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May 13, 2020

Tiffany wins Wisconsin congressional race

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tom Tiffany, a state senator endorsed by President Donald Trump, easily won a special congressional election on Tuesday in a heavily conservative, rural Wisconsin district, cheering Republicans even as Democrats argued the victory revealed the president has vulnerabilities. Tiffany’s win over Democrat Tricia Zunker in northern […]

May 12, 2020

Poll shows smaller majority supports ‘safer at home’ order

A majority of Wisconsin residents still support the “safer at home” order issued by Gov. Tony Evers in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but that support is down from where it was six weeks ago, according to a Marquette University Law School poll released Tuesday.

May 12, 2020

Deadly parking lot altercation results in charges

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A deadly altercation in the parking lot of a Menards store in La Crosse has resulted in reckless homicide charges. Matthew Kinstler, 50, is being held in the death of 79-year-old Russell Paulson. Kinstler was charged on Monday with first-degree reckless homicide. According to a criminal complaint, Kinstler accused Paulson […]

May 12, 2020

Kaul allows DNR to consider high-capacity wells’ effects

Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.

May 12, 2020

Haas named Madison city attorney

Former Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Michael Haas has been named as Madison's new city attorney.

May 12, 2020

Congressional election on today in Wisconsin

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A special Congressional election in a rural Wisconsin district President Donald Trump carried by 20 points is pitting a Trump-aligned state senator against a school board president hoping to become the first American Indian elected to Congress from the state. The election on Tuesday will help […]

May 11, 2020

Prosecutors clear Oshkosh officer in school shooting

Prosecutors on Monday have decided to clear an Oshkosh school liaison officer of any wrongdoing for shooting a student during a fight last year.

May 11, 2020

ACC Wisconsin awarded grant for mobile legal clinic (UPDATE)

The Association of Corporate Counsel's Wisconsin chapter has been awarded a grant to offer more services through a mobile legal clinic serving Milwaukee and other cities.

May 11, 2020

Evers allows nearly all retail stores to open with limits

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday allowed nearly all nonessential businesses to reopen as long as they serve no more than five customers at a time, partially lifting the restriction that has kept them closed for weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The latest order, […]

May 11, 2020

USAF rejects Wisconsin Guard sergeant’s reprisal allegations

U.S. Air Force investigators have rejected a Wisconsin National Guard sergeant's allegations that his commanders retaliated against him and tried to force him out of the service after he complained about sexual assaults in his unit.

May 11, 2020

Husch Blackwell outlines COVID-19 effects on estate planning

A recently published white paper from Husch Blackwell's private-wealth team offers estate-planning guidance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 11, 2020

JFC considering request to add 20 new positions to manage CCAP

Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance is considering a request to add 20 new positions to manage the state's CCAP services.

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