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Feb 21, 2019

Referee recommends license suspension for Green Bay attorney

A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a Green Bay lawyer's license for 15 months.

Feb 21, 2019

Wisconsin Realtors revoke support for Hagedorn in court race (UPDATE)

The Wisconsin Realtors Association has revoked its endorsement of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn following reports that he helped found a private elementary school that allows gay students to be expelled.

Feb 21, 2019

Evers argues for order blocking lame-duck law (UPDATE)

Gov. Tony Evers has joined a coalition of labor unions in asking a judge to suspend a lame-duck law passed by Republicans who control the state Legislature to limit his powers, filing an affidavit calling for an injunction to block the measure.

Feb 20, 2019

Hagedorn took $3,000 from conservative group

The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn was paid more than $3,000 to give speeches to a Christian legal-advocacy group that has supported criminalizing sodomy and sterilizing transgender people.

Feb 20, 2019

Prosecutor: Man with explosives was planning campus attack

A prosecutor alleges that a man whose Madison apartment was found to contain homemade explosives appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Feb 20, 2019

Evers: Wisconsin will join lawsuit if it makes difference

Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin will join a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall if doing so "makes a difference."

Feb 20, 2019

Wisconsin court: Judge’s Facebook friendship could show bias

A Wisconsin judge's decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child-custody case he was hearing led at least the appearance of bias, a state appeals court ruled on Wednesday in ordering the case to be re-heard by another judge.

Feb 20, 2019

Cedarburg, Milwaukee attorneys advance to April election

A Cedarburg attorney and a Milwaukee attorney vying for a judgeship in Ozaukee County are advancing to the general election on April 2.

Feb 20, 2019

High court dismisses misconduct charges against Saukville attorney

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently dismissed a disciplinary case lawyer-regulators filed against a Saukville attorney. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Perry Lieuallen in 2017 with violating one attorney-ethics rule while representing a criminal defendant in Waukesha County Circuit Court. The defendant had been charged with stalking, criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing i[...]

Feb 20, 2019

Wisconsin school ends cheerleading awards for body parts (UPDATE)

A Wisconsin high school is ending cheerleading awards given annually to girls with the largest breasts or buttocks after district officials received repeated complaints from parents and a former coach.

Feb 20, 2019

Evers won’t seek to phase out vouchers in 1st budget plan

Gov. Tony Evers says he won't seek to eliminate or phase out taxpayer-funded school vouchers in his first state budget.

Feb 19, 2019

Republicans say new study bolsters argument against Medicaid

Republican lawmakers say a new study bolsters their position against Wisconsin accepting an expansion of the federal Medicaid program.

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