Wisconsin Assembly votes to require teaching about Holocaust
Teaching about the Holocaust to middle and high school students in Wisconsin would be required under a bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the state Assembly.
Wisconsin Assembly calls for constitutional convention
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, despite arguments against the proposal from Democrats who called such a step dangerous.
Tennessee attorney’s license suspended for medical incapacity
A Tennessee attorney agreed to having her Wisconsin law license suspended indefinitely for medical incapacity.
Man charged with shooting kids who threw snowballs at car
A Milwaukee man is charged with firing shots at children who threw snowballs at his car, injuring two of them.
Kelly, Karofsky win high court primary
Incumbent Justice Dan Kelly and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky emerged from a three-way state Supreme Court primary Tuesday, besting Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone to advance to the April general election.
Wisconsin Assembly takes on prescription-drug prices
A bipartisan proposal designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs and ensure there's access to medicine in Wisconsin cleared the state Assembly on Tuesday, a step lawmakers said they hope is just the beginning of attempts to rein in rising prices.
Charge: Man strangled girlfriend, 2 girls, burned bodies
A Milwaukee man strangled his girlfriend then killed her two young daughters, kissing the girls and telling them their mother wanted them to be in heaven with her, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Wisconsin tribal leader calls for action on opioids
The leader of the Forest County Potawatomi Community urged Wisconsin policy makers on Tuesday to work together to fight the scourge of opioid abuse, which he said was hitting the state's tribal populations hard.
Milwaukee attorney to learn if he’ll lose law license indefinitely
A Milwaukee attorney will soon find out if the state will revoke his law license. The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to rule in the Office of Lawyer Regulation's case against Michael Krill on Thursday.
Wisconsin Assembly considering constitutional convention
The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, including imposing term limits on federal offices.
Parents sue Madison schools over transgender policy
A group of parents filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Madison school district's transgender policy is unconstitutional because it prohibits teachers and staff employees from informing parents that their children want to switch sexes.
Former construction exec to plead guilty to 2 child-porn charges
The former Milwaukee construction executive Brian Ganos has agreed to plead guilty to two of three charges filed against him in a child-pornography case.
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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