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May 26, 2021

7th Circuit adopts modification to attorney-admission fee

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit adopted a modification to a circuit rule changing the attorney-admission fee from $15 to a fee that would be set by order.

May 26, 2021

Republicans, UW clash over abortion ban proposal

Republican legislators sparred with University of Wisconsin medical school officials Wednesday over a bill that would end an arrangement that allows UW doctors to train on abortion procedures at a Planned Parenthood clinic.

May 26, 2021

Wisconsin lawmakers consider banning transgender athletes

Female athletes urged Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday to ban transgender people from participating in girls' and women's sports, while opponents of the Republican-backed proposals said they were discriminatory and chasing a problem that doesn't exist.

May 26, 2021

Fond du Lac attorney reinstated after second petition to Supreme Court

After a second petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a former Fond du Lac attorney who saw his law license revoked will be able to practice again.

May 26, 2021

Wisconsin circuit courts average 81% affirmance rate during pandemic

Wisconsin judges are coming out of a year unlike any other.

May 25, 2021

Wisconsin Republicans quickly kill Medicaid expansion

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature convened on Tuesday and within seconds ended a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to expand Medicaid, dashing chances for the state to receive a one-time bonus of $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding.

May 25, 2021

Attorney suspended for 60 days as reciprocal discipline for disbarment in Minnesota

An attorney's Wisconsin law license has been suspended for 60 days as reciprocal discipline for his disbarment in Minnesota.

May 25, 2021

Ex-financial adviser sentenced to 63 months for fraud scheme

A former financial adviser has been sentenced in Milwaukee to more than five years in federal prison for scamming $2.6 million from 27 victims, including his own parents.

May 25, 2021

Wisconsin priest who ignored COVID limits is asked to resign

A priest in Wisconsin who has been ignoring COVID-19 gathering restrictions at his masses and criticized Democrats for their stance on the virus vaccines says the leader of the Diocese of La Crosse has asked him to resign.

May 24, 2021

Nearly 30 referred for voter fraud in presidential election

Municipal clerks have referred nearly 30 people to prosecutors for voting illegally in the presidential election out of 3.3 million votes cast, according to data from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, undermining former President Donald Trump's claims that rampant voter fraud cost him the state.

May 24, 2021

Judge keeps restaurant aid priority for women, minorities

A federal judge has ruled against a conservative legal group that sought an immediate halt to the priority status for restaurants and bars owned by women and certain minorities in President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package.

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