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Milwaukee lawyer to find out punishment for keeping client settlement secret, other misconduct
Next week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will announce the punishment for a Milwaukee lawyer accused of keeping a $25,000 settlement secret from a client. The high court is scheduled to release its opinion in the Office of Lawyer Regulation’s case against Coral Dawn Pleas of Pleas Williams on Tuesday. In May, the OLR charged Pleas […]
Group seeks to block election grants to 5 Wisconsin cities
A conservative group says $6.3 million in grants meant to help with November's election in Wisconsin's five largest cities amount to bribery to increase voter turnout in Democratic strongholds, and it is is asking a federal judge to block the funding.
Dane Co. allocates $300,000 to plan for new mental-health center
Dane County is allocating $300,000 to plan for a new mental-health center meant to divert people with behavioral health from the criminal-justice system.
Teen charged in Kenosha shootings fights extradition (UPDATE)
A 17-year-old in Illinois accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday fought his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges that could put him in prison for life.
Majority favors post-election US Supreme Court appointment (CHART)
Late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday. The battle over timing to nominate her replacement has begun.
Protests peaceful in Wisconsin over Breonna Taylor’s death
Demonstrations in Wisconsin over a grand jury's decision not to indict Louisville, Kentucky police officers in Breonna Taylor's death were relatively peaceful with protesters in Milwaukee blocking traffic on an interstate.
Wisconsin Legislature appeals ruling on absentee ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Wednesday appealed a federal court ruling that allows for absentee ballots to be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election in the battleground state. The appeal was expected after Monday’s highly anticipated court ruling in favor of Democrats and their allies. The […]
Lawsuit asks court to force Facebook to ban militia posts
Facebook can't be trusted to enforce its ban on violent rhetoric in the run-up to the November elections, as is evident by its refusal to remove a group's call to arms to protect businesses in Kenosha last month before a night of unrest in which two protesters were shot and killed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
More loan money available for rebuilding Kenosha businesses
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state is making more money available to help small businesses in Kenosha recover from damage during recent unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, officials announced Wednesday. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation said another $3 million would be added to the previously-announced $1 million in […]
Wisconsin Public Service agrees to clean up contamination at former Marinette plant
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has agreed to clean up contamination at a former manufactured gas plant site in northern Wisconsin. On Friday, Judge William Griesbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin approved a settlement requiring WPS to dredge and dispose of sediment contaminated with historic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) at the site in Marinette. The State […]
Roberts: Ginsburg was ‘tough, brave, a fighter, a winner’
Chief Justice John Roberts says the words that best describe the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are "tough, brave, a fighter, a winner" but also "thoughtful, careful, compassionate, honest."
ER patient charged criminally, accused of assaulting nurses
A 35-year-old woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of assaulting two nurses in the emergency room of Mayo Clinic in La Crosse.
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