Grocery employees, bus drivers recommended for vaccine
A state advisory committee is recommending grocery-store workers and bus drivers be added to the list of people in Wisconsin to be inoculated in the next phase of the coronavirus vaccine rollout.
$2.5M settlement reached in genetic-testing scheme
A California company has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that it had paid a marketing company to refer it genetic testing for Wisconsin nursing-home patients.
Wisconsin lawmakers introduce police reform package
A group of Wisconsin lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday designed to reform police use-of-force policies and investigations, including proposals that would ban training on chokeholds, punish municipalities that defund police departments and set up a board to investigate officer-involved deaths and injuries.
State Supreme Court clarifies child-testimony rules in unanimous opinion
The Wisconsin Supreme Court clarified child-testimony rules in a unanimous opinion involving a man convicted of sexually assaulting three children.
Transgender teen must use male name on offender registry
A Wisconsin appeals court rejected arguments Wednesday from a transgender teen who contended she shouldn't be forced to register as a sex offender because she has to use her male name on the registry in violation of her free-speech rights.
Wisconsin lawmakers resurrect expungement bill
A bipartisan group of legislators is resurrecting a bill that would allow more convicts to have their criminal records expunged.
Assembly Republicans want public to have vaccine by March
The COVID-19 vaccine would have to be available to the general public by mid-March, rather than June as state health officials estimate, under a bill from the Republican chairman of the Wisconsin Assembly Health Committee.
Green Bay mother sentenced to 10 years in death of toddler
A Green Bay woman convicted of neglect in the death of her 15-month-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals
Stop. Stabilize. Then move — but in a vastly different direction.
State begins distributing, receiving at-home COVID-19 tests
The state has started distributing and receiving at-home test kits for COVID-19.
Pharmacist accused of destroying vaccine charged
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine with misdemeanor property damage.
Loudenslager formally ends Court of Appeals campaign
Aaron Loudenslager has formally ended his campaign for a judgeship on the District III Court of Appeals.
Legal News
- 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
- Facing mostly white juries, are Milwaukee County defendants of color truly judged by their peers?
- Milwaukee Mayor speaks in D.C. Tuesday at White House water summit
- Chicago man sentenced to prison after being caught with ‘Trump Gun’
- FTC bans non-competes
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