, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs fights back at critics, saying he was simply bringing change to a ...
Fri, June 18, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former commandant of the state Veterans’ Home in Union Grove said he was fired because of discrimination against, “old white ...
Tue, March 30, 2010
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee court commissioner has thrown out a civil election complaint against state Senate Democrat Lena Taylor. Authorities said Taylor was ...
Fri, March 26, 2010
By Bate Felix and Doug Palmer
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has talked with U.S. credit cards companies about barriers they face ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
WAUPACA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former activity director at the state Veterans’ Home in Waupaca County has had her whistle-blowing complaint reinstated. Cathy Leaverton ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for ...
Sat, March 06, 2010
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has pledged to punish hackers who attacked Google if there is evidence to prove it, but said it has yet to ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A campaign attorney for State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass has filed a complaint that accuses her primary opponent of sending an ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Green Bay man has filed a complaint with police, after his dog ran away and officers shot and killed ...
Fri, February 19, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Friday it has agreed to investigate Apple Inc's patent infringement complaint against ...
Fri, January 22, 2010
By Sinead Carew
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has asked U.S. regulators to bar Research In Motion from the U.S. sale of ...
Mon, January 11, 2010
By Rachelle Younglai and Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge on Monday rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Wed, December 23, 2009
(Reuters) - Shares of MGIC Investment Corp <MTG.N> fell nearly 10 percent, a day after the largest U.S. mortgage insurer said two units ...
Fri, November 13, 2009
MADISON (WRN) - A 3 judge panel recommends the state Supreme Court dismiss a complaint which accuses Justice Michael Gableman of false statements in a ...
Thu, November 12, 2009
MADISON (WRN) - A state panel has thrown out a complaint from a former Justice Department supervisor who said she was demoted for blowing the ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
UNDATED (WSAU) An attorney for State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman asked a three-judge panel yesterday to throw out an ethics complaint. James Bopp ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
WAUKESHA, Wis (WSAU) A three-judge panel will hold a hearing in Waukesha tomorrow, as State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman tries to drop an ...
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