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Last week, Attorney General Brad Schimel released a legal opinion involving a county’s authority to zone shorelands within a town.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order requiring state agencies to develop and implement policies preventing discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.

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A Wisconsin man who wounded four co-workers when he opened fire at a software company last year said in a note that he wanted "to right a grave wrong," according to documents released Monday.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the nearly 112-year prison sentence of a man who fatally shot his parents before killing two students and wounding two dozen others at an Oregon high school more than 20 years ago.

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A 26-year-old man has been charged with strangling his parents' neighbor and hiding her body in the basement of her Pewaukee condo.

Moments after being sworn in as governor, Tony Evers called on Monday for a rejection of "the tired politics of the past," cautioning in his inaugural address that "we've become content with division."

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One of two Wisconsin girls who repeatedly stabbed a classmate shouldn't have been tried in adult court because she believed a fictional horror character named Slender Man would attack her family if she didn't kill the girl, according to an appeal filed by her attorney.

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A Michigan man charged with killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber pleaded guilty to murder on Monday, just before attorneys were set to interview jurors for his trial.

Wisconsin Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul recently announced various appointments to the state Department of Justice.

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DeWitt recently announced that it has appointed Chase Horne, Julie Nagorski and Raluca Vais-Ottosen to partner.

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The U.S. Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.

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A Wisconsin baby sitter who allegedly killed a 2-month-old boy then pretended he was alive when she gave the boy back to his mother has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide.

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A Waunakee woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for striking a pedestrian while driving drunk in Madison, leading to the person's death.

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Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he would be interested in running for public office again, maybe even for governor in four years.

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The state Supreme Court says a lawsuit accusing the city of New Berlin of negligence in a young girl's death can continue.

Two Republican legislators are continuing their quest to crack down on drunken driving, reintroducing bills Thursday that would make a first offense a crime and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders.

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Attorney General Brad Schimel says jail staff don't have to follow inmates' do-not-resuscitate orders.

Gov. Scott Walker recently made appointments to the St. Croix County Circuit Court and Ashland District Attorney’s Office.

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A Neenah attorney faces a 6-month license suspension for jumping bail, a felony conviction and practicing law while his license was suspended.

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The field is set for this spring's state Supreme Court race.

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Foley & Lardner recently announced that attorney Cynthia Rigsby has been named to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation’s Board of Directors.

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The Madison firm DeWitt Ross & Stevens and its affiliate, the Minnesota firm DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore, have been re-organized into a single entity called DeWitt.

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The National Rifle Association spent more than $870,000 campaigning against Gov.-elect Tony Evers in the election this fall.

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Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos won't release a $850,000 contract with a legal firm helping the GOP defend legislative district boundaries.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that after he leaves office next week he will join a speakers' bureau to travel the country and talk in new ways about conservative issues, while helping in the effort to re-elect President Donald Trump.

The deadline for candidates to file nomination papers for a state Supreme Court run this spring is fast approaching.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to discipline a La Crosse County attorney using a 60-day suspension instead of the public reprimand a referee recommended.

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The new year marks the start of numerous new state laws affecting a broad swath of life — from birth to marriage to death and, of course, taxes.

To get elected as a district attorney, sounding tough on crime used to be the most effective campaign strategy. But in recent years, district attorneys have been winning elections by sounding big on reform.

The Supreme Court began its term with the tumultuous confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, followed by a studied avoidance of drama on the high court bench — especially anything that would divide the five conservatives and four liberals.