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Oct 2, 2020

Judge delays decision on collecting ballots in parks

A Dane County judge decided Friday to hold off on declaring whether Madison officials can legally collect absentee ballots in city parks.

Oct 2, 2020

Grand jury audio details moments before Breonna Taylor died

Police said they knocked repeatedly and identified themselves for a minute or more before using a battering ram to enter Breonna Taylor's apartment, according to Kentucky grand jury recordings released Friday, then killed her in a rapid hail of gunfire after the first officer inside her door was struck by a bullet.

Oct 2, 2020

Quarles & Brady adds Chris Emerson to legal operations team

Quarles & Brady has hired Chris Emerson as senior director of legal operations and innovation.

Oct 2, 2020

GOP turns to Wisconsin Supreme Court in absentee ballot case

Republicans are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to act in a matter of days to help undo a federal court ruling that extends the period that absentee ballots can be counted in the battleground state until Nov. 9, six days after the election.

Oct 2, 2020

Prosecutors: Not enough evidence to prove Wisconsin attack

Federal prosecutors said Friday there's not enough evidence to prove that a young biracial woman was set on fire during a protest in Wisconsin this summer.

Oct 1, 2020

Wisconsin business groups sue to keep COVID lists secret

Three business groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Gov. Tony Evers' administration from releasing the names of more than 1,000 businesses with employees who have tested positive for COVID-19, saying the release would blacklist those operations as the disease surges across the state.

Oct 1, 2020

Election official says no Wisconsin ballots in found mail

Wisconsin's top election official said Thursday there were no Wisconsin absentee ballots amid mail that was discovered in a ditch outside of Appleton last week.

Oct 1, 2020

Supreme Court weighs appropriate damages in condo-loan lawsuit

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether a plaintiff can recover damages for both unjust enrichment and breach of contract simultaneously, even in the presence of a discovery sanction of liability.

Oct 1, 2020

Trump cancels Wisconsin rally amid surge in COVID-19 cases (UPDATE)

President Donald Trump canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally due to a surge in coronavirus cases.

Oct 1, 2020

Trump thrusts Supreme Court pick into election turmoil

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s stark expectation that the Supreme Court will intervene to “look at the ballots” in what he calls a rigged election casts new questions Wednesday on the Senate’s rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the vacant seat before Nov. 3. Barrett was […]

Oct 1, 2020

Motive sought after Milwaukee funeral home shooting wounds 7

Police in Milwaukee were working to decide a motive for a shooting outside a funeral home that left seven people wounded during a violent day in the city.

Oct 1, 2020

GOP asks full appeals court to hear Wisconsin absentee case

Wisconsin Republicans want the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their appeal of a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that allowed absentee ballots to be counted for six days after Election Day.

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