5-9-14 deal reached to kill wisconsin campaign limits

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state of Wisconsin has agreed to stop enforcing a limit on how much people can donate in total to candidates running for office, bringing state law in line with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.  The state Department of Justice on Thursday released a settlement it reached in a federal lawsuit brought challenging the limits.  The U.S. Supreme Court last month struck down overall limits on how much donors can give to multiple candidates for Congress and political committees.  Wisconsin law prohibits donors from giving more than $10,000 a year to all candidates. That is what donor Fred Young challenged in a federal lawsuit brought in Milwaukee.   The settlement was submitted Thursday to U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman.