Wildlife group sues US over Enbridge pipeline
An environmental group is accusing the federal government of misjudging an emergency response plan for a major oil pipeline that runs through Michigan.
US Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday, the latest indication of the shorthanded court's struggle to find a majority for important cases taken up before Justice Antonin Scalia's death.
August trial for man accused of motorcycle shop standoff
The man accused of taking hostages and exchanging gunfire with police at a Neenah motorcycle shop will stand trial in August.
Jury selection starting for wounded officers suing gun shop owner
A second lawsuit is starting this week for trial against a gun shop after a jury in October found the owners of the store were negligent in selling a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers.
Green Bay man gets 53 years in shooting death, OD death
A judge has sentenced a Green Bay man to 53 years in prison for the shooting death of a Howard man and the overdose death of a Coleman man.
Milwaukee man gets 2-½ years for stabbing spaniel to death
A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 2-½ years in prison for repeatedly stabbing an unwanted cocker spaniel that kept finding its way home.
Menominee tribe awaits judge’s ruling in hemp lawsuit
The leader of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin says it won't plant a new crop of industrial hemp until a federal judge resolves the tribe's lawsuit against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
Federal judge set to weigh state’s voting changes
A federal judge is set to weigh whether a host of changes that Republican legislators have made to Wisconsin's voting laws illegally burden minority and Democratic-leaning voters.
Reporter kicked out of Afghanistan petitions Supreme Court
A Wisconsin freelance reporter who says he lost his embed status with the U.S. Army for reporting on an argument that turned deadly at an Afghanistan military base is asking the Supreme Court to take up his case.
PRINCE Act clears Minn. House panel, stalls in Senate
Even in death, Prince still draws a lot of water in this town.
Water Works federal lawsuit trial delayed to June 2017
The lawsuit filed by the Des Moines Water Works in federal court against several upstream agriculture drainage districts has been delayed by nearly a year.
Waukesha County to be first to roll out mandatory e-filing
Waukesha County will be the first populous county in the state moving to electronic filing.
Legal News
- History made in Trump New York trial opening statements
- Prosecutor won’t bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme
- Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting
- Vice President Harris to reveal final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
- Election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
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