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It’s now been about two months since Wisconsin’s Safer at Home order went into effect, shutting down many businesses and putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work.

The Wisconsin Assembly overwhelmingly approved a sweeping coronavirus relief bill Tuesday during a virtual session, the first time state lawmakers have gathered since the pandemic began in the United States.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate is preparing to meet over the internet for the first time in state history if it needs to convene to take action on proposals reacting to the coronavirus outbreak. Two state senators and 11 stand-ins met in person and remotely on Tuesday for a dry run in case the Senate has to meet ...

By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday sent a plan to reduce income taxes by $250 million to Gov. Tony Evers, who appears likely to veto it. The Senate and Assembly voted to pass the election-year tax plan. All Democrats voted against it except for Reps. Nick Milroy and Steve ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No one under 21 would be allowed to purchase cigarettes or vaping products under a bill the state Assembly approved Thursday. A person must now be at least 18 to purchase cigarettes, tobacco, nicotine or vaping products. President Donald Trump signed a law last year that bars tobacco sales to anyone under 21 but local police ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly was poised Thursday to approve a bill that would raise the smoking age in Wisconsin. Right now a person must be at least 18 to buy cigarettes, tobacco products and nicotine products. The bipartisan bill would raise the age to 21. An early version of the bill also barred anyone under 21 from ...

A judge on Friday rejected an attempt to remove from the April 7 ballot a constitutional amendment that will give crime victims in Wisconsin more rights.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state lawmakers claimed more than $1.25 million in daily allowances last year, a 6% decrease from the previous budget-writing year, in 2017. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday on the latest figures from members of the state Senate and Assembly. The payments can be claimed by lawmakers for daily expenses they accrue for work in ...

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The two leaders of Milwaukee’s host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention were fired late Tuesday amid allegations that they oversaw an acrimonious work setting, a big shakeup less than six months before the showcase political event in Wisconsin. The host committee board issued a statement saying that the group ...

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation is suing the company that makes Milwaukee Leather products, accusing it of misleading customers and tarnishing the reputation of Milwaukee Tool’s “famous” logo. Milwaukee Tool filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal court on Friday. The complaint accuses Shaf International Inc., which sells products under the Milwaukee Leather and Milwaukee Performance brands, of making heated apparel ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly released his first campaign television ad on Thursday as he tries to fend off two liberal-leaning challengers.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced an Oshkosh man to a month behind bars for buying a rifle for a boy who boasted online that the weapon was a “new school shooter gun.” U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced 19-year-old Hunter Nicholson on Wednesday in Green Bay to 30 days confinement and ...

Twenty-six people are accused in a large-scale drug operation that sent hundreds of pounds of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Wisconsin, according to a federal complaint.

Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a package of bills that would impose tougher sanctions and sentences on criminals.

After undergoing treatment for a gambling addiction that helped lead him into fraudulent activity, a former Delavan attorney will regain his law license.

A 61-year-old Milwaukee man accused of throwing acid on a Latino man's face during a racist attack is refusing a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he can assist in his own defense.

As a business and real estate attorney at Neider & Boucher, Danielle Johnson is surprised by how many times clients will come to her with questions that aren’t strictly legal in nature.

Jon Sacks will never lack for work.

The very first day Avery Mayne began working at the Walny Legal Group, there was a bit of a mishap.

For most lawyers, familiarity with one country’s laws is enough.

Vince Morrone got a taste of business and transactional work early in life.

Louis Butler is reluctant to say his attempt in 2008 to retain his seat on the state Supreme Court came amid a new low point in Wisconsin judicial elections.

A Portage lawyer is faced with the suspension of his law license over 11 alleged violations of attorney-ethics rules for his actions in a complicated trustee case.

A lawyer is being publicly reprimanded in Wisconsin as a reciprocal disciplinary measure for failing to protect a client’s interests in the state of Oregon.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of a Milwaukee lawyer who, according to a court-appointed referee, treated his clients like a “cash cow.”

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release opinions on Friday in two lawyer-discipline cases.

A Maine lawyer is faced with the suspension of his Wisconsin law license as a reciprocal disciplinary measure for failing to report professional misconduct in Maine.

To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.

Although Louis Butler is best known for his time on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2000s, he made his mark on the law well before that.

NEW YORK (AP) — A foundation that specializes in journalism is pledging nearly $50 million for research into how social media and technology affect democracy. The grants announced Monday by the Knight Foundation partly come in response to the way in which various outside groups made manipulative use of services provided by tech giants like Facebook and Twitter during the ...