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Nov 28, 2018

Supreme Court weighs constitutional case on civil forfeitures

Tyson Timbs plunked down about $40,000 on a new white Land Rover in 2013. He spent the remaining $30,000 or so of the life-insurance money he received after his father's death on heroin.

Nov 27, 2018

Proposal would remove financial-disclosure requirement for certain court staff

The Director of State Courts’ Office is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to eliminate requirements calling for the disclosure of financial relationships by certain court employees, such as the director of state courts, supreme court commissioners and staff attorneys for the Court of Appeals.

Nov 27, 2018

Court: Fishing captain properly convicted of attempted theft

An appeals court says a Door County judge properly convicted a fishing boat captain after he tried to win a salmon tournament by stuffing a weight inside his catch.

Nov 27, 2018

Reported shooting closes part of interstate in Milwaukee

A stretch of Interstate 43 in Milwaukee has reopened after authorities investigated a reported freeway shooting.

Nov 27, 2018

DA’s office to ask judge to send ex-AG to jail

Prosecutors say they plan to move quickly to ask a suburban Philadelphia county judge to revoke former Pennsylvania state Attorney General Kathleen Kane's bail so she will begin serving a perjury sentence.

Nov 27, 2018

US woman pleads guilty to bitcoin ploy aiding Islamic State

A Pakistani-born New York woman has acknowledged her role in defrauding numerous financial institutions in a bitcoin scheme to help the Islamic State group.

Nov 27, 2018

Breast implants reveal problems in tracking device safety

To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe. From 2008 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly reported 200 or so complaints annually — a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of implant surgeries performed each year.

Nov 26, 2018

Judge Maria Lazar won’t run for Wisconsin Supreme Court (UPDATE)

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Maria Lazar has decided against a run for Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Nov 26, 2018

GOP Senate leader: Nothing ruled out for lame duck session

Nothing has been ruled out for consideration during a lame duck legislative session next month before Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Monday.

Nov 26, 2018

Schimel: Private event in public space needs alcohol license

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel believes private events in public spaces require liquor licenses, drawing fire from a conservative law firm that fears such a stance could have a chilling effect on tailgating and wedding barn operations.

Nov 26, 2018

Thanks to SCOTUS, taxes may have bigger role in online shopping this season

Shoppers heading online to purchase holiday gifts will find they're being charged sales tax at some websites where they weren't before. The reason: the Supreme Court.

Nov 26, 2018

SCOTUS sets high bar for medical device lawsuits

The tiny balloon was supposed to stretch open a blocked artery on Charles Riegel's diseased heart. Instead, when the doctor inflated the balloon, it burst.

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