Recent Articles from Bridgetower Media Newswires
Milwaukee County setting up RFP for courthouse project
County officials expect the RFP to be released in mid-June.
WLJ not invited to the party: State Bar closes doors to media
Other criticisms of the State Bar published recently included its diversity program and, as always, its mandatory membership rule.
Medicaid unwinding: 360,000 in Wisconsin lose coverage as eligibility checks resume
Some states have done more than Wisconsin to minimize bureaucratic hurdles.
Wisconsin Republican leader Robin Vos says recall petition effort against him failed
The recall is complicated because new legislative maps go into effect in the fall election.
Chief Justice Ziegler establishes attorney retention and recruitment committee to address attorney shortage
The lawyer shortage not only impacts the constitutional rights of defendants – it also affects victims and our communities.
Secret Service head says RNC security plans not final as protesters allege free speech restrictions
Roughly 30,000 visitors are expected in Milwaukee next month.
Wis. Attorney General visits training on Wisconsin’s address confidentiality program
Enrollment in Safe at Home allows participants to use and receive mail at an assigned address in lieu of their actual address.
Wisconsin withholds nearly $17 million to Milwaukee schools due to unfiled report
Federal officials cited “deficiencies."
Charges against warden and guards at Wisconsin’s Shawshank-like prison renew calls to close it
The state Corrections Department is investigating the prison’s operations.
Appeals court sides with utilities on need for gas peaking facilities
The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin’s decision authorizing Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and Wisconsin Gas LLC to build and operate two natural gas peaking facilities can move forward following a decision by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The Sierra Club initially sued the PSC in Dane County Circuit Court to block the approval. When […]
Wisconsin warden and 8 staff members charged following probes into inmate deaths
Republican legislators renewed their calls Wednesday for Evers to close the prison in Waupun.
Judge throws out Democrat favored Illinois voting law
Several Republican candidates filed the lawsuit.
Legal News
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
- Brewers have American Family Field escalators inspected after malfunction results in 11 injuries
- US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say
- GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin appeal ruling allowing disabled people to obtain ballots electronically
- 11 people injured when escalator malfunctions at Milwaukee ballpark
- Judge receives ethics fine after endorsing candidate
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies