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By Steve Schuster [email protected]m Circuit Court Judge Carl Ashley was appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court last week to serve as the next Chief Judge of Wisconsin’s First Judicial District. Judge Ashley will begin his new role leading the Milwaukee County Circuit Court next month on April 15, according to officials. County Executive David Crowley said, “Congratulations to Judge Carl ...

Investigators with the state Department of Justice are investigating a mysterious death in northeastern Wisconsin.

By Steve Schuster [email protected] Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined Milwaukee leaders this afternoon in announcing a coalition of attorney generals who are sending a letter to Kia America (Kia) and Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) calling on their executives “to take swift and comprehensive action to help remedy the crisis of car thefts that has occurred as a result of ...

The judge explained that the restriction on using a cell-phone “was thus an aspect of the seizure.”

If ratified by Wisconsin voters on April 4, the amendment would let judges setting bail consider the criminal history of someone accused of a violent crime.

Kelly's recovered blogs reveal his views on guns, women's rights, a free press, Social Security, Medicare, same-sex marriage, legalizing marijuana, abortion, and much more.

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. It was the first time the global court has issued a warrant against a leader of one of the five permanent members of the ...

On Saturday morning, former President Donald Trump said that he is going to be arrested on Tuesday in New York. Trump posted on social media "Take our nation back" in a call to his supporters. Arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Wisconsin Law Journal has recovered many of Kelly's deleted posts. Several of the deleted posts are available to read within this article.

The Chinese company, which had plans to turn the mall into an Asian marketplace, was held in contempt of court Friday for not showing up, again.

Former secretary Doug La Follette announced his retirement effective Friday, after being re-elected in November.

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman has joined other Republican legislators across the country in an effort to make it more difficult to get food assistance. North Carolina Democrat Rep. Alma Adams says, "No one should ever go hungry in the greatest country in the world." Rep. Gwen Moore joined Adams and other Democrats in effort to make it easier to obtain food assistance.

The 12th annual Run for Justice will take place at Veteran’s Park on Milwaukee’s lakefront at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14. Proceeds will benefit the Milwaukee Justice Center, which is the civil legal aid self-help center located within the Milwaukee County Courthouse.

GENEVA – Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, according to a report from a U.N. backed inquiry released Thursday. The sweeping human rights report, released a year to the day after a Russian airstrike on a theater in Mariupol killed hundreds sheltering inside, ...

(AP File Photo) WASHINGTON — A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control. Nearly two dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants to improve air quality for millions ...

BOISE, Idaho — In Idaho, an art exhibit was censored and teens were told they couldn’t testify in some legislative hearings. In Washington state, a lawmaker proposed a hotline so the government could track offensively biased statements as well as hate crimes. In Florida, bloggers are fighting a bill that would force them to register with the state if they ...

On Thursday, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) tells the Wisconsin Law Journal that they have been working with the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a homicide that occurred in Grafton March 4.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers began circulating a bill Thursday that would designate a lever-action rifle produced in northwestern Wisconsin as the state’s official rifle. The bill from state Reps. Dave Armstrong, Treig Pronschinske and James Edming and Sen. Romaine Quinn would designate the Henry All-Weather .45-70 as Wisconsin’s official state rifle. The bill is symbolic only. The state ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Ziegler has been reelected by her fellow justices to a second two-year term leading the state’s highest court. The court announced Thursday that justices had voted in private to keep Ziegler in the post she first assumed in 2021. The court did not announce the vote breakdown. The chief justice has no ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers unveiled plans Thursday to largely eliminate the use of cash bail in Wisconsin, clashing with Republicans who proposed a constitutional amendment to make it harder for people to get out of jail before trial. The Democratic proposal, which almost certainly will not pass the Republican-controlled Legislature, would rely on risk assessments to allow most ...

At sentencing, Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach noted the serious nature of Chapman’s offense and the need to send a strong message of deterrence to Chapman and anyone else who might seek to distribute drugs in Northeast Wisconsin.

After the House of Delegates approved the bill last week to create a referendum on enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution, the Senate passed its companion bill Tuesday, reports The Baltimore Sun. The Maryland House voted Friday to enshrine the right to abortion in the state Constitution, one of several steps lawmakers are taking this legislative session ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury that investigated whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia heard a recording of the former president pushing a top state lawmaker to call a special session to overturn his loss in the state, according to a newspaper report. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that it spoke to five members ...

By Ethan Duran [email protected] The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) announced on Wednesday it will use $1.52 million in school safety grant funds to address the need for digital mapping of school buildings. The funds came from a total of $100 million allocated in 2017 Wisconsin Act 143 which created the OSS, DOJ officials said. ...

By Steve Schuster [email protected] MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he is seeking applicants for Price County District Attorney. The appointment will fill a vacancy being created by District Attorney Karl J. Kelz’s resignation, effective April 7, 2023. The new district attorney will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends January 2025. To apply, please ...

The Republican controlled Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a measure Wednesday creating an exception to the state’s 1849 abortion ban in cases of rape and incest.

BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of assisting the key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge and will cooperate with prosecutors. When the plot was foiled, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blamed then-President Donald Trump, saying he had given “comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division.” Last August, after ...

Schools that experience a high number of crimes would have to hire police officers and station them in their buildings under a Republican-authored bill the state Assembly passed Tuesday.

A Wisconsin man who drove past the vacation home of Michigan's governor during a scheme to kidnap her in 2020 is returning to court to change his not-guilty plea, records show.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly voted Tuesday to continue allowing therapists and others to attempt to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.