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Gov. Walker signs bill banning local government IDs (UPDATE)
Advocacy groups and Milwaukee officials are exploring new ways to provide local photo IDs to the homeless and immigrants in the country illegally after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill hindering their current effort Monday.
Schimel suing over ozone rules
Wisconsin justice officials announced Monday that they have joined other states in a challenge of federal ozone limits that opponents contend will discourage employers from moving to places where the new standards fall most heavily on businesses.
Oshkosh attorney elected as State Bar’s next president
An Oshkosh bankruptcy attorney will be the State Bar’s next president.
Judge refuses to stay right-to-work ruling
A Dane County judge refused Monday to stay his ruling striking down Wisconsin's right-to-work law, reiterating his position that the legislation wrongly enables non-union workers to receive free representation.
After seven years, State Bar to revisit proposed changes to expunction
John Birdsall has seen it happen again and again in his 20-plus years of criminal-defense practice: A client is charged with a crime but never convicted.
Walker signs tougher drunken driving penalties
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties.
State’s sex offenders branded for life
Sean Erickson is a convicted sex offender who cannot escape his past.
Man convicted of murder in wife’s 1984 death sentenced
A man convicted in the 1984 death of his wife in central Wisconsin has been sentenced to life in prison.
Man gets 25 years for role in shooting of Waukesha clerk
A 29-year-old man convicted for his role in the fatal shooting of a Waukesha gas station clerk has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Milwaukee County pays high price for sheriff’s lawsuits
Milwaukee County has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years to cover the legal costs of lawsuits brought by the county sheriff.
Federal judge sentences 7th defendant over heroin charge
A federal judge has sentenced a seventh person for heroin charges stemming from a single drug-trafficking investigation.
Records: DOJ investigator resigned amid harassment probe
A high-level state Justice Department supervisor resigned last fall amid an internal investigation into allegations he sexually harassed female co-workers, documents the agency released Friday show.
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- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Dane County Circuit Court
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- UW Madison Professor: America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
- History made in Trump New York trial opening statements
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