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A man charged in the shooting death of a Milwaukee police officer last summer changed his plea to guilty as opening statements were to begin in his trial.
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High court suspends Oshkosh attorney’s license for 90 days
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Oshkosh attorney’s license for 90 days.
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Read More »Woman pleads guilty to killing 3 babies, including son
A Wisconsin woman accused of killing three infants, including her son, in the 1980s has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
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Read More »Damning report finds reason to replace Green Bay prison — a step Evers says his budget won’t take
A new report confirms what advocates of replacing Green Bay's maximum-security institution have long been arguing: the prison is overcrowded, out-of-date and dangerous.
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Read More »DeForest man pleads guilty to illegally dealing guns
A DeForest man has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally dealing guns.
Read More »University of Wisconsin fraternity suspended for hazing
A fraternity at the University of Wisconsin has been suspended after younger members were allegedly pressured to run errands, wear "Dora the Explorer" backpacks and carry fruit around campus.
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Read More »Report: Milwaukee officers were justified in fatal shooting
Two Milwaukee police officers have been cleared in the fatal shooting in October of a man who was firing shots at them.
Read More »Documentary looks at defense of Geyser in Slender Man stabbing
In May 2014, two 12-year-old Waukesha girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured their friend, Payton Leutner, into a Waukesha park and stabbed her 19 times.
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Read More »5 people charged in timber-theft conspiracy on reservation
Federal authorities say five people have been indicted over allegations that they cut down trees on the Menominee Indian Reservation in order to sell timber to saw mills outside the reservation without the consent of the Wisconsin tribe.
Read More »Mequon accountant sentenced for tax scheme to steal more than $800,000
A Wisconsin accountant accused of stealing more than $800,000 in a tax scheme has been sentenced in federal court.
Read More »Ex-Wisconsin man charged in wife’s 40-year-old disappearance
A former Wisconsin man is charged with first-degree murder decades after the disappearance of his wife, whom he said stormed out of their home after an argument in 1979 and has not been seen since.
Read More »Amid busy schedule, Fulton oversees expansion at DeWitt
Brad Fulton started at the bottom at DeWitt.
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Read More »Kaul wants $2M for salaries, 19 more analysts
Attorney General Josh Kaul has asked Gov. Tony Evers to let him spend $4.4 million in the next state budget to hire more evidence analysts and set up pay raises for them.
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Read More »Man pleads not guilty in case of abused teen
A Wisconsin man accused of helping a 14-year-old girl escape sexual abuse in exchange for video of her being raped has pleaded not guilty to sexually exploiting a child.
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Read More »Law Journal honors its 2019 Leaders in the Law
The Wisconsin law community honored 21 Leaders in the Law during the 17th annual Wisconsin Law Journal event at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee on Thursday night.
Read More »High court lifts stay on arbitration over Green Bay construction project
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a lower court’s decision to halt arbitration proceedings over a dispute involving a Green Bay construction project until an insurance dispute connected to the project had been resolved.
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Read More »Assembly speaker gives governor’s marijuana plan low odds
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is giving Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to legalize medical marijuana just a 10 percent chance of winning approval in the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Read More »Neubauer reveals role in 1970s lawsuit
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer is revealing that she was an unnamed plaintiff in a successful lawsuit brought in the 1970s against Chicago police after she was strip searched but not under arrest.
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Read More »Referee recommends license suspension for Green Bay attorney
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a Green Bay lawyer's license for 15 months.
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Read More »Wisconsin Realtors revoke support for Hagedorn in court race (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Realtors Association has revoked its endorsement of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn following reports that he helped found a private elementary school that allows gay students to be expelled.
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Read More »Evers argues for order blocking lame-duck law (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers has joined a coalition of labor unions in asking a judge to suspend a lame-duck law passed by Republicans who control the state Legislature to limit his powers, filing an affidavit calling for an injunction to block the measure.
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Read More »Hagedorn took $3,000 from conservative group
The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn was paid more than $3,000 to give speeches to a Christian legal-advocacy group that has supported criminalizing sodomy and sterilizing transgender people.
Read More »Prosecutor: Man with explosives was planning campus attack
A prosecutor alleges that a man whose Madison apartment was found to contain homemade explosives appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Read More »Evers: Wisconsin will join lawsuit if it makes difference
Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin will join a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall if doing so "makes a difference."
Read More »Wisconsin court: Judge’s Facebook friendship could show bias
A Wisconsin judge's decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child-custody case he was hearing led at least the appearance of bias, a state appeals court ruled on Wednesday in ordering the case to be re-heard by another judge.
Read More »Cedarburg, Milwaukee attorneys advance to April election
A Cedarburg attorney and a Milwaukee attorney vying for a judgeship in Ozaukee County are advancing to the general election on April 2.
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Read More »High court dismisses misconduct charges against Saukville attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently dismissed a disciplinary case lawyer-regulators filed against a Saukville attorney. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Perry Lieuallen in 2017 with violating one attorney-ethics rule while representing a criminal defendant in Waukesha County Circuit Court. The ...
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Read More »Wisconsin school ends cheerleading awards for body parts (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin high school is ending cheerleading awards given annually to girls with the largest breasts or buttocks after district officials received repeated complaints from parents and a former coach.
Read More »Evers won’t seek to phase out vouchers in 1st budget plan
Gov. Tony Evers says he won't seek to eliminate or phase out taxpayer-funded school vouchers in his first state budget.
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Read More »Republicans say new study bolsters argument against Medicaid
Republican lawmakers say a new study bolsters their position against Wisconsin accepting an expansion of the federal Medicaid program.
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