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Jun 15, 2022

High court affirms probable cause warrant in OWI case

A warrant allowing law enforcement officers to draw a fourth-time OWI offender's blood was affirmed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wednesday. 

Jun 14, 2022

‘Set up for failure,’ student debt forgiveness not likely to lighten debt load

As the federal government contemplates $10,000 in student debt forgiveness, lawyers say it won't make much difference to their high loan balances.

Jun 14, 2022

US Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court, which can result in longer sentences.

Jun 14, 2022

Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders.

Jun 13, 2022

Funeral services set for D. Michael Guerin

Services for D. Michael Guerin, who died on June 1, will begin with a visitation gathering at 1 p.m. with a funeral mass at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 24, at the Church of the Gesu located on the Marquette University campus (1145 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee).

Jun 13, 2022

After lawsuits, new PFAS standards to take effect

Wisconsin Republicans will allow regulations Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration developed to control pollution from a group of chemicals known as PFAS to take effect, a spokesman for the lawmaker who controls the Legislature's rules committee said Monday.

Jun 13, 2022

Elections commission picks Millis as new chair

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday selected a Republican attorney to be its new chairman, passing over another GOP member who tried to cast an Electoral College vote for Donald Trump even though Trump lost to President Joe Biden.

Jun 13, 2022

Head of Wisconsin parole agency quits at behest of governor

Wisconsin Parole Commission Chairman John Tate resigned Friday, a month after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers made a hasty appeal to Tate in the midst of Republican criticism over parole plans for a convicted murderer.

Jun 13, 2022

Law firm profitability sets new records

A confidential survey administered by the Legal Sector Advisory Group of global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield revealed that law firm profitability set new records in 2021.

Gableman ordered to not delete records
Jun 10, 2022

Wisconsin judge: GOP election agency in contempt for records

A Wisconsin judge on Friday found the investigator hired by Republicans to look into former President Donald Trump's 2020 loss in the battleground state in contempt because of how his office responded to open records requests related to the probe.

Jun 10, 2022

GRGB secures second restitution win with pro bono effort

Citing a March verdict, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals agreed once again the percentage of prison wages the state can withhold from a convicted inmate, affirming a Dane County Circuit Court decision.

Jun 10, 2022

UW regents extend undergraduate tuition freeze

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved freezing tuition for in-state undergraduate students again this year.

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