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Mar 29, 2021

JUDGMENT DAY: Experts, ABA do not recommend replying to bad online reviews

Online reviews are an essential part of decision-making for many — whether they’re ordering dinner from a restaurant or choosing a lawyer.

Mar 26, 2021

Kenosha police: 55 more charged for violence during protests

Fifty-five people are facing charges related to violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, police said Friday.

Mar 26, 2021

‘I should not have said that. Are there cameras in here?’: What judges said in 2020 that got them in trouble

From calling a defendant an addict to making sexist remarks about a clerk, U.S. judges made — and were punished for — some outrageous comments in 2020.

Mar 26, 2021

Jacob Blake files excessive force lawsuit against officer

A Black man who was paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a white police officer in southeastern Wisconsin filed a civil lawsuit Thursday accusing the officer of excessive force.

Mar 26, 2021

Former Columbus mayor pleads guilty to bank fraud

The former mayor of Columbus has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in federal court.

Mar 25, 2021

Up for election: Contested judicial races on the April 6 ballot

The April 6 election promises to bring some changes to Wisconsin courts. The ballot presents contested races for two of Wisconsin’s four Courts of Appeals and 11 contested circuit-court races.

Mar 25, 2021

Parole hearing for last of 6 men convicted in mill death

The state Parole Commission will soon review the case of the last of six men who remains in prison for the 1992 murder of a Green Bay paper mill worker.

Mar 25, 2021

Appeals court: Testimony in trafficking case admissible

A state appeals court has ruled a detective's testimony in a Sheboygan County human trafficking case was admissible, despite the defendant's argument that she was not an expert on the issue.

Mar 25, 2021

Wisconsin court tosses AG’s lame-duck lawsuit

Wisconsin's conservative-leaning Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consider Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's lawsuit challenging statues Republican lawmakers passed during a 2018 lame-duck session limiting his powers.

Mar 24, 2021

Court of Appeals hears arguments in lawsuit to keep COVID records secret

The Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit attempting to stop Gov. Tony Evers' administration from releasing the names of businesses with employees who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Mar 24, 2021

Wisconsin GOP leaders praise state’s vaccination efforts

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called on the state’s business community to “step up” and return workers to offices around the Fourth of July, joining Wednesday with the state Senate’s top Republican in praising the state’s coronavirus vaccination efforts.

Mar 24, 2021

Booze-to-go approved by Wisconsin Senate

Booze-to-go will be easier to purchase in Wisconsin under a pair of bills passed Tuesday by the state Senate.

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