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Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday re-hired dozens of Republican appointees he fired last week after a judge invalidated their legislative confirmations, marking another twist in the tangled legal battle over whether lawmakers were within their rights when they met for a lame-duck session last year.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer fared better than her opponent, Brian Hagedorn, in a survey of Milwaukee Bar Association members.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently declined to add to the types of the non-clients who can sue lawyers for legal malpractice.

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A liberal arts college in southern Wisconsin canceled a lecture by the former Blackwater head Erik Prince after protesters disrupted the planned talk.

The superintendent of a Wisconsin high school district has outlawed cheerleading awards that objectify students' bodies and ordered mandatory staff training on discrimination and harassment.

An Appleton man has been arrested in the deaths of a Manitowoc father and his teenage daughter.

One of former Gov. Scott Walker's appointees is trying to go back to work after a state appellate court stayed a ruling invalidating her appointment and dozens of others.

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A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blocked because of a ruling in a separate case.

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A bill that would make changes to Wisconsin’s expungement law will go before a panel of Wisconsin lawmakers this week for a vote.

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A man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, killing her parents and holding her captive in a cabin for three months is expected to enter a formal plea on Wednesday when he appears in court for an arraignment.

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Ed Fallone, a Marquette University Law School professor who unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2013, announced on Wednesday that he will try again in 2020, when the control of the court could be at stake.

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An appeals court says the state can involuntarily medicate prisoners even if they don't pose a threat.

A public defender was taken to the hospital after a defendant in court punched her in the head, knocking her to the ground during a bond hearing in Fort Lauderdale.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently gave back a former Milton attorney’s law license.

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A lawsuit filed by a former student against a suburban Milwaukee school district claims it did nothing to stop sexual abuse by a renowned math teacher more than three decades ago.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn accused his opponent Lisa Neubauer of lying, misleading voters and maligning him over his personal beliefs during a spirited final debate on Tuesday one week before the election on April 2. Neubauer said she was presenting facts.

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Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged a 31-year-old man with fatally shooting his ex-wife who was a prosecutor in Illinois.

A second Wisconsin judge on Tuesday blocked parts of laws that Republicans passed in a lame-duck session limiting Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers, handing Democrats another legal victory in their battle against the legislation in less than a week.

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Justice Shirley Abrahamson has withdrawn herself from three more cases pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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A Republican group announced on Tuesday it is starting a seven-figure ad buy a week before the April 2 election to boost Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn in his race against Lisa Neubauer.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a nearly $315 million judgment against Sudan stemming from the USS Cole bombing, saying Sudan hadn't properly been notified of the lawsuit.

The maker of OxyContin and the family that owns the company have reached a $270 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma over the prescription painkiller's role in the nation's deadly opioid crisis, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee lawyer over four misconduct allegations.

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A defendant who had pleaded guilty to assaulting women on a Kenosha County bike trail told a judge he wanted to withdraw the pleas moments before he was to be sentenced.

Murder charges have been filed against a Chicago man in the fatal stabbing of a 76-year-old Wisconsin man at casino hotel in Joliet, Illinois.

A hearing has been rescheduled for a man accused of killing the mother of his child in Milwaukee.

Wisconsin officials are waiting for a pair of courts to decide whether laws that Republicans passed last year limiting the powers of the new Democratic governor and attorney general can stand.

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A 16-year-old Dallas-area girl recently shared her journey from home school to law school on ABC's "Good Morning America."

The Supreme Court is returning to arguments over whether the political task of redistricting can be overly partisan.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Lisa Neubauer and Brian Hagedorn are meeting for a final debate one week ahead of the election.