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Cast your ballot in the 2021 State Bar elections
Voting is open in the 2021 State Bar of Wisconsin elections.
Milwaukee man pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud
A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty Monday to obtaining more than $600,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 relief funds.
State orders Burlington schools to fix racial environment
The state Department of Public Instruction has ordered the Burlington Area School District to repair what the agency is calling a "racially hostile environment."
Justices weigh sweeping environmental cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits that could define state officials' ability to regulate factory farms and high-capacity wells and determine how far state agencies can go when interpreting state law.
Sterling Law Offices raises over $25K for Mel’s Charities
Sterling Law Offices has raised more than $25,000 for Mel's Charities, an Ozaukee County nonprofit.
Dane County Board pushes to end no-knock warrants
Members of the Dane County Board in Wisconsin are pressing the sheriff to stop any use of no-knock warrants, a police tactic that criminal justice reform advocates have pushed to ban.
Biden administration blocks Medicaid work requirements
President Joe Biden's administration has blocked former Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require some childless adults to work to maintain Medicaid benefits.
Poisoning death conviction vacated, man heads back to trial
A judge has vacated the conviction of a man who is heading back to trial in Kenosha County on charges of killing his wife with antifreeze.
Federal appeals court sides with Evers over press access
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can exclude members of a conservative think tank from attending press briefings and keep them off his email list sent to other reporters, upholding a ruling from a lower court.
Justices hear arguments in sweeping environmental cases (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday and ruled that the state elections commission should not remove from the rolls voters flagged as possibly having moved, something conservatives have wanted done for nearly two years.
Janesville man charged in U.S. Capitol breach
A federal judge has ordered a Janesville man charged in the U.S. Capitol breach to stay away from the nation's capital unless he has business in court.
Bill would let AG file lawsuits over civil rights violations
Two Democratic lawmakers introducing a bill Thursday that would allow Wisconsin's attorney general to file lawsuits over civil-rights violations.
Legal News
- Rep. Ryan Clancy holding Milwaukee fundraiser promoted by alleged ‘anti-Semitic group’
- Man representing self in murder case of 11-year-old
- Toxic Torts: 2 chemical spills plague Wisconsin airport
- Boeing to plead guilty to fraud for violating deal over 737 Max crashes
- Indiana police standoff with armed man ends when troopers take him into custody and find boy dead
- Alec Baldwin arrives in court in fatal shooting of cinematographer
- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
Case Digests
- Attorney Professional Misconduct
- CHIPS Petitions
- Insufficient Evidence-Sexual Assault of a Child
- Slip and Fall-Governmental Immunity
- Restricting Felons from Holding Public Office-Venue
- Deceptive and Unfair Pricing Practices
- Attempted Enticement of a Minor-Sentencing
- Deliberate Indifference
- Race Discrimination
- Unconstitutional Search-Motin to Suppress
- Sentencing Guidelines-“Analogue of Fentanyl”
- Copyright Infringement