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The two leaders of Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention have been placed on leave pending an investigation into allegations that they oversaw an acrimonious work setting, according to a letter sent to staff employees working on planning the event.

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A Twin Cities personal injury attorney has pleaded guilty to defrauding auto-insurance companies by making false health care claims.

At a debate among three candidates for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 5 judge on Monday, much of the discussion was about whether two of them can truly be called Milwaukee residents.

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The Wisconsin Assembly looks poised for another ugly fight over how to recognize Black History Month as black and white lawmakers clash over whether to honor a group of white abolitionists or prominent black figures.

A northern Wisconsin man has been sentenced to more than 65 years behind bars for setting his former girlfriend's bed on fire as she slept in it.

A Milwaukee attorney may see her license suspended for paying potential witnesses against her client in a homicide case dating to 2016.

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Authorities on Monday searched for suspects in the killing of a pregnant woman who was shot on the weekend while aboard a party bus parked outside a Milwaukee restaurant and bar.

Legislation positioned as a response to Gov. Tony Evers' criminal justice policies gave rise to strong criticism upon being introduced on Thursday. Republicans released the "Tougher on Crime" bill package to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety in a seven-hour session that day.

A former Sheboygan attorney who drove off after his kids fell out of his car will learn of the Office of Lawyer Regulation's penalty for his actions on Tuesday.

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Davis|Kuelthau has named Brian Pfeil as its next litigation team chairman. He succeeds Matthew McClean, who led the team for five years and serves on the firm's Board of Directors.

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Kohler Co. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that emissions from its small spark-ignition engines violated the Clean Air Act and California law.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly accused his challenger Jill Karofsky on Thursday of slandering him and lying about him to advance her own political career, ramping up the rancor in their race for a 10-year spot on the high court.

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President Donald Trump's defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz now says his headline-dominating argument against impeaching the president has been distorted.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly released his first campaign television ad on Thursday as he tries to fend off two liberal-leaning challengers.

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A Madison high school teacher has been charged with seven counts of attempting to make child pornography.

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The Judicial Conduct Panel publicly reprimanded part-time the Wood County circuit court commissioner Kenneth Gorski for failing to recuse himself from several cases.

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The amount of information a jury can infer from a video is at the center of a case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The high court is deciding if a surveillance video showing the moment of a slip-and-fall is enough evidence to hold a Wisconsin grocery store liable for the man's injuries.

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A proposed amendment to Wisconsin's constitution would make it easier for judges to deny a defendant's release from jail before conviction.

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin named Debra Cronmiller as its new executive director. Cronmiller replaces Erin Grunze, who resigned to spend more time with her young family.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will increase spending on homeless shelters by $1 million over the next two years.

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Husch Blackwell has more than doubled its Wisconsin health care team, adding 12 attorneys and a paralegal to its Madison office in the first weeks of 2020. The new hires are the local result of the firm’s national strategy to expand its health-care practice.

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A Kenosha attorney who maintained he "did nothing wrong" will lose his law license for six months for eight misconduct violations.

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By Michaela Paukner mpaukner@wislawjournal.com Despite acknowledging that federal agencies had given the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin a “runaround”, a federal appeals court ruled against the tribe this week in a lawsuit over a permit for the Back Forty mine in ...

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A Wisconsin man was charged on Monday after a fatal case of road rage.

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An East Coast general will oversee changes in the Wisconsin National Guard's sexual-assault protocols, Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday.

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Wisconsinites will weigh in on the current makeup of the state Supreme Court in February as Justice Dan Kelly seeks election to a full 10-year term on the high court.

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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents.

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A jury found a Menomonee Falls accountant guilty of working with a Milwaukee construction executive to illegally secure more than $260 million in construction contracts meant for minority-owned businesses.

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A former Milwaukee attorney could spend 20 years in prison for trying to take a client’s money for a bribe he lied about setting up. Federal prosecutors charged 50-year-old Mark Ruppelt with three counts of fraud on Friday. The complaint says ...

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Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative maps next year for the Legislature to consider, a step Republicans have rejected as a sham.

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