Police preparing for unknowns at Democratic convention
The Milwaukee Police Department doesn't know how many people will show up for the scaled-back Democratic National Convention that begins in less than two weeks, but it's prepared to handle protests without using tear gas, the embattled Milwaukee chief said Tuesday.
Habush Habush & Rottier makes $10,000 contribution to Abrahamson Reading Room
The law firm Habush Habush & Rottier is making a $10,000 contribution to the new Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson Reading Room at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
Another arrest made in fatal shooting in Sparta
Police have made another arrest in a fatal shooting in Sparta. A 38-year-old man was taken into custody in Butler Monday in the death of 61-year-old Anthony Koopman June 11.
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson honored with executive order, reading room naming
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson received statewide recognition for her career and legacy on Tuesday.
Couple charged with fatally stabbing Onalaska man
A couple from Milwaukee has been charged in the 2019 stabbing death of an Onalaska man during an altercation over comments made about bikes.
GOP leader wants Wisconsin Senate to strike down mask order
The Wisconsin Legislature should act as quickly as this week or next to strike down Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Monday.
Wisconsin election head: ‘Don’t wait’ on mailing ballots
In the face of warnings about slow mail delivery and record-high requests for absentee ballots, the head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday urged voters not to wait to return their ballot for the Aug. 11 statewide primary.
She has represented human trafficking victims across the world. She’s now ‘fighting for human rights’ in Wisconsin after fatal shootings.
Attorney Kimberley Motley is representing the families of the three males killed by a Wauwatosa police officer. Motley, whose practice is based in Afghanistan, is an attorney with clients all across the world.
Godfrey & Kahn adds Taibleson as employee benefits, tax attorney
Michael W. Taibleson has joined Godfrey & Kahn's Employee Benefits and Tax Practice Groups as special counsel.
Victim of fatal stabbing in Madison was 13-year-old girl
The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in Madison as a 13-year-old girl.
New Wisconsin justice sworn in during ultramarathon
The new Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky has finished her 100-mile ultramarathon after being sworn in mid-run.
Conservatives take up death of Black man who supported Trump
The shooting death in broad daylight of a Black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighborhood as "The Ras" appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wisconsin to speculate that he was killed because of his support for President Donald Trump.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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