Yearly convictions for drunken driving and other related offenses dropped by nearly 18,000 in Wisconsin between 2004 and 2018, according to a report from the state Legislative Reference Bureau.
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Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget could include criminal-justice reforms as Wisconsin emerges from a tumultuous year of protests over police brutality and racism, setting up another possible conflict with Republicans who have been reluctant to take any action to reform police procedures.
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Contested judicial races and disciplinary actions against attorneys made the Wisconsin Law Journal's list of most-read stories in 2020.
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Plaintiffs’ attorneys have seen a 56% decline in case intake since the COVID-19 pandemic’s beginnings, according to a recent report from a law-firm lender. Counsel Financial, which provides financing and other resources to plaintiffs’ firms, conducted an independent survey among plaintiffs’ ...
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Read More »Eleven members of the Milwaukee Common Council are criticizing the attorney Franklyn Gimbel's comments about the history of policing in the city, calling his remarks racist, inaccurate and "profoundly disturbing."
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Read More »A Wausau lawyer's third disciplinary action is coming in the form of a public reprimand and more than $26,000 in costs.
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Read More »The presidential recount in Wisconsin's Milwaukee County came in slightly under budget, at nearly $1.7 million, according to data released Wednesday.
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Read More »White supremacists plotted to attack power stations in the southeastern U.S., and an Ohio teenager who allegedly shared the plan said he wanted the group to be "operational" on a fast-tracked timeline if President Donald Trump were to lose his re-election bid, the FBI alleges in an affidavit that was mistakenly unsealed.
Read More »A Wisconsin appeals court upheld a $5.5 million judgment Wednesday against a driver who killed a 23-year-old bicyclist in Madison.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a challenge of Dane County's ban on indoor gatherings in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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Read More »The University of Wisconsin System paid out nearly $70 million in coronavirus-related refunds to students last year, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that his administration has partnered with a medical testing company to provide free at-home COVID-19 tests.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee attorney for paying two witnesses against her client. Ann T. Bowe, a Milwaukee solo practitioner, stipulated to two charges of misconduct related to her handling of a 2016 Dodge County homicide case. She was representing ...
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Read More »Elizabeth Rohl has been appointed to the Pierce County Circuit Court, Gov. Tony Evers announced on Tuesday.
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Read More »One of two Wisconsin counties that conducted recounts of their presidential votes spent nearly $730,000 on the attempt.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers has scheduled a special election this spring to fill outgoing Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s seat.
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Read More »A top official said Monday that University of Wisconsin System students will be allowed to return to campus for the spring semester and take more in-person courses, hoping that more robust COVID-19 testing will help stave off the types of outbreaks that forced the system to turn to online-only instruction a few weeks into the fall semester.
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Read More »Talks to determine the future of Milwaukee's former police chief after a judge ruled he was improperly demoted ended Monday without a resolution.
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Judge Reyna Morales has begun a campaign to remain on Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 42.
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After news of the death of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, many who knew Abrahamson personally and professionally are offering their condolences.
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Read More »After months of Washington gridlock, Congress is moving to act on a $900 billion pandemic-relief legislation, finally delivering long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
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Matthew Leusink, the new Waushara County district attorney, has no doubt that he has a lot of work ahead of him.
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Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87.
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Read More »A judge has given Milwaukee's ousted police chief his job back, just a day after the board that demoted him selected a new acting chief.
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Read More »Wisconsin and Michigan are planning to join a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google.
Read More »The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed the dismissal of a First Amendment lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's Act 10.
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Read More »An Oklahoma man accused of trying to bite sheriff's deputies and stab one with a pen during a courtroom scuffle in Wisconsin is facing and arraignment in January on felony charges.
Read More »The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump's plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives.
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Read More »A former high school guidance counselor accused of secretly taping students and staff while they used a faculty bathroom was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison.
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A vaccine will, hypothetically at least, bring about a return of activities once considered normal — going to large holiday gatherings, having drinks at a crowded bar, working in bustling office spaces.
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