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BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sought Tuesday to deepen ties with Native Americans by allowing more tribal nations to tap into national anti-crime databases. Sessions discussed the change along with other policies meant to help tribal authorities combat crime on reservations stretching from the Puget Sound area of Washington state to the ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined Wednesday to overturn the state’s “bright-line” rule stipulating that developers have no vested interest in a property until they’ve obtained a building permit.

A federal judge smacked down part of Wisconsin’s right-to-work law last week, but not in a way that is likely to be of long-term benefit to unions. In a decision handed down on Dec. 27, Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin found that a provision in Wisconsin’s so-called right-to-work law comes into conflict with the federal Labor ...

The owners of the Regency West Apartments in Racine are in for a tax refund after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that city officials had affixed too high an assessment to their property.

Aside from BMO Harris Bank employees, the Michael Best & Friedrich law firm will be moving into a 25-story tower the bank is having built in the heart of Milwaukee's downtown.

Wisconsin is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over a relatively new federal rule that state officials contend would unfairly force in-state power plants to reduce their emissions of nitrous oxide to protect downwind states. The suit stems from the Obama Administration’s adoption earlier this year of a revision to the federal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The change gives Wisconsin and ...

For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. Department of Labor has revised its regulations banning sexual discrimination in federal contracting.

Construction-industry groups are praising the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval Wednesday of a bill that would delay the effective date of new federal overtime standards by six months.

Citing case law set in Indiana, a federal court has rejected an attempt by two International Union of Operating Engineers locals to have Wisconsin’s right-to-work knocked down in court.

Wisconsin and 20 other states are suing the federal government over new rules that will make many more white-collar workers eligible for overtime.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Justice on Wheels initiative will take the justices north to Bayfield County on Oct. 26 to hear oral arguments in three cases.

State lawyers filed their first brief Wednesday in their appeal of a Dane County Judge’s decision to strike down Wisconsin’s right-to-work law. Department of Justice lawyers used the filing to argue against various unions’ contention that the state’s right-to-work law deprives them of property. The law became the subject of a court challenge filed last year by Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, United ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case looking at whether a relatively new law should prevent a woman from receiving unemployment benefits after she was fired for committing a number of errors while working as a Walgreens cashier.

Contractors and other businesses have a month to brace themselves for a federal rule that will jack OSHA penalty amounts up by 78 percent.

Wisconsin is leading a coalition of states in fighting a federal order they argue infringes on their ability to decide which companies can take part in a program that provides discounts to low-income users of broadband and other communications services.

A Texas judge has placed a temporary injunction on an Obama Administration rule that, starting next month, would have required contractors and other employers to disclose the identities of outside consultants who might have been hired to help disrupt union organizing and other labor-related activities.

A Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling scheduled for release Thursday promises to further define how much control local governments have over their own affairs even when state lawmakers act to strip them of some of that authority.

For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. Department of Labor is revising its regulations banning sexual discrimination in federal contracting.

State officials are appealing a federal judge’s refusal to let work proceed on a long-planned expansion of Highway 23 between Plymouth and Fond du Lac.

In taking over the helm of the Wisconsin Law Journal, David Sherman brings with him years of experience of working with legal publications, as well as familiarity with the Milwaukee area.

In a step likely to roll back the state’s ability to regulate high-capacity wells, Attorney General Brad Schimel has released an opinion finding the DNR cannot exercise authority that wasn’t explicitly granted it by state statute or rules.

Wisconsin justice officials announced Monday that they have joined other states in a challenge of federal ozone limits that opponents contend will discourage employers from moving to places where the new standards fall most heavily on businesses.

The legal fate of Wisconsin’s right-to-work law largely hinges on questions over whether labor unions are required to represent all employees at unionized companies, even those who don’t pay dues.

A Dane County judge has struck down Wisconsin’s right-to-work law.

New legislation almost by definition affects the law. But some bills’ implications for the practice of law are far greater than others.

The Wisconsin Attorney General is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 7th Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision invalidating a state law that had required abortion doctors to obtain hospital-admitting privileges to continue their practice.

State officials are estimating that voter turnout in the April 5 statewide election will be 40 percent. The state’s Government Accountability Board said if the predictions comes true, it would mark the highest turnout seen in a Wisconsin presidential primary since 1980. Forty-five percent of the electorate then turned out to vote in that election. To get to a 40 ...

The state Senate has sent Gov. Scott Walker a bill that Milwaukee officials contend will impede their efforts to lay so-called "zombie homes" to rest.

A law Gov. Scott Walker signed this week provides immunity from civil liability for damage caused by structures used to protect and cultivate fish and wildlife in waterways and wetlands.

A bill signed by Gov. Scott Walker this week will prevent physicians, physician assistants and registered nurses from being held legally liable when they perform body-cavity searches in certain circumstances.