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Election probe should conclude before primary voting day
Dozens of candidates have stepped forward to run for La Crosse County Board, and they should be applauded.
Time for bipartisan bail reform
On Nov. 21, the nation looked on in horror to see a man drive through the Waukesha parade, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
Look ahead to 2022 with family law
Last month’s column took a look back at the developments in family law for 2021. So, it seems appropriate to dedicate this month’s column to a look ahead to 2022.
Technology puts will-writing in reach for most people – but they’re not the end of the line for producing a legally binding document
The promise of online wills is undeniable. Online programs offer people an easy way to write their wills. Online templates can be completed anywhere, at any time. There is no office appointment, no indiscreet questions from a lawyer about who is getting what. You don't have to leave home and you don't even have to get dressed.
Tax plan deserves debate
Wisconsin conservatives last week posed a plan to eliminate Wisconsin’s income tax — which is the ninth highest in the country – and instead boost the state’s sales tax from 5% to 8%.
COLUMN: Exploiting an abhorrent act
A few weeks out of law school, I got my dream job. After some short training, I was sent into court and given two instructions: First, don’t f**k up. Second, if you do f**k up, don’t let it get in the newspapers.
Editorial: Ron Johnson spouts his worst idea yet
Wisconsin’s conspiratorial U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has spouted plenty of garbage in recent months – that mouthwash has been proven to kill COVID-19, that unvaccinated people are being put “basically into internment camps,” that climate change is “bullsh-t.” But the Oshkosh Republican’s worst idea among many doozies went like this: He wants his partisan pals [...]
EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, certain health care workers and federal government contractors.
Overcoming obstacles to recruiting and retaining diverse employees
As 2021 comes to a close, employers throughout the country are responding to what commentators have called the “Great Resignation.” Many workers are experiencing exhaustion, work-related stress, and burnout, and are responding by simply leaving their jobs. As reported, four million Americans quit in July 2021 alone, and that number continues to rise.
Editorial: A just outcome for Wisconsin with sexual-assault kits
Last week’s final steps to enact a law regarding the state’s processing of sexual assault kits was the right move for Wisconsin in both the legal and moral senses of the word. It is partial fulfillment of one of humanity’s oldest legal aphorisms: Justice, justice shall you pursue. There was never any real disagreement over […]
Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court
Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion.
EXPLAINER: What is ex-cop charged with in Wright death?
A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop him from fleeing during an attempted arrest but accidentally grabbed her gun instead.
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- Chesebro among those charged with interfering in 2020 election
- Williams-Sonoma must pay almost $3.2 million for violating FTC’s ‘Made in USA’ order
- Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
- Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
- 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
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