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Assembly sends property rights changes to Walker
The state Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that makes changes to real property rights in the state, sending it to Gov. Scott Walker for a signature.
New Mexico attorney faces discipline in Wis. for misconduct in Maine
An attorney from New Mexico faces discipline in Wisconsin after he was publicly reprimanded in Maine.
Prosecutors, defense attorneys clash over interrogation techniques
If nothing else, the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” has put a spotlight on an unsettling practice that Julius Kim and other defense lawyers see all the time: The admission into evidence of statements gathered in coercive interrogations.
Fundraising, spending rushes in for Wisconsin Supreme Court
A watchdog group says fundraising and spending in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary suggests a flood of money will pour into the race between incumbent Rebecca Bradley and JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Assembly passes drunken driving penalties
Wisconsin legislators completed their push to get tougher on drunken drivers, passing a bill early Wednesday morning that would create harsher sentences for repeat offenders through the Assembly and on to Gov. Scott Walker.
High court suspends West Allis attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a West Allis attorney for 35 counts of misconduct.
Closing law firm will leave legacy of promoting diversity
A national firm that will be closing at the end of the month will leave behind a legacy in one of the nonprofit groups it founded.
Apple to fight order to help FBI unlock shooter’s iPhone
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate's order to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters. The company said that could potentially undermine encryption for millions of other users.
Bradley, Kloppenburg will square off for Supreme Court (UPDATE)
Wisconsin voters advanced an incumbent Supreme Court justice and a Court of Appeals judge to an April showdown for a 10-year term on the state's highest court, a contest likely to play out along ideological lines after a sharply partisan primary.
Senate puts off vote on conviction compensation
The future of a bill that would dramatically boost compensation for the wrongly convicted is now uncertain, with the Wisconsin Senate putting off a vote Tuesday.
Senate passes residence restrictions for sex offenders
The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill creating uniform restrictions on where violent sex offenders can live.
Senate passes bill hindering local photo IDs
The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill that would stall Milwaukee's efforts to provide local photo IDs to the homeless, immigrants in the country illegally and others who have difficulty obtaining state IDs.
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- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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