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Jan 12, 2021

Judge Shelley Grogan enters District II Court of Appeals race

Judge Shelley Grogan has entered the race for District II Court of Appeals.

Jan 12, 2021

Elections staff: Strike superintendent candidate from ballot

Staff at the Wisconsin Elections Commission have recommended that the panel keep a state schools superintendent off the spring ballot because she used "Dr." in front of her name on her nomination papers.

Jan 12, 2021

Enbridge rejects Michigan’s demand to shut down oil pipeline

Enbridge said on Tuesday it would defy Michigan's demand to shut down an oil pipeline that runs through a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, contending that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's decision was made as a result of bad information and political posturing.

Jan 11, 2021

Court considers scope of ‘lands’ definition in lawsuit over highway project

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering what the Legislature meant by the word "lands" in a gas station owner's lawsuit over a highway-expansion project that negatively impacted its business.

Jan 11, 2021

Evers estimates public won’t see vaccine until June

Members of the general public in Wisconsin likely won't be vaccinated for the coronavirus until June, Gov. Tony Evers said in a letter made public Monday as he renewed his call for faster distribution of the vaccine from the federal government and state Republicans introduced a new response bill.

Jan 11, 2021

Senate GOP introduces its own COVID-19 bill

Wisconsin Senate Republicans unveiled their own scaled-back COVID-19 response plan on Monday, a measure that goes farther than Gov. Tony Evers wanted in many areas but takes out several provisions he opposed that were in a bill passed by the Assembly last week.

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Jan 11, 2021

Gill tops $81K in campaign donations for District III race

Outagamie County Judge Greg Gill Jr. has received more than $81,000 in donations in his campaign for District III Court of Appeals.

Jan 11, 2021

Green Bay man charged with 18th drunken driving offense

A 73-year-old Green Bay man has been charged with his 18th drunken driving offense, after a crash Friday that took out power lines and caused an outage.

Jan 11, 2021

8 arrested in Minnesota protest over Line 3 pipeline project

Eight people were arrested in a protest to oppose construction of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement in northern Minnesota, authorities said.

Jan 8, 2021

State Supreme Court disagrees on Second Amendment rights of felon

The Wisconsin Supreme Court split this week on the question of what constitutes a violation of a felon's Second Amendment rights.

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Jan 8, 2021

Max Stephenson makes partner at GRGB

The Milwaukee-based firm Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has promoted Max T. Stephenson to partner. Stephenson first joined the firm in 2012 as a law clerk, and he went on to practice all areas of family law as an attorney. Jason Luczak, partner at GRGB, said Stephenson approaches his clients’ family-law matters with care and attention, and […]

Jan 8, 2021

Cveykus raises $50k for District III Court of Appeals campaign

The Wausau attorney Rick Cveykus has raised $50,000 for his campaign for judge on the District III Court of Appeals.

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