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The State Bar of Wisconsin, WisPolitics.com and WISC-TV will be hosting a debate between the candidates running for Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s seat.

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The lawyer for a Florida man charged with killing his wife in Wisconsin 40 years ago is attempting to have a criminal complaint against the defendant dismissed, saying prosecutors hadn't presented enough details about how they think the crime was committed.

A judge has sentenced a California woman to three years in prison for shipping methamphetamine to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation in northern Wisconsin.

Tagged with: methamphetamine William Conley

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office will no longer share information about people detained in the jail with federal immigration officials.

A Waunakee man who shot his neighbor to death in her home last summer was ordered to be committed to a state mental hospital for the rest of his life.

A second man has been sentenced for the shooting death in January 2015 of a 5-year-old boy who had been caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in Beloit.

A federal jury says Royal Caribbean Cruises owes $3.38 million to the family of a Wisconsin man who died during an Alaskan cruise.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office will no longer share information about people detained in the jail with federal immigration officials.

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A Dodgeville man arrested after an off-duty firefighter was killed while assisting a disabled motorist along a Dane County highway won't be charged with homicide by drunken driving.

A former Milwaukee jail deputy who shut off water to an inmate's cell, leading to his dehydration death, was sentenced on Thursday to 30 days in prison but will be able to go to work during that time.

A new report shows outside groups plan to spend more than $400,000 on the state Supreme Court race between the appellate judges Lisa Neubauer and Brian Hagedorn.

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Gov. Tony Evers' spokeswoman says his administration won't force wedding barns to obtain liquor licenses.

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A Minnesota television station reported Thursday that the Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs says in a letter from jail that he plans to plead guilty.

A Dodgeville man arrested after an off-duty firefighter was killed while assisting a disabled motorist along a Dane County highway won't be charged with homicide by drunken driving.

Tagged with: drunken driving Ismael Ozanne

A former Burnett County district attorney has been publicly reprimanded for pursuing female defendants.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR William Norine

Four young men are facing reckless-homicide charges in the fatal shooting of a teenager in Green Bay.

The Director of State Courts Office will be holding a training session for court interpreters in Milwaukee.

A conservative candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court whose views on gay rights have come under scrutiny said Wednesday the criticism he's received is an unfair attack on his faith.

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The U.S. Attorneys’ offices in the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin collected more than $50 million dollars in civil and criminal actions in the 2018 fiscal year.

A nurse has been sentenced to probation for stealing fentanyl from the Veterans Hospital in Madison.

A judge in western Wisconsin on Tuesday found a 10-year-old girl incompetent to stand trial on charges she killed a 6-month-old baby who was in her care last year.

A man who had said he was only defending himself when he beat a Wisconsin man who later died has been convicted of second-degree murder.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be holding public hearings in April on both a pilot project introducing mandatory electronic filing to the state’s appellate courts and a plan to allow alternatives to stenographic court reporting.

A legislative committee is scheduled to take public comments on a bill that would allow more convicts to have their records erased.

A Republican legislator is re-introducing a bill to make bestiality a felony.

A group founded by former Democratic U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that it is spending $350,000 to help the liberal-backed candidate Lisa Neubauer get elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be deciding whether to publicly reprimand a Milwaukee lawyer over four allegations of misconduct.

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Wisconsin agriculture officials say they've seeing a big increase in applications from people wanting to grow and process hemp.

Rejecting arguments from the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, three conservative Supreme Court justices it amounts to discrimination if synagogues, temples, churches and mosques are barred from taking part in programs that award money for preservation work.

A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor is accused of sexually assaulting a student he was advising in a PhD program.

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