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May 19, 2022

Georgia resident pleads guilty to sending death threats during Kenosha protests

A twenty-seven-year-old Georgia resident plead guilty to one count of cyberstalking Wednesday.

May 18, 2022

Wisconsin man gets 10 years in prison for racist acid attack

A judge sentenced a white Wisconsin man to a decade in prison Wednesday for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a racist attack at a Milwaukee bus stop.

May 18, 2022

Herman re-certified by National Board of Trial Advocacy

Family Law Attorney Gregg Herman has been re-certified by The National Board of Trial Advocacy as a senior specialist in family law.

(Clockwise from left) Judge Glenn Yamahiro explains his decision to strike a hate-crime enhancer added to Stephanie Rapkin's disorderly conduct charge during a Zoom hearing on Wednesday. Rapkin; her attorney, Jason Luczak of ; and Alyssa Brown, prosecutor, were on the call.
May 18, 2022

To Zoom or not to Zoom, a question future court proceedings will have to ask

Starting in July, all Wisconsin courts will be allowed to hold remote proceedings under a recent petition granted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

May 18, 2022

Deer District shootings leave Milwaukee leaders at the brink

The Milwaukee mayor and police chief on Tuesday pleaded with citizens and lawmakers to help address ongoing gun violence punctuated by shootings outside an NBA playoff game that left 21 injured.

May 18, 2022

Wisconsin judge skeptical of election grant arguments

A judge on Tuesday voiced skepticism about a lawsuit challenging the legality of private grant money awarded to Madison to help run the 2020 election, calling some of the arguments "ridiculous," a "stretch" and "close to preposterous."

May 17, 2022

New UW-Madison leader deflects questions about GOP critics

New University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on Tuesday deflected questions during her first news conference about GOP critics who have painted her as an unabashed liberal and threatened to restrict funding if regents stand by the decision to hire her.

May 17, 2022

Slow movement on the diversity hiring, ABA study finds

A surveyed conducted by the American Bar Association found minimal rises in diversity hiring among large law firms in 2020 compared to 2019.

May 17, 2022

Man convicted of killing grandmother in Fond du Lac County

A man who blamed his grandmother's slaying on the "cartel" has been found guilty of killing her in Fond du Lac County.

May 17, 2022

Lawsuit seeks $2.4M damages from Wisconsin fake GOP electors

Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state.

May 17, 2022

Former legislator pleads guilty to employment tax charges

A former state lawmaker who also once served as Wisconsin's tourism secretary has pleaded guilty to failing to pay nearly $200,000 in employment taxes.

May 16, 2022

Regents pick UCLA law school dean to lead UW-Madison

The dean of UCLA's law school has been chosen as the next head of the University of Wisconsin's flagship campus in Madison, the university system's regents announced Monday.

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