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Opposition to Brett Kavanaugh is growing among his would-be peers.

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The parents of a 19-year-old Wisconsin student whose body was found in the Tiber River in Rome have testified in the Italian capital at a homeless man's manslaughter trial.

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Dane County sheriff's officials say a deputy arrested the same woman twice for drunken driving within an hour and a-half.

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The Judicial Council on Friday approved a biennial budget request that asks the governor and state Legislature for money to hire a staff attorney, pay for office space and equipment and reimburse its members for travel expenses.

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Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that he is seeking applicants for an appointment to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench.

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The suspect in a workplace shooting that seriously injured three people this week had seen his concealed-carry permit revoked and was unable to legally purchase a firearm, the police said on Friday.

Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin was scheduled to host a fundraiser in October with the attorneys representing the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault from when they were both in high school.

Christine Blasey Ford may testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after all, her attorney says, breathing new life into the prospect of a dramatic Senate showdown next week over Ford's accusation that he assaulted her when they were in high school.

The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a 2012 law that sought to clarify property tax exemptions for charitable hospitals.

A disciplinary panel filed ethics charges Thursday against six Arkansas Supreme Court justices over their decision to prohibit a judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration from handling any execution-related cases.

A committee has released revised federal criminal jury instructions to be used in the district courts that feed into the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Justice Rebecca Dallet will be making remarks at the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governor’s meeting on Friday.

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Madison police officers have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of accidentally shooting two teenagers on a city bus near a high school.

A Neenah man accused of crashing into a Winnebago County sheriff's vehicle while driving drunk has been sentenced to nine months in jail and fined $600.

The Democratic Senators Tammy Baldwin, of Wisconsin, and Catherine Cortez Masto, of Nevada, say the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh should be put on hold until an FBI background check can be completed.

Agribusiness company Monsanto has asked a San Francisco judge to throw out a jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said the company's Roundup weed killer left him dying of cancer.

Authorities said they still don't know why an employee at a Wisconsin software company went to his office with a pistol and extra ammunition and began firing on his colleagues, seriously injuring several, before he was fatally shot by police.

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The Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office is again asking the state Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker to increase the pay rate for private bar attorneys appointed to take cases for the agency.

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District attorneys around the state are asking the governor and state Legislature to add more prosecutor positions.

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A black legislative candidate says she feels humiliated after Madison police stopped her while she was campaigning door-to-door and questioned her.

Federal authorities are investigating two small explosions in New Berlin.

Wisconsin health officials are reporting more cases of severe bleeding linked to synthetic marijuana containing rat poison.

A decision by Wisconsin officials eight years ago to approve a big, new allotment of water from Lake Michigan to Pleasant Prairie is raising questions of transparency.

A legal argument has been revived in Louisiana over whether a black defendant can get a fair trial in a courthouse where a Confederate monument is displayed.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking for more employees for the state’s crime labs.

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Legal Action of Wisconsin is holding an open house at its new office on Madison's "Willy Street."

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Wisconsin's crime labs are suffering from various shortcomings, including poor morale and their willingness to accept too much evidence from the police, according to a report that was released on Tuesday and commissioned by the state Department of Justice.

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A Whitewater Common Council member says University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper's husband groped her and that Kopper should resign.

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Police in southeastern Wisconsin say a 15-year-old boy is accused of driving drunk with a baby in the back seat.