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Dec 3, 2021

Voeks joins Reinhart as an associate

Justin Voeks has joined Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren's Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity practices in the firm’s Milwaukee office as an associate.

Dec 2, 2021

DA: Overworked assistant set bail too low for parade suspect

Milwaukee County's top prosecutor said Thursday that a young assistant in his office rushed to set $1,000 bail for a man before he allegedly drove his vehicle through a Christmas parade because she was overworked and never saw his risk assessment.

Dec 2, 2021

Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls

On both sides of America's abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion — is imperiled as never before.

Dec 2, 2021

Family of man who got Legionnaires at UW Hospital is suing

The family of a leukemia patient who contracted Legionnaires' disease at UW Hospital in 2018 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages in his death.

Dec 2, 2021

Abortion remarks by 9 court justices indicate how they lean

The Supreme Court heard arguments in which it was asked to overturn a nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.

Dec 2, 2021

GOP risks government shutdown to fight Biden vaccine mandate

The federal government could be heading for a temporary shutdown, with Republicans poised to stall a must-pass funding bill in their effort to force a debate in Congress on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers.

Dec 2, 2021

Suspect in Waukesha parade carnage says he feels ‘demonized’

The man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring dozens, said Wednesday that he feels like he's being "demonized."

Dec 1, 2021

Republican wants to empower Wisconsin secretary of state

A Republican state lawmaker announced Wednesday that she's running to be Wisconsin's next secretary of state, saying she wants to turn the mostly powerless office into a check on the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Dec 1, 2021

Wisconsin mayors targeted amid GOP-ordered election probe

The Republican-hired attorney investigating the 2020 election told Wisconsin lawmakers during a testy hearing Wednesday he has filed a lawsuit to force officials in Green Bay and Madison to provide testimony.

Dec 1, 2021

Top Wisconsin court affirms GOP’s preferred approach to maps

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Republicans in a redistricting dispute, ruling that it saw no need to make significant changes to the maps that have helped the GOP win majorities in the state Legislature and congressional delegation.

Dec 1, 2021

Justices signal they’ll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe (UPDATE)

Abortion rights are on the line at the Supreme Court in historic arguments Wednesday over the landmark ruling nearly 50 years ago that declared a nationwide right to end pregnancies and has forged one of the most enduring fault lines in American life and politics.

Nov 30, 2021

3 lawyers readying arguments in high court abortion case

Leading up to Wednesday's major abortion case at the Supreme Court, the justices have heard from thousands of people and organizations urging the court to either save or scrap two historic abortion decisions.

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