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Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings
While the court is widely expected to weigh in on abortion and redistricting, liberals also are talking about bringing new challenges to school choice, voter ID, the 12-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers and other laws backed by Republicans.
Wisconsin officials seek legislators’ permission to drop lawsuit challenging border wall funding
Republicans passed statutes before then-Gov. Scott Walker left office in 2018 designed to weaken incoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers.
FEDS: Wisconsin man sentenced for making racially-charged threats against Black residents
"Every person in the United States has the right to live in their homes and neighborhoods free from the threat of violence based on race,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Wisconsin woman’s killing, dismemberment trial to begin Monday after jury chosen, judge’s ruling
The trial of a woman charged with killing and dismembering a Green Bay man last year is set to begin Monday after a judge found her fit to assist in her own defense.
Gov. Evers grants 96 pardons, bringing total pardons granted to 1,029
This round of pardons breaks the Wisconsin record for most pardons granted by a governor in state history.
Wisconsin sued over absentee voting rules
A lawsuit filed Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court against the Wisconsin Elections Commission targets voting rules in Wisconsin -- a key battleground state --- in anticipation of the 2024 presidential election.
Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case in Florida
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate New York trial for Trump.
George Floyd’s death impact on health care and law as shootings and crime skyrocket past post-pandemic peak
Since George Floyd's death and the pandemic's inception, Milwaukee shootings have nearly doubled, putting a further strain on doctors, first responders and lawyers who have yet to recover from the pandemic backlogs.
Death of Wisconsin inmate serving life sentence for husband’s killing being investigated as homicide
Fond du Lac Police were investigating the circumstances of her death and no additional details were immediately available, the state agency said.
Gov. Evers appoints Ronnie Murray to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court
By Steve Schuster [email protected] Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday his appointment of Ronnie V. Murray II to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court – Branch 18. The appointment will fill the vacancy being created by Judge Pedro Colón’s appointment to the Court of Appeals – District I, effective Nov. 19, 2023. Murray will complete a […]
Lindner & Marsack welcomes Anders McLeod and Sam Andringa to Worker’s Compensation Defense Team
Both attorneys will practice out of Lindner & Marsack’s Milwaukee headquarters in the area of worker’s compensation defense.
Intelligence allies predict Putin’s revenge at Aspen Forum
Intelligence community predicts Putin's revenge.
Legal News
- Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record girl in airplane bathroom
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
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