Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Compassionate Release
Thomas has a lengthy history of frivolous collateral attacks on his 2009 conviction for bank robbery.
Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps
Litigation continues in more than a dozen states over U.S. House and state legislative districts that were enacted after the 2020 census.
Former Terrorist owned Boeing aircraft successfully returned to the United States
U.S. Attorney Southern District Florida says it took 18 months of planning, coordination, and execution by the Feds.
10 guards, 900 inmates: Wisconsin prisons see dire results of ignored warnings
Guard after guard said their facilities were in dire crises.
Gallagher says he won’t run for reelection or against Baldwin for Congressional seat
Gallagher was one of the highest-profile Republicans considering a run for U.S. Senate this year against incumbent Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin.
WisDems unlikely to fully control state government
The Wisconsin Supreme Court appears set to enact more competitive legislative maps soon.
Wisconsin Elections Commission votes to allow clerks to accept partial addresses on absentee ballots
State law requires absentee ballots to be submitted with a witness’s signature and address on the outside envelope that contains the ballot.
Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
The stakes are huge in battleground Wisconsin.
Faced with wave of hostile bills, transgender rights leaders are playing “a defense game”
Groups are merging as a new wave of anti-trans measures were already introduced this year.
Bayshore Mall parking structure collapse prompts new legislation
On Tuesday, Rep. Madison, Rep. Maxey, Rep. Donovan, and Sen. Larson introduced bipartisan legislation to require parking garages to have their structural integrity inspected every five years. “When the parking garage collapsed at Bayshore Mall last year, my first thought was how thankful I was that no one was hurt, especially after the 2010 Milwaukee […]
Wisconsin DMV investigates increase in odometer rollbacks, title fraud
In the last two months, 32 wholesale dealer licenses were revoked.
Wisconsin Bad River tribe’s attorney: Shut down pipeline immediately
Bad River Tribe: protect the environment from a potential spill and increase the financial penalties.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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