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Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with tenant advocates in limiting eviction records
The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted Monday in its first public administrative conference in more than a decade to reduce from 20 years to two years the time when most eviction records must be kept on the state court website.
Gov. Evers celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin
Through events with the Oneida and Ho-Chunk Nations, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recognized and celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day Monday along with the above video message honoring Wisconsin’s Native Nations. Evers reaffirmed the state’s commitment to respecting Tribal Sovereignty and fostering strong state government-to-tribal government relationships. Indigenous Peoples Day was first recognize[...]
Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day
Wisconsin's Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk inside with a loaded handgun this week in search of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote along partisan lines Friday, agreed to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly elected liberal justice declined to recuse herself.
Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states
Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening to impeach a recently elected state Supreme Court justice and raised the possibility of doing the same to the state’s election director.
Serious Juvenile Offender Order-Discretion
According to testimony introduced at the waiver hearing, Thomas— then sixteen years old and without a driver’s license—was driving a car with three passengers when he decided to drive over a dip in the road at “70 to 100 miles per hour” so that the vehicle would “catch air.”
Suppression of Evidence
David VanRemortel appeals from a judgment convicting him of a seventh offense operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Watson appeals from a judgment of conviction for homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon following a jury trial and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Postconviction Relief-Speedy Trial- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Woodland appeals from a judgment of conviction for three counts of armed robbery, all as a habitual criminal repeater, and an order of the trial court denying his motion for postconviction relief without a hearing. On appeal, Woodland raises four arguments.
Wisconsin DSPS Approval
Premium Properties Limited Partnership appeals a circuit court order affirming a notice of violations and orders (“the notice”) against Premium Properties by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (“the DSPS”).
Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Keith Allen Lamont Sims appeals from a judgment convicting him of multiple crimes related to an armed robbery.
Reasonable Suspicion
Simplot appeals a judgment convicting her of misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance in her blood, as a third offense.
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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