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Iowa State auditor says Vos’s redistricting plan isn’t from Iowa
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand said Wisconsin Republican's redistricting plan is "not the Iowa model."
Evers: ‘Wisconsin Republicans escalate efforts to interfere with elections’
Evers says Wis. Republicans "undermine basic tenets of our democracy, including the peaceful transfer of power."
Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges
Special counsel David Weiss files an indictment after the collapse of a plea deal.
Abortions to resume in Wisconsin Monday
Abortions in Milwaukee and Madison will resume Monday.
Wisconsin Senate to vote on firing state’s nonpartisan top elections official
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was set to vote Thursday on firing the battleground state's top elections official — a move that was denounced by Democrats as illegitimate and is expected to draw a legal battle.
Wisconsin settles state Justice Department pollution allegations against 2 factory farms
The state Justice Department accused North Side Genetics of failing to construct a feed storage runoff control system.
Sheriff’s deputy faces lawsuit after K-9 attacked fellow officer
A police dog mistakenly bit a police officer instead of subduing a fleeing suspect.
8th Circuit sides with cop accused of 1st Amendment retaliation arrest
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a police officer accused of arresting a man as retaliation for using his First Amendment right to free speech.
High court: Car search justified
Police had probable cause to search a man’s vehicle after an informant told them he had a gun inside,
Legal Lingo: Justices’ opinions blaze trails in language, graphics
The Commerce Clause is right there in the U.S. Constitution, authorizing Congress “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”
New visa rules proposed
Immigrant farmworkers would receive a raft of new protections under a Biden administration proposal announced Tuesday, which would boost safety requirements on farms and raise transparency around how such workers are brought to the U.S., to combat human trafficking.
Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment
Wisconsin's Republican Assembly leader announced Wednesday that he's created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment as he mulls taking that unprecedented step against a liberal state Supreme Court justice.
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- Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says
- Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t hear longshot case trying to head off impeachment
- Havana Syndrome hits CIA, Congress in Wisconsin, Russia takes credit
- Wisconsin woman gets life without parole for killing and dismembering ex-boyfriend
- Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers as he built real estate empire
- Wisconsin sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power
- Wisconsin state Senate’s chief clerk, former Legislative Council attorney, resigns following undisclosed allegation
- Watchdog files open meetings lawsuit against secret panel studying Wisconsin justice’s impeachment
- McCarthy allies press GOP holdouts
- States expand Medicaid dental coverage
WLJ People
- Evers appoints McElroy as Price County district attorney
- Evers appoints Ann Peacock to Dane County Circuit Court
- Michael Best appoints Sarah Alt to new role as chief process and AI officer
- Attorney Peter Baziano joins Murphy Desmond in its Business and Real Estate practice groups
- GRGB partner Karnes honored at Run for Justice
- DeWitt’s Miotke reappointed to SPD’s Board
- Hupy and Abraham wins award for ‘Behind the Handlebars’ video series
- Evers appoints trio to Milwaukee County Circuit Court
- Kubiak joins Amundsen Davis’ Business Litigation Service Group
- GRGB partners Jason Luczak, Nicole Masnica honored with Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers award
- Teuta Jonuzi, Joshua Hargrove promoted to equity partners at Tracey Wood & Associates
- Reinhart’s Taggatz joins International Association of Defense Counsel
