BEV BUTULA: Tracking criminal activity through the Crime Alert Network
The Wisconsin Attorney General issued a press release Wednesday regarding their Crime Alert Network.
BEV BUTULA: Code blues? Check out this administrative site
Need to research an Administrative Code section from a state other than Wisconsin? Do you know which states offer both their Code and Register online?
BEV BUTULA: FOIA Project opens window of information
The FOIA Project is a website that collects documents related to Freedom of Information Act cases filed against government defendants from October 2009 forward.
BEV BUTULA: Bloomberg app provides news you can use
Bloomberg, a financial news corporation, offers four mobile apps to access their products. The company offers a separate app for Bloomberg, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg TV, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
BEV BUTULA: Google and the elections
Earlier this month, Google announced that it is adding an “Elections” section to their News homepage. It is located on the left hand side of the main Google news page and selecting it will narrow your news stories to just those dealing with the election.
BEV BUTULA: Keeping state’s score now easier than ever
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau just released The Wisconsin Scorecard.
BEV BUTULA: Finding presidential documents doesn’t take an executive order
There are a variety of resources available when looking for Presidential documents.
BEV BUTULA: American Geographical Society Library
Did you know that UW Milwaukee is home to the American Geographical Society Library? I had the pleasure of hearing one of their librarians speak yesterday. The talk was a fascinating exploration of the library’s physical and online collection of maps, atlases, journals, and photographs.
BEV BUTULA: Digital Archive a great source of information
Did you know that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction maintains a wonderful resource called the Wisconsin Digital Archives?
BEV BUTULA: Link in with LinkOut
Many of us maintain a LinkedIn account for business networking. Some of us utilize this tool to post articles of professional interest; others include speaking engagements or conduct polls on relevant topics.
BEV BUTULA: Government Printing Office app offers insight into Congress
The Government Printing Office recently announced the release of its first mobile application.
BEV BUTULA: Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln houses the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The website provides the “text of the celebrated Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, edited by Gary E. Moulton.
Legal News
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property