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Winnebago County judge to learn punishment for inappropriate comments, displaying gun
A Winnebago County judge will soon find out if he'll be suspended for making inappropriate comments during several hearings and displaying his handgun in court on two occasions.
Judicial Council hopeful about reviving relationship with Supreme Court
Wisconsin Judicial Council members are hopeful about reviving the council’s relationship with the Wisconsin Supreme Court after their latest meeting.
Judicial Council continues quest for budget money
The Wisconsin Judicial Council has filed a budget request asking for a staff attorney and an office in the state's 2022 budget year.
Judicial Council asks Evers to veto amendment to SPD pay parity bill
Members of the Wisconsin Judicial Council are asking Gov. Tony Evers to save the independent body from elimination. The council's chair sent Evers a letter on Tuesday requesting a veto to an amendment recently tacked on to a pay-parity bill for state public defenders.
Judicial Council faced with elimination under SPD pay parity amendment
The Wisconsin Judicial Council could be eliminated under an amendment introduced to a bill to restore pay parity to Wisconsin State Public Defenders.
Pay-parity bill for public defenders amended, approved, sent to state Senate
A bill to restore pay parity for Wisconsin State Public Defenders is moving forward in the legislature but now with an attached amendment that would eliminate the state's judicial council.
‘Quarrel with the Legislature’: Accusations fly with open-records request to Judicial Council
An open-records request the business group Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce has made to the Wisconsin Judicial Council is coming with a series of accusations alleging poor procedure and misrepresentation.
Judicial Council receives 3rd open-records request of the year
The Wisconsin Judicial Council received its second open-records request of the year at its monthly meeting on Friday.
Dueling memos: Civil Justice Council responds to lawmaker’s letter to budget-writing panel
The Wisconsin Civil Justice Council isn’t backing down on statements it made about the separate, policy-recommending Judicial Council in a recent memo to lawmakers on the state’s budget-writing committee
Council takes up records request, no other proposed changes to Act 235 expected
The Judicial Council discussed on Friday the best way to respond to a request for records related to a recent overhaul of Wisconsin's rules of civil procedure.
Public hearing set for proposed change to state’s default judgement rule
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be holding a public hearing next month on a proposal to change the state’s default-judgment rule.
Here we go again: Judicial Council gears up to save itself
For a second budget cycle in a row, members of a body charged with putting forth updates and changes to court procedures are gearing up to persuade lawmakers not to eliminate it.
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