Wisconsin Senate votes to repeal Wisconsin mask mandate
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to repeal Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care profession that doing so would impair efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
AP Exclusive: DOJ rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule
The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a "zero tolerance" enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.
Biden orders end of federally run private prisons
President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered the Department of Justice to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role government has played in implementing discriminatory housing policies.
Former Wisconsin officer cleared in 3 shootings now a deputy
A police officer in a Milwaukee suburb who resigned after being involved in his third fatal shooting in five years has been hired as a sheriff's deputy.
Rittenhouse, mother fixated on social media treatment
An Illinois teen accused of killing two people during unrest in Wisconsin and the teen's mom were fixated on social media comments about them in the hours after his August arrest, newly released police video shows.
Hall, Michaelson, Syrjala promoted to Vrakas shareholders
The public-accounting and business-advisory firm Vrakas has promoted Michael J. Hall, Mary Ellen Michaelson and Scott M. Syrjala to shareholders.
Eau Claire lawyer reinstated after suspension for ‘web of deception’
An Eau Claire lawyer who saw his law license suspended for engaging in a "web of deception" has been reinstated.
Wisconsin jury instructions now online
Wisconsin jury instructions can now be found for free online.
Report: Conditions worsening at Wisconsin juvenile prison
Conditions are worsening at Wisconsin's juvenile prisons, in part due to challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the latest report from a court-ordered monitor determined.
Committee to consider statue of Wisconsin’s first Black SOS
The board in charge of decorations at the state Capitol voted Monday to create a subcommittee to study the prospect of placing a statue of Wisconsin's first Black secretary of state on the building's grounds.
Patrol: Two killed in crash caused by wrong-way driver
Two people were killed and another was injured in a crash caused by a wrong-way driver Monday night on Interstate 94 near Lake Mills, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on repealing mask mandate (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Senate planned to vote Tuesday on repealing Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate, while it remained unclear whether the Assembly would follow suit as required to undo the order.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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