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Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled Legislature but could be a catalyst to allow the use of medical marijuana.

Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the first bill passed by the Legislature to address the coronavirus pandemic in 10 months on Friday, a Republican-backed measure that Democrats said would do nothing to combat the virus or help reopen the state.

The 18-year-old from Illinois who's accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer fired a California attorney who had been soliciting money for his case.

The State Bar of Wisconsin is offering free legal advice to small businesses harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Wisconsin manufacturing company will pay nearly $172,000 over violations of state air laws at its Janesville operation.

Despite a year full of unexpected and difficult events, Attorney Chinonso Osuji has been building a legal career and a legacy for herself and her family.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will face $320 million in pandemic-related losses by the time the current fiscal year ends in June, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said on Thursday.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn’t have authority to make such a decree. Evers and the Legislature have been at odds throughout the pandemic but the latest moves created an unprecedented ...

Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday repealed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, brushing aside warnings from health experts against making Wisconsin one of only 10 states without a statewide order.

Hupy and Abraham aims to combat reckless driving in Milwaukee with its new "Slow Down. Save Lives." initiative.

The Worldwide electronics leader Foxconn Technology Group violated the terms of its contract in Wisconsin, while local governments spend hundreds of millions of dollars to prepare for the project, a lawsuit filed by a real estate development company alleges.

The American Bar Association is recognizing Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, for her work as a champion of LGBT legal causes. Baldwin is one of the association's 2021 Stonewall Award winners.

The media's coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court has become more political in recent years, according to research from a University of Iowa law professor.

Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during a protest over police brutality in Wisconsin after he apparently violated his bail conditions.

The Republican legislator seeking to lead Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' racial disparities task force called the job "a political loser" but said the GOP could use the panel to make Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democrats look bad, a newly released email shows.

A factory farm in Kewaunee County has agreed to pay the state $144,000 to resolve pollution violations.

Thirty-seven more people have received pardons from Gov. Tony Evers.

A northern Wisconsin attorney who saw her law license suspended for lying to her employer can legally practice law once again. The Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated Beth M. Bant’s law license on Jan. 26. Bant lost her license for six months starting in January 2020 for two attorney-ethics violations. The OLR accused her of lying to her employer about trip expenses and an assault ...

The number of voters identified as possibly having moved in Wisconsin decreased by two-thirds before the November presidential election, and none of the people still on the list cast ballots in 2020, the state Elections Commission reported Wednesday.

The Wisconsin Assembly plans to send the question of whether the state's mask mandate should be repealed back to the state Senate, which voted last week to end the requirement.

A national hunting group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to force an immediate start to Wisconsin’s wolf season before President Joe Biden’s administration restores federal protections for the animals.

A Colorado-based travel company has agreed to refund $636,500 to more than 300 Wisconsin high school music students and their adult chaperones after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of their European tour last year.

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court decided a general contractor should not have received damages for both breach of contract and unjust enrichment arising from the same conduct.

Kristin Cafferty has been appointed to the Racine County Circuit Court, Gov. Tony Evers announced on Tuesday.

The attorneys Kelly Condon and Trevor Lippman have been elected as shareholders of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing.

Robyn Davis, a lawyer and CEO of Brown County United Way, is among the appointees to the Governor's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion.

On Jan. 4, the Wisconsin Legislature convened for the first time in 65 years without state Sen. Fred Risser.

Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, received the coronavirus vaccine this week at a senior living center in Milwaukee despite not being part of a group currently eligible for the shots in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin REALTORS Association said it's "disappointed" by a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision preventing a northern Wisconsin resident from subdividing his shoreland property.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a Stevens Point attorney who is serving 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting his wife.