Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects annexation for sand mine
The state Supreme Court has rejected the city of Whitehall's attempt to annex land for a sand mine.
Wisconsin Supreme Court to take lame-duck lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to consider a legal challenge to Republican-backed laws passed in a lame-duck session last year that limited the powers of the state's newly elected governor and attorney general.
Neubauer defeat dashes liberals’ hope for Supreme Court majority
Lisa Neubauer conceded to Brian Hagedorn on Wednesday, a week after Democrats woke to a shocking result.
Attorneys: Court should protect school chief’s powers
The state Supreme Court wrestled on Wednesday with whether to let the governor trump the state schools superintendent's policies, a decision that could hand de facto control of Wisconsin schools to the schools and undo a ruling the justices handed down two years ago establishing the superintendent's independence.
Neubauer concedes Wisconsin Supreme Court race
The liberal candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race conceded Wednesday, deciding against a recount eight days after the election showed her conservative opponent ahead by 6,000 votes in a race seen as an early measure of a key battleground in the 2020 presidential campaign.
Court finds landowner harassed duck hunters
A state appeals court says a warden properly cited a Waukesha County landowner for harassing duck hunters.
Court to hear arguments in fight over school chief’s powers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit that will decide whether the state schools superintendent or the governor controls K-12 public education policy.
VIEW FROM AROUND THE STATE: Recount of close Supreme Court race makes plenty of sense
The race for Wisconsin Supreme Court produced one of the closest results in recent state history. With an unofficial count of the more than 1.2 million votes cast in Tuesday's election for the open seat, Judge Brian Hagedorn, a favorite of conservatives, leads Judge Lisa Neubauer, the chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals who drew substantial backing from liberals, by roughly 6,000 votes.
Debate heating up over proposed changes to Wisconsin’s court-reporting rules
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be hearing dueling perspectives on Monday on a proposal to spread the use of digital audio recording as an alternative to standard court reporting.
Evers won’t say whether Neubauer should concede court race
Gov. Tony Evers says he's offering "no advice" to Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer, who is considering calling for a recount after coming up about 6,000 votes short of Brian Hagedorn.
Neubauer ‘closely monitoring’ Supreme Court vote canvass
Lisa Neubauer's campaign says it is "closely monitoring" counties as they canvass the vote from Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
GOP sees encouraging sign in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Brian Hagedorn’s strong showing in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race cheered state Republicans on Wednesday, giving them their first encouraging result in a statewide election since 2016 and reasons for optimism next year in this presidential battleground. Hagedorn led the liberal-backed Lisa Neubauer by 5,962 votes — […]
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