Recent Articles from Associated Press
Courtroom outbursts justified exclusion of mother from parental rights trial
A mother contested a district court’s order terminating her parental rights.
OSHA fines two Wisconsin construction companies after Lambeau Field carpenter’s death
Federal labor inspectors have levied fines against two construction companies in connection with a worker's death at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, earlier this year.
Vehicle wanted in Chicago homicide crashes into Milwaukee school bus during police pursuit
A vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago crashed into a school bus during a police chase in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
Court to weigh social media and First Amendment
The court’s decision in this case could have wide-ranging effects on the manner and methods of government efforts to influence the information that guides the public’s debates and decisions.
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
Kissinger had two children, Elizabeth and David, from his first marriage.
Judge dismisses liberal watchdog’s claims that Wisconsin impeachment panel violated open meeting law
A judge dismissed on Tuesday a liberal watchdog group's claims that a panel researching the possible impeachment of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice violated the state's open meeting laws.
Milwaukee casting foundry sentenced for violating Clean Water Act
Milwaukee Precision Casting, Inc. (MPC) was ordered to pay a $100,000 criminal fine for allegedly negligently discharging pollutants into the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District.
IRS delays rules for payment apps’ users
Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a tax reprieve this year.
Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin’s sons
A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions.
Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court
Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025.
Attorney’s financial fraud victims angrily confront him before he’s sentenced
Those clients got to look the attorney in the eye Tuesday and tell him how he had destroyed their trust, as the disgraced lawyer was sentenced to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.
Kenosha man gets life in prison for fatally stabbing his father, stepmother with a machete in 2021
A Kenosha man has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting to fatally stabbing his father and stepmother with a machete after they stopped him from sexually assaulting a teenager.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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