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Oct 13, 2020

Wisconsin absentee case may be headed to US Supreme Court

Democrats and their allies said Tuesday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received as many as six days after the election can be counted — a step being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the country to make voting easier.

Oct 13, 2020

Barrett won’t commit to recusing from election disputes

The Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is vowing to bring no "agenda" to the court, batting back senators' questions Tuesday on abortion, gun rights and the November election, insisting she would take a conservative approach to the law but decide cases as they come.

Oct 13, 2020

Biden discusses idea of high court packing: ‘I’m not a fan’

Joe Biden says he is "not a fan" of adding seats to the Supreme Court, after weeks of avoiding questions about the idea that's been pushed by progressives and used by Republicans to attack him.

Oct 13, 2020

Third Wisconsin prison experiences coronavirus outbreak

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says there's been another coronavirus outbreak in a state prison.

Oct 12, 2020

Chief: No reason to fire Wisconsin officer who killed teen

The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager in February said Monday that he sees no reason why the officer should be fired.

Oct 12, 2020

Health care is focus as Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens

Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans' health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that Republicans are confident will end with Barrett's confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day.

Oct 12, 2020

Wisconsin’s Johnson says COVID-19 ‘is not a death sentence’

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, said Monday that he never had any symptoms after testing positive Oct. 2 for the coronavirus, declaring that COVID-19 "is not a death sentence."

Oct 12, 2020

5th night of Wisconsin police shooting protest more peaceful

Demonstrators protested for a fifth night in a Milwaukee suburb following a prosecutor's decision not to charge a police officer who fatally shot a Black teenager.

Oct 12, 2020

Deadly crash results in 6-month law license suspension for Chicago lawyer

A Chicago lawyer will lose his Wisconsin law license for six months as reciprocal discipline for a drunken-driving crash that killed his friend.

Oct 12, 2020

Wisconsin judge upholds mask order for enclosed spaces

A Wisconsin judge on Monday upheld Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate in the face of a conservative challenge.

Oct 9, 2020

Kohner, Mann & Kailas reaches $15M settlement in 13-year natural gas lawsuit

Milwaukee law firm Kohner, Mann & Kailas has reached a $15 million settlement in a massive natural-gas antitrust lawsuit, the largest to date in the case's 13 years of litigation.

Oct 9, 2020

Politics has way of finding US Supreme Court eager to avoid it

The Supreme Court might prefer to avoid politics, but politics has a way of finding the court.

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