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The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin named Debra Cronmiller as its new executive director. Cronmiller replaces Erin Grunze, who resigned to spend more time with her young family.
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Evers signs bill increasing money for homelessness shelters
Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will increase spending on homeless shelters by $1 million over the next two years.
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Read More »Husch Blackwell expands Madison health care team
Husch Blackwell has more than doubled its Wisconsin health care team, adding 12 attorneys and a paralegal to its Madison office in the first weeks of 2020. The new hires are the local result of the firm’s national strategy to expand its health-care practice.
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Read More »Kenosha attorney who said he ‘did nothing wrong’ to lose license for 6 months
A Kenosha attorney who maintained he "did nothing wrong" will lose his law license for six months for eight misconduct violations.
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Read More »Menominee tribe loses appeal over Back Forty mine permit
By Michaela Paukner mpaukner@wislawjournal.com Despite acknowledging that federal agencies had given the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin a “runaround”, a federal appeals court ruled against the tribe this week in a lawsuit over a permit for the Back Forty mine in ...
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Read More »Wisconsin man charged after fatal road-rage stabbing
A Wisconsin man was charged on Monday after a fatal case of road rage.
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Read More »New Hampshire general will oversee Wisconsin Guard changes
An East Coast general will oversee changes in the Wisconsin National Guard's sexual-assault protocols, Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday.
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Read More »MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: Judicial candidates make their case ahead of February primary
Wisconsinites will weigh in on the current makeup of the state Supreme Court in February as Justice Dan Kelly seeks election to a full 10-year term on the high court.
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Read More »Justices allow enforcement of new green card rule
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents.
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Read More »Accountant found guilty of aiding in $260M construction-contract scheme
A jury found a Menomonee Falls accountant guilty of working with a Milwaukee construction executive to illegally secure more than $260 million in construction contracts meant for minority-owned businesses.
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Read More »Milwaukee attorney charged with taking $30,000 from client for fake bribe
A former Milwaukee attorney could spend 20 years in prison for trying to take a client’s money for a bribe he lied about setting up. Federal prosecutors charged 50-year-old Mark Ruppelt with three counts of fraud on Friday. The complaint says ...
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Read More »Evers signs order setting up new redistricting commission (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative maps next year for the Legislature to consider, a step Republicans have rejected as a sham.
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Read More »Wisconsin legal profession remembers Steve Levine
“Steve was a gentleman at all times. A strong advocate, but kind words. He was wonderful.”
Read More »Former employee sues Sherman Phoenix for not paying her
A former Sherman Phoenix employee is suing the Milwaukee market and its developers for not paying her for more than a year.
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Read More »Kenosha attorney who denied misconduct to learn penalty for 8 charges
A Kenosha attorney will soon find out if his law license will be suspended over disputed misconduct allegations. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will announce disciplinary actions for Terry Constant on Tuesday.
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Read More »Supreme Court to decide if warrantless searches OK after OWI arrests
A case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court questions when police officers have reasonable belief to conduct searches without warrants after an arrest.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker accuses Kaul of bullying to pass kit bill
The Republican chairman of the Assembly's health committee accused the Wisconsin attorney general on Thursday of trying to bully him into passing a bipartisan bill designed to prevent backlogs of untested kits for testing sexual-assault evidence.
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Read More »Appleton bans conversion therapy for minors
The city of Appleton has banned license medical and mental health professionals from practicing conversion therapy on minors.
Read More »Lindner & Marsack shareholder named as workers’ comp fellow
Lindner & Marsack shareholder and board member Daniel Pedriana has been nominated as a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers.
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Read More »Man accused of killing girlfriend’s disabled daughter
A central Wisconsin man has been arrested in the death of his girlfriend's disabled adult daughter.
Read More »Republicans dismiss nonpartisan redistricting plan
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' plan to create a nonpartisan redistricting commission to draw Wisconsin's electoral maps may put pressure on the Republicans who control the Legislature to consider an alternative plan, but it won't force them to do anything differently next year and GOP leaders made clear they won't change course.
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Read More »Evers to lay out agenda in 2nd State of State
Gov. Tony Evers will lay out his policy agenda and goals for the year in his second State of the State speech to lawmakers on Wednesday, presenting a wish list sure to include some bipartisan measures that the Democratic governor hopes will have a chance of passing the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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Read More »Criminal defense attorney named Crawford County DA
Lukas Steiner will serve as the new Crawford County district attorney. The criminal defense attorney comes from Law Offices of McNamara, Reinicke, Vogelsberg and Helmke in southwest Wisconsin.
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Read More »Senate passes amended public defender pay parity bill
Wisconsin public defenders are on pace to receive pay parity with state prosecutors. The state Senate on Tuesday passed an amended version of Senate Bill 468 to provide a pay-progression plan for assistant state public defenders.
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Read More »New law changes municipal court procedures
A bill signed into law on Tuesday makes various changes to municipal court procedures. Senate Bill 214 deals with the process used to form or dissolve joint municipal courts, procedural revisions, budgeting procedures and court fees.
Read More »Senate approves firefighting foam restrictions
Wisconsin Republicans were poised Tuesday to pass a bill that would impose new restrictions on the use of firefighting foam containing chemicals known as PFAS in the hopes of reducing soil and water contamination, despite Democrats' complaints that the proposal would do next to nothing.
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Read More »Voter purge ruling appealed to state Supreme Court
A conservative law firm on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's order putting on hold a ruling that would have forced the removal of up to 209,000 people from the state's voter rolls.
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Read More »Wisconsin DOJ to review sexual assault investigations
The Wisconsin Department of Justice plans to review a series of sexual-assault investigations from the Wisconsin National Guard after a federal report found many were conducted improperly.
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Read More »Wisconsin Senate gives OK to taking selfies with ballot (UPDATE)
Wisconsin voters could legally take selfies with their marked election ballots under a bill the state Senate approved Tuesday.
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Read More »Wisconsin Senate approves 1 of 8 homelessness bills (UPDATE)
One of eight bills that are part of a bipartisan package designed to fight homelessness in Wisconsin was up for approval Tuesday in the Wisconsin Senate.
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