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Nov 4, 2021

State inmates will receive photocopies of personal mail

Inmates in Wisconsin state prisons will receive photocopies of their personal mail and not the originals beginning next month.

Nov 4, 2021

Detective: Rittenhouse shouted ‘Friendly!’ to pursuer

Kyle Rittenhouse shouted "Friendly! Friendly! Friendly!" as he was being chased by a man he eventually shot to death during street protests against racial injustice, a police detective testified — in a confrontation the defense portrayed as "the classic ambush."

Nov 3, 2021

Iowa man charged with murder of missing Wisconsin woman

=An Iowa man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Wisconsin woman whose body has not been found, Polk County authorities said Wednesday.

Nov 3, 2021

Does it matter how long jury selection takes?

As jurors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse listened to opening statements in a Wisconsin courtroom Tuesday, attorneys in south Georgia questioned potential jurors for a third week in the trial of three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's slaying.

Nov 3, 2021

Supreme Court hears arguments in gun-rights case

Several Supreme Court justices appear concerned that a broad ruling in favor of gun rights could threaten restrictions on firearms in subways, bars, stadiums and other places where people gather.

Nov 3, 2021

Behm joins Axley’s Madison office

Lili Behm has joined Axley’s Madison office in the areas of civil litigation and insurance defense.

Nov 3, 2021

Witness: Rittenhouse said people ‘were trying to hurt him’

A friend of Kyle Rittenhouse testified that the Illinois teen was "freaking out" and "really scared" in the moments after he shot three people during street protests against racial justice, and that Rittenhouse told him he had to do it because "people were trying to hurt him."

Nov 3, 2021

Incumbents survive divisive school board recall in Wisconsin

School board members who survived a recall effort that garnered national attention in a suburban Milwaukee district were looking ahead Wednesday to reuniting voters after a divisive campaign.

Nov 2, 2021

Chief Justice Ziegler to deliver State of the Judiciary on Wednesday

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Ziegler will deliver the State of the Judiciary address in Green Bay on Wednesday at the opening of the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference.

Nov 2, 2021

Evers: Prosecute if election laws were broken as alleged

=Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday that Racine County officials should file charges if they believe election laws were broken at a Mount Pleasant nursing home as alleged by a local sheriff who supports former President Donald Trump.

Nov 2, 2021

Prosecutor says Rittenhouse instigated Kenosha bloodshed

Kyle Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation that led him to shoot three people on the streets of Kenosha during a turbulent protest against racial injustice, and he killed one of the victims with a shot to the back, a prosecutor told the jury during opening statements Tuesday at Rittenhouse's murder trial.

Nov 2, 2021

Supreme Court questions Texas abortion law

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Monday they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to the controversial Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation's second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy.

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