Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Gov. Evers vetoes school district administrators bill
Republican-backed bill would have allowed individuals with no license, no education, no training, no experience, no specific skillsets, no qualifications, and no background check to become school district administrators.
Wisconsin joins coalition taking action against Idaho’s Abortion ban
Federal law requires doctors and hospitals to provide necessary abortion care during pregnancy in case of medical emergencies.
Gov. Evers signs legislation to support Holocaust education
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 833, now Wisconsin Act 248 on Friday. The measure allocates $400,000 for the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center (HERC) to support Holocaust education in Wisconsin schools as required by 2021 Wisconsin Act 30, a bill previously enacted by Gov. Evers. “The Holocaust Education Resource Center […]
Missing man staying at North Shore Airbnb ‘believed to be’ body found in Milwaukee River
The Airbnb is located on Riverview Drive in Glendale.
Hampton Avenue shooting under investigation by Milwaukee Police
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360
AT&T Data Leak: 80 million Americans Social Security numbers in hands of cyber criminals
Latest breach closely resembles a similar data breach that surfaced in 2021 but which AT&T never acknowledged.
Evers signs measure decriminalizing use of xylazine testing strips
Act 217 builds on the work of the Evers Administration to combat the opioid epidemic in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin district attorney asks attorney general compel WisDems to return donations allegedly tied to Epstein
DA Eric Toney stood with AG Josh Kaul in requesting more money for the state crime lab and asks that Kaul stands with him now.
Women rainmakers under attack for their ambition: combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome
8 out of 10 women have experienced TPS at work.
Gov. Evers announces DOR Secretary Barca leaving Evers Administration
Barca’s retirement is effective on April 9, 2024.
Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
The circuit court scheduled a Friday hearing in that case.
Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
The short-term, "bridge funding" will provide the state an opportunity to provide stable, ongoing funding for the OSS as part of the 2025-2027 biennial budget.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on addition months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies