Recent Articles from Associated Press
Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok
HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the video-sharing app grow. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that its data […]
Exxon Mobil sued as 5 nooses displayed at Louisiana facility
Exxon Mobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the U.S. government said in a lawsuit. According to the government, in January 2020, a Black employee found a hangman’s noose at his worksite at the Baton Rouge complex run […]
Wisconsin substance center owes $2M in Medicaid fraud case
A federal judge has ruled that a now-shuttered Wisconsin substance abuse center and its CEO owe the state and federal government more than $2 million in a Medicaid fraud case.
The most important spring statewide election in the country?
Having just emerged from a busy election season, Wisconsin is already turning its attention back to the polls where control of the state Supreme Court hangs in the balance.
Deja Vishny wins Criminal Defense Bar Champion of Justice Award
Deja Vishny has been awarded the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Champion of Justice Award during NACDL’s Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans.
New appointments picked for Judicial Selection Advisory Committee
Gov. Tony Evers has announced the membership of the Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee for his second term.
Wisconsin voters warned about absentee ballot mailing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters and elections officials are being warned about misleading mailers from a Washington, D.C.-based group that have incorrect information on pre-filled absentee ballot applications. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said Thursday that the errors were admitted to by the Center for Voter Information, a group that has worked to register voters […]
Trump attorney reappointed to Wisconsin judicial panel
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for former President Donald Trump who worked to overturn his loss in battleground Wisconsin has been reappointed by the state Supreme Court’s four conservative justices to a second term on a committee that advises judges on judicial conduct. Jim Troupis’ reappointment to the panel was approved Thursday on a 4-3 vote […]
Evers’ building budget has a few twists
After a gubernatorial election, the first job of the governor in the first year of the new term is unveiling the two-year state budget plan.
Wisconsin educator arrested on child porn counts in Maryland college town
The mayor of a Maryland college town was arrested Thursday morning on dozens of child pornography counts hours after he resigned from office.
Highland Park parade massacre suspect had bomb-making components, unsealed warrant shows
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal warrant unsealed Thursday says agents found bomb-making materials at the apartment of the alleged gunman charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago last year, a newspaper reported. Among the items found in the Highland Park-area home of Robert Crimo III days after the attack […]
Ex-Packer Guion gets 1 year for domestic violence assault
Former Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Letroy Guion has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading no contest in a domestic violence assault at his home last fall.
Legal News
- U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad recognizes service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement
- Gov. Evers calls special elections for the 4th Senate District and 8th Congressional District
- Wisconsin GOP-led Senate votes to override nine Evers vetoes in mostly symbolic action
- Bill to curb mask-wearing at protests could make it illegal for medical reasons too
- University board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
- Second defendant convicted in Fond du Lac 2016 firebombing
- ‘Louder than a dog whistle’: Milwaukee protesters clear illegal tents, face no legal consequences
- Redistricting could draw attention to Wisconsin’s Med Mal legal gap
- Disbarred Attorney directly implicates Trump in testimony at hush money trial
- Rural Wisconsin voters face additional hurdles without ballot drop boxes
- Gov. Evers sues Republican legislators
- Man pleads guilty to producing videos depicting monkey torture
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