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Both parties in a lawyer-discipline case are appealing a referee’s recommendation that a Kenosha lawyer's license be suspended for five months for breaking eight attorney-ethics rules.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Terry Constant

The Justice Department's ability to charge minors for supporting terrorist groups has been hampered by a 2018 Supreme Court decision, forcing prosecutors to hand off at least one such case to local authorities in a state without anti-terrorism laws.

The city of Milwaukee will pay $2 million to the family of a man who died in the back of a police squad car in 2011.

Wisconsin voters could legally take selfies with their marked election ballot under a proposal in the state Legislature.

A former Vilas County district attorney has lost another court battle seeking to block the release of public records related to a closed investigation into him.

Republican lawmakers defended their bill that would require abortion providers to care for babies who survive abortion attempts or face prison, telling the Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday that the measure would uphold the sanctity of life.

A Wisconsin baby sitter accused of killing a 2-month-old boy last fall has pleaded not guilty.

The former president of the Milwaukee Public Schools board of directors has pleaded guilty in an alleged bribery scheme.

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The decades-old fight over abortion rights in Wisconsin is heating up again as Republican legislators push a quartet of bills designed to curtail the practice despite Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' opposition.

Tagged with: abortion

Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos plans to appeal a ruling that would allow a group of Democratic voters to question him about election boundaries.

Tagged with: redistricting Robin Vos

Courts around the country are embracing text messages as a way to nudge people into showing up for their hearings.

Authorities say two children found dead in a Seymour home were slain and an adult man found dead in the home killed himself.

Milwaukee officials say they're working on a plan to help stem the opioid crisis by making access to treatment easier and following up with people who have overdosed.

Tagged with: opioids

Clarence Thomas has been a Supreme Court justice for nearly three decades. It may finally be his moment.

A Madison attorney and long-time advocate of a voluntary bar is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to make the State Bar voluntary through a rule-change proceeding.

Tagged with: Janus v. AFSCME mandatory bar Steve Levine

The decades-old fight over abortion rights in Wisconsin is heating up again as Republican legislators push a quartet of bills designed to curtail the practice despite Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' opposition. Here's a look at the key elements in the debate:

Tagged with: abortion

A new report shows overtime hours in the state prison system climbed by more than 50 percent as turnover and vacancy rates rose.

Tagged with: Wisconsin Department of Corrections

A Beloit man is facing first-degree reckless homicide charges after he was accused of supplying the drugs that killed a woman.

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has changed the state Department of Justice stance to support an environmental advocacy group in lawsuits dealing with dairy farm expansion and high-capacity wells.

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Lawmakers and other stakeholders in the justice system are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to set education requirements for guardians ad litem who represent children in certain family-law cases.

The driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Milwaukee city worker has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.

A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017 is scheduled in Wisconsin federal court to plead guilty to developing malware to steal banking information.

A man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a Milwaukee police officer is up for sentencing.

Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote taken this year by the state's budget-writing committee, proposals including accepting federal money to offer more Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.

Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Joint Finance Committee marijuana state budget

Attorneys are suing Wisconsin and Illinois over laws that forbid transgender individuals from changing their names if they have certain criminal convictions.

Tagged with: Adele Nicholas free speech Michael Graveley transgender

An Ashland attorney faces a public reprimand over alleged misconduct while he was a prosecutor in Bayfield County.

Tagged with: Craig Haukaas Haukaas Law Office office of lawyer regulation OLR

The husband of a northern Wisconsin woman killed 37 years ago has been convicted in her death.

Tagged with: Jill Falstad

A Waukesha County circuit court judge has announced that he will be challenging Court of Appeals Judge Lisa Neubauer for her seat in 2020.

Tagged with: Lisa Neubauer Paul Bugenhagen

U.S. government searches of travelers' cellphones and laptops at airports and border crossings nearly quadrupled since 2015 and were being done for reasons beyond customs and immigration enforcement, according to papers filed Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that claims scouring the electronic devices without a warrant is unconstitutional.

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Democrat Tip McGuire has won a special election for a vacant Wisconsin Assembly seat in the Kenosha area.