The state Legislature’s budget committee approved Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to reduce the workforce of a commission that deals with labor relations.
Gov. Scott Walker might be going too far, according to a nonpartisan fiscal report, if he cuts 65 percent of the staff jobs at a state commission that mediates labor disputes.
A Wisconsin lawmaker is pushing for tougher laws to deter people who would intimidate or harm members of the Legislature and their families.
A state appeals court on Thursday urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take a case brought by two unions challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker’s law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
Unions challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers have asked a court to stop the state from implementing portions of the law found to be unconstitutional.
A police union’s lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s polarizing collective bargaining law will go forward, following a ruling Friday by a Madison judge who refused the state’s request to delay proceedings until appeals in another case were settled.
Two Wisconsin appellate courts bolstered portions of Republicans’ contentious collective bargaining restrictions Tuesday, ruling that Milwaukee police can’t negotiate their own health care costs and that a county board legally required elected officials to pay more for their benefits.
A state appeals court says Eau Claire County officials legally forced the sheriff and treasurer to contribute more to their health care and pensions.
A Democratic state senator properly redacted identifying information from emails he received during debate over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s polarizing collective bargaining law before he released them to a conservative think tank, a judge has ruled.
Wisconsin’s domestic violence laws would be strengthened under measures pushed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers after a mass shooting by the estranged husband of an abuse victim.
Gov. Scott Walker is softening his stance on not filling judicial vacancies in Dane County.
Wisconsin taxpayers have spent close to $850,000 defending lawsuits over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 law that all but ended collective bargaining for most public workers.
Gov. Scott Walker says he may no longer bother with filling vacancies for judicial openings in Dane County after a second appointee of his was ousted by voters.
The state board that oversees elections in Wisconsin is moving toward filling a vacancy.
Gov. Scott Walker has refused to consider any of at least 1,400 pardon applications since he’s taken office, an Associated Press review has found.
A former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker will find out next month how much restitution he owes following a conviction on a theft charge.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is telling legislators he needs a new solicitor general position in the state Justice Department to help defend Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.
Politicians love easy sound bites and panacea numbers, and budget season is rife with such vague points of fact.
DNA evidence helped put Chris Ochoa behind bars for a murder he did not commit.
A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday refused to put on hold a judge’s decision repealing major parts of Gov. Scott Walker’s law that effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
In 2010, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated a criminal conviction against Dimitri Henley.
A secret investigation into illegal campaign activity by former aides and associates of Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker closed last week with no charges filed against Walker.
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget would lay out more than $7 million for raises for assistant prosecutors and public defenders.
The domestic partner of one of Gov. Scott Walker’s top aides when he was Milwaukee County executive was sentenced Thursday to community service and a $2,100 fine on a misdemeanor delinquency charge.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to spend $6 million on expanding DNA collection efforts to include anyone arrested on a felony charge and anyone convicted of a crime, a move the Republican has argued will help police solve more crimes.
Gov. Scott Walker’s administration’s crackdown on a handful of state Capitol protesters violates their constitutional right to free speech, American Civil Liberties Union attorneys alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday.
Gov. Scott Walker has transferred $40,000 of campaign donations into his legal defense fund, bringing the total deposited into the account to $200,000.
A former top aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after he was convicted of stealing more than $20,000 from a nonprofit group Walker appointed him to lead.
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed by Republicans but not undoing a state court ruling keeping much of the law from being in effect.
A close associate of Gov. Scott Walker who was convicted of stealing more than $20,000 from a nonprofit group deserves to spend two years in prison, a Milwaukee County prosecutor recommended this week.
