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Republican legislators have hired their own attorneys to represent them in a federal lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's abortion restrictions.

Tagged with: abortion Josh Kaul Robin Vos

A Duluth man who is the fifth and final defendant in the shooting death of a university student has been found guilty of aiding an offender.

Wisconsin Republicans asked an appeals court on Friday to immediately halt a judge's order that had blocked GOP-backed laws limiting the powers of Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats.

Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers lame-duck session Misha Tseytlin Richard Niess

A former UW Health doctor is faced with sexual-assault charges.

Criminal charges have been filed in northeastern Wisconsin in a 1976 double slaying and sexual assault after a genealogist used DNA to narrow the list of possible suspects.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have decided to settle allegations they overcharged the federal government for research projects for $1.5 million.

Tagged with: settlement University of Wisconsin-Madison

MillerCoors has filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch, saying its St. Louis-based rival wants to "frighten" people away from Miller Lite and Coors Light by claiming those beers have corn syrup.

Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed a motion to withdraw Wisconsin from an ongoing federal lawsuit seeking repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Josh Kaul Richard Niess

A woman traveling with the man accused of killing the mother of his child in Milwaukee is charged with aiding a felon.

A judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats.

Tagged with: lame-duck session Richard Niess

A federal judge has ordered a Madison-area gas station chain owner to spend two-and-a-half years in prison and pay a $1 million fine for selling synthetic marijuana and possessing untaxed chewing tobacco.

Wisconsin’s mandatory bar association recently filed a rule-change proposal that would allow its members to vote electronically in elections.

Tagged with: Elections State Bar voting

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is refusing to testify in a federal lawsuit alleging that political boundary maps he helped draw were illegally gerrymandered.

Tagged with: redistricting Robin Vos Ruth Greenwood

The clerk of courts in a Florida Panhandle county has been arrested and charged with official misconduct and money laundering.

The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern.

Gov. Tony Evers wants to boost Wisconsin's unemployment benefits and eliminate some requirements to qualify for them.

Tagged with: unemployment Victor Forberger

An arm of Planned Parenthood is spending $120,000 to help the campaign of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer.

Tagged with: Lisa Neubauer

Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man's cancer, a jury determined Tuesday in the first phase of a trial that attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits.

Justice Shirley Abrahamson has withdrawn from another three cases scheduled for oral argument.

Tagged with: Pat Roggensack Shirley Abrahamson

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a lower court to take another look at a lawsuit that involved Google and privacy concerns and ended in a class-action settlement.

A man who spent more than six years in prison after police framed him for murder received a $13.1 million settlement from the city of San Francisco on Tuesday.

Attorneys who have represented clergy abuse victims across the United States say they are releasing a report that lists the names of every Catholic priest and lay person in Illinois who has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct.

A southern Wisconsin man is accused of killing a woman's dog because he was upset the animal was urinating and defecating in the house.

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has withdrawn Wisconsin's support for laws in Indiana and Ohio that limit abortion access.

von Briesen attorney appointed leader association of school lawyers von Briesen & Roper’s Christine Hamiel has been appointed president of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association. Hamiel, who works in the firm’s Milwaukee office, is a shareholder and leader of the ...

Tagged with: DeWitt Foley & Lardner Godfrey & Kahn von Briesen & Roper Who's Doing What?

The attorney for Laurie "Bambi" Bembenek, Wisconsin's most famous runaway fugitive who insisted until her death in 2010 that she did not kill her husband's ex-wife, hopes Gov. Tony Evers will finally clear her name with a posthumous pardon she unsuccessfully sought for decades.

Tagged with: Laurie Bembenek Mary Woehrer

A state agency has dismissed an Eau Claire attorney’s tax appeal because he failed to respond to discovery requests and failed to appear at status conferences.

Tagged with: Kelly Altschul Michael Rajek

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brian Hagedorn and Lisa Neubauer are defending their past actions that have become fodder for criticism during the campaign.

Tagged with: Brian Hagedorn Lisa Neubauer

Democratic legislators are proposing a bill that would require all first-time drunken drivers to use ignition interlock devices.

Tagged with: drunken driving

A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a group of immigrants in a case about the government's power to detain them after they've committed crimes but finished their sentences.

Tagged with: ACLU Immigration U.S. Supreme Court