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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 ... Subscribe Login ...

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 ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

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 ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

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 ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

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 ... Subscribe ...

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 ... Subscribe ...

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 ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

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.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Dan Kelly accused the news media of inconsistencies and his opponent, Janet Protasiewicz of lying and slander at Press Club event Tuesday. Protasiewicz's campaign responded in a statement saying that Kelly is an "extreme, right-wing politician who is desperate to hide his record of corruption on the bench." At Tuesday's event, Kelly punted abortion questions deferring to legislature who on Wednesday proposed exceptions to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban in the case of rape or incest.

A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement under which the tribe will temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit.

By Steve Schuster [email protected] Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that he is seeking applicants for the Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branches 14 and 46. "The appointments will fill vacancies being created by Judge Christopher Foley’s resignation," Evers said in a statement, noting that Judge David Feiss will also be resigning. Foley's resignation will be effective July 17, 2023, and ... ...

On Monday, Feds told the Wisconsin Law Journal that their decision to relocate from Knapp Street in Milwaukee was mission driven, having nothing to do with the Milwaukee School of Engineering acquisition. “ICE began planning to relocate local field personnel from the current leased space in 2017 due to overarching mission requirements. This relocation was contemplated ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

Federal agents arrested a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday after he allegedly threatened to kill students, staff, faculty and their children, according to court documents.

A court in Spain has ruled that a man must pay his ex-wife, Ivana Moral, Є204,624.86 (that's presently the equivalent of about $218,000) for 25 years of "unpaid domestic labor," EuroNews reported last week. The court based in the South of Spain looked at the ex-husband's income and business success, where he had built a successful ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

On Friday, March 10, 2023, a defamation suit against Netflix and the "Making a Murderer" creators Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi was dismissed when a U.S. District Court judge in Milwaukee granted two motions for summary judgement.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by California and New York, in an amicus brief pushing back against the ongoing, misguided effort led by Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren has announced that Brady Brown has rejoined Reinhart’s Corporate Practice in the firm’s Milwaukee office.

Earlier this week U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bi-partisan effort to introduce legislation giving the federal government more power to regulate overseas social media platforms that are a threat our national security. 

BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday accused Canada of smearing its reputation over allegations China is secretly operating two overseas police stations in Quebec. Canada should “stop sensationalizing and hyping the matter and stop attacks and smears on China,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “China has been ... strictly abiding by international ... Subscribe Login ...

Wisconsin Republicans blocked Gov. Tony Evers' plan Thursday to require student vaccinations against meningitis and tighten student chickenpox vaccination requirements.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering has purchased a building leased by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) on the north end of campus, according to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.

A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that the state Assembly violated the open records law when it initially rejected, then fulfilled with redactions, documents sought by The Associated Press and three other media outlets related to sexual harassment allegations against a former legislator.

The Wisconsin Law Journal has named a new group publisher and a new managing editor.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit filed Monday in state court said the Texas law, one of the strictest in the ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

DNA and genetic testing have led to the arrest of an Illinois man in the 23-year-old strangling death of a woman in southeastern Wisconsin, police said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration has decided to roll back the testing requirements as cases, ... Subscribe Login Digital ...