Republicans scratching for a way to fund Gov. Walker’s plan to collect DNA from suspects upon arrest may have a chance at extra dollars courtesy of Congress.
State municipal courts could soon be able to recoup up to $18 more in court fees from ordinance violation offenders.
A last-minute veto from Gov. Scott Walker means Wisconsin will not be returning to the days of state-regulated bail bondsmen. Walker vetoed the state budget provision Sunday morning, before signing the budget later that day. The proposal, which would have revived state licensing of bail bondsmen for the first time in almost 32 years, was [...]
A provision in the Wisconsin state budget awaiting Gov. Scott Walker’s signature would revive a competitive bail bond practice and potentially lead to confusion in the criminal justice system. The proposal, which would revive state licensing of bail bondsmen for the first time in almost 32 years, is framed in the budget as a way [...]
The Walker administration has retreated from a bid to force a limited layoff of state-paid prosecutors, but not without a verbal potshot at the previous Democratic administration.
The University of Wisconsin Law School will have to do more with less under Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal. His 2011-13 budget includes a $250 million cut in state aid to the University of Wisconsin System that includes the state’s only public law school. “We anticipate significant cuts to our budget,” UW-Law School Dean [...]
