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Jan 4, 2021

Negligence claims filed in shootings amid Wisconsin protest

Claims filed on behalf of two men shot by an Illinois teen during a night of protests over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, allege the city and Kenosha County were negligent in their response to the unrest.

Jan 4, 2021

Virus, elections, budget top Wisconsin legislative agenda

Pandemic-response bills and proposals to change election procedures will take center stage when the Wisconsin Legislature opens its 2021-22 session on Monday, eclipsing even state budget deliberations that typically take up the first six months of every session.

Dec 31, 2020

Wisconsin legislator’s daughter faced with drug charges

A Wisconsin lawmaker's daughter is in serious trouble with the law after she allegedly pointed a gun at two people in an SUV.

Dec 31, 2020

Police investigate deliberate spoiling of 500 vaccine doses

Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine.

Dec 31, 2020

Attorney who threatened violence against OLR investigator, client loses law license for 4 years

A Green Bay attorney who threatened violence against an OLR investigator and a client lost his law license for four years.

Dec 30, 2020

State Supreme Court considers certiorari-triggering event in zoning lawsuit

In a lawsuit involving a Walworth County zoning ordinance, the Wisconsin Supreme Court considered what sorts of events can lead to a certiorari-review action.

Dec 30, 2020

Trump’s $2,000 checks all but dead as GOP Senate refuses aid

President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks was all but dead Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative approach of loading up the bill with other White House priorities that appeared destined to fail.

Dec 30, 2020

DWD adjudicators get last undecided unemployment claims

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development officials said on Thursday they've assigned the last few thousand undecided unemployment claims to adjudicators.

Dec 30, 2020

Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Wisconsin case

President Donald Trump's campaign asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take its failed lawsuit challenging election results in swing state Wisconsin.

Dec 30, 2020

Wisconsin prosecutors add curfew charge against Rittenhouse

Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old Illinois teen accused of shooting three people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin this summer with violating curfew that night.

Dec 29, 2020

UNDER PRESSURE: One-third of US judges stressed (INFOGRAPHIC)

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, judges throughout the U.S. were stressed. Recent survey results from the American Bar Association found one-third of judges were experiencing the physical or mental effects of stress.

Dec 29, 2020

Paul Jones, Harley chief legal officer, joins Marquette as general counsel

Marquette University has named Paul Jones, Harley-Davidson chief legal officer, as its new vice president and general counsel.

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