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Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek for President Donald Trump's longtime ally and confidant.
Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers scrap plan for new youth prisons (UPDATE)
A legislative committee was scheduled on Wednesday to take up a $184 million plan to replace Wisconsin's troubled youth prison.
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Read More »Wisconsin absentee voters to receive 2 spring ballots
Election officials in Wisconsin plan to send absentee voters two ballots for the spring election, setting up the possibility of voter confusion.
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Read More »Assembly passes rape-kit bill, crime proposals
Assembly Republicans handed Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul another defeat Tuesday, approving a bill establishing testing protocols for sexual-assault-evidence kits after tacking on divisive provisions critics say are designed to ensure the proposal never becomes law.
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Read More »Assembly OKs tougher sentences for repeat drunken drivers
Repeat drunken drivers would spend more time behind bars under a bill the state Assembly passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday.
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Read More »Wisconsin Assembly passes bill making bestiality a felony
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Tuesday that would make bestiality a felony.
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Read More »Assembly passes punishments for disrupting campus speeches
Republican lawmakers continued their drive Tuesday to punish students who disrupt conservative speakers on college campuses, pushing through the state Assembly a bill that calls for suspensions and expulsions.
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Read More »Man accused of killing sister incompetent for trial
A man charged with fatally shooting his sister at her home in Madison on Christmas Eve has been found incompetent to stand trial.
Read More »Charges of defying law, building ‘straw man’ written in split Supreme Court opinion
A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a decision on a subject-matter-jurisdiction dispute relating to an OWI case from Ozaukee County.
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Read More »Guilty plea entered in Kenosha County fatal shooting
A man accused of a fatal shooting during a drug transaction in Kenosha County has pleaded guilty to felony charges.
Read More »Man accused of killing sister incompetent for trial
A man charged with fatally shooting his sister at her home in Madison on Christmas Eve has been found incompetent to stand trial.
Read More »Wisconsin State Patrol reaches new contract deal
The Wisconsin State Patrol has reached a new contract deal with the state, less than two months after a previous agreement that would have boosted starting salaries by more than 20% was rejected by legislative leaders.
Read More »Kelly raises nearly $1 million in 13 months for Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly raised almost $190,000 in January, bringing his 13-month campaign fundraising total to nearly $1 million, campaign-finance reports filed Monday show.
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Read More »Finance committee, Kaul to discuss 3 possible settlements
Republican lawmakers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss settling three lawsuits after the defendants in those cases agreed to make the terms of the deals public.
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Read More »NY attorney could receive Wis. license suspension for not paying taxes
The Office of Lawyer Regulation is asking for reciprocal discipline for a New York attorney who was punished in his home state for not filing his taxes.
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Read More »High court considers innocence requirement in malpractice suit against state public defender
A lawsuit filed against an assistant state public defender is calling into question the innocence requirement in malpractice cases against criminal-defense counsel. The Wisconsin Supreme Court took up the case and is now considering whether it should recognize exceptions to the innocent requirement.
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Read More »Supreme Court hopeful Karofsky raises $65K in January
The Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful Jill Karofsky raised $65,350 in January but still trails incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly in fundraising for the past 13 months, according to campaign-finance reports filed Monday.
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Read More »2 women found shot in Janesville, one stabbed in the back
Janesville police are conducting an investigation after two women were found with gunshot wounds near Interstate 39/90 early Monday.
Read More »Application open for Milwaukee County Circuit Court – Branch I judge
Gov. Tony Evers is looking for applicants for Milwaukee County Circuit Court - Branch I judge. Judge Maxine White was appointed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in January, making history and leaving a vacancy. Her appointment marks the first time a woman of color will serve on the Wisconsin appellate court.
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Read More »What US courts consider employer FMLA interference (INFOGRAPHIC)
Courts across the U.S. ruled in dozens of cases dealing with Family and Medical Leave Act labor laws over the past 12 months, and Marjory Robertson, assistant vice president and senior counsel at Sun Life Insurance, said she’s read the decision in every one.
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Read More »Judge allows crime-victims amendment to stay on ballot
A judge on Friday rejected an attempt to remove from the April 7 ballot a constitutional amendment that will give crime victims in Wisconsin more rights.
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Read More »Incarcerated attorney’s law license suspended for felony child neglect, OWI
A former Sheboygan attorney serving a prison sentence for felony child neglect will have his law license suspended for three years, despite concerns from the Wisconsin Supreme Court about an excessively long penalty.
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Read More »‘They’ve been wanting my license for years’: Kenosha attorney fires back at OLR complaint
Kenosha lawyer Walter Stern III is firing back at the Office of Lawyer Regulation after being threatened with a sixth disciplinary action. He said the latest three counts of misconduct that he's accused of are another unfair attempt by the OLR to take his license.
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Read More »Evers calls for $250 million spending on K-12 schools
Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday to spend $250 million from a state budget surplus on public schools, roughly half of which would go toward lowering property taxes.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers claim $1.25 million in expenses
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state lawmakers claimed more than $1.25 million in daily allowances last year, a 6% decrease from the previous budget-writing year, in 2017. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday on the latest figures from members of ...
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Read More »Wisconsin teacher charged in Minnesota hidden-camera case
A Wisconsin high school teacher is faced with federal child pornography charges was charged on Wednesday in Minnesota with trying to secretly record students in their Minneapolis hotel rooms on a business-club trip.
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Read More »Teacher placed on leave for tweet about Limbaugh’s cancer
A Milwaukee Public Schools teacher has been placed on leave after tweeting that it was "awesome" that the conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has cancer.
Read More »Evers signs bill creating firefighting foam restrictions
Gov. Tony Evers signed a Republican-sponsored bill Wednesday that imposes new restrictions on firefighting foam to curb pollution from PFAS chemicals.
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Read More »2 leaders of Democratic convention host committee fired
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The two leaders of Milwaukee’s host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention were fired late Tuesday amid allegations that they oversaw an acrimonious work setting, a big shakeup less than ...
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