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Washington County deputy district attorney named to circuit court
Sandie Giernoth is the newest Washington County Circuit Court judge. Gov. Tony Evers announced her appointment to the bench on Friday.
Labor union endorses Karofsky in Supreme Court race
The Wisconsin AFL-CIO labor union is endorsing Judge Jill Karofsky in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Wisconsin Legislature sends $250 million tax cut to governor
By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday sent a plan to reduce income taxes by $250 million to Gov. Tony Evers, who appears likely to veto it. The Senate and Assembly voted to pass the election-year tax plan. All Democrats voted against it except for […]
Assembly GOP limits area with 4 a.m. convention bar time
The state Assembly walked back a bill Thursday that would have allowed bars throughout Wisconsin to stay open later during the Democratic National Convention this summer, tweaking the proposal to allow extended hours only for taverns in the southeastern corner of the state before passing it on to the Senate.
Wisconsin lawmaker’s daughter sentenced in fatal OD case
The daughter of a Wisconsin state lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to 13 years in prison for providing drugs that killed a pregnant woman.
Assembly OKs raising Wisconsin smoking age from 18 to 21
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No one under 21 would be allowed to purchase cigarettes or vaping products under a bill the state Assembly approved Thursday. A person must now be at least 18 to purchase cigarettes, tobacco, nicotine or vaping products. President Donald Trump signed a law last year that bars tobacco sales to anyone […]
Altoona school superintendent charged with sex trafficking
A school superintendent in western Wisconsin was arrested Thursday on federal charges of the sex trafficking of a minor and production of child pornography.
Nurse sentenced to 13 years in prison for harming infants
A nurse convicted of injuring nine infants at a Wisconsin hospital has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Jury awards $72K plus 2x costs in Madison car crash case
A $100,000 settlement was reached in a car-crash case in Dane County on Jan. 28, 2019.
Lawyer loses license for stealing $301K in ‘one of the most serious’ cases OLR ref has seen
A Milwaukee lawyer sentenced for stealing more than $301,000 from his clients will lose his law license for four-and-a-half years.
Bill to prevent delays in sexual-assault testing appears dead
A proposal that began as a bipartisan effort to prevent future delays in the testing of kits for sexual-assault evidence in Wisconsin but that turned into a partisan fight appears doomed in the Legislature.
Review: Police reports lack justification on frisk incidents
A group monitoring a legal settlement over the Milwaukee Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices reports officers failed to document a justification in 80% of such incidents in the first half of 2019.
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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