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Roadway safety
Dec 14, 2023

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign begins Friday

The national effort begins December 15 and runs through New Year’s Day.

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Dec 14, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear lawsuit challenging voucher school program

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking to end the state's taxpayer-funded private school voucher program.

Dec 14, 2023

University of Wisconsin regents back GOP deal for funding in exchange for limiting diversity efforts

In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects.

Dec 14, 2023

New York removes medical debt from credit reports

Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.

Dec 13, 2023

Law Journal honors its 2023 Legal All-Stars

The Wisconsin Law Journal honored 29 Legal All-Stars on Wednesday afternoon at the Grain Exchange in downtown Milwaukee.

Shipwrecked Pub
Dec 13, 2023

Door County microbrewery dispute to be litigated before Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has granted the village of Egg Harbor’s petition to review a Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision involving Shipwrecked Brew Pub and Restaurant — a Door County microbrewery and mainstay owned by Sojenhomer LLC. During an interview with the Wisconsin Law Journal, village of Egg Harbor officials said Shipwrecked Brew Pub and […]

Dec 13, 2023

Universities of Wisconsin regents to vote again on GOP deal to cut diversity spots for cash

Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison's student government group, blasted the regents' decision to vote again in a scathing news release.

Dec 13, 2023

An abortion ban enacted in 1864 is under review in the Arizona Supreme Court

This past summer, abortion rights advocates began a push to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion.

Dec 12, 2023

Ranked choice voting bill moves to hearing in front of Wisconsin Senate elections committee

A bipartisan bill that would dramatically change how Wisconsin residents choose congressional candidates by asking them to rank their top choices instead of voting for one of two candidates is headed for its first public hearing.

Supreme Court
Dec 12, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted

Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results.

Dec 12, 2023

Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general vows to defend potential 2024 Trump victory in court

Kaul said: “We're going to defend the results regardless of who wins the election ... "

Dec 12, 2023

Wisconsin GOP leader says he’s finished negotiating with university over pay raises, diversity deal

Vos said there was “zero chance” of him softening his position.

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