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May 18, 2015

Roggensack presides as Wisconsin Supreme Court chief (UPDATE)

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack presided as chief justice for the first time on Monday after being elected by her colleagues to replace longtime Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.

May 18, 2015

US high court won’t hear John Doe lawsuit (UPDATE)

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a lawsuit to block a secret investigation into whether the state’s campaign finance laws were broken during Gov. Scott Walkers’s recall campaign.

May 18, 2015

Couple sues over sinkhole injuries

An Eau Claire couple is suing the village of Boyd over injuries caused by a sinkhole on one of its streets.

May 17, 2015

Johnson accuses Baldwin of violating agreement on judges

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin violated a bipartisan agreement over the process for filling a longtime vacancy on a federal appeals court.

May 17, 2015

Lawmakers set to deal with growing female prison population

The Legislature's finance committee is set to decide this week how to handle the state's growing number of women prisoners after forecasts show the population likely will grow faster than Gov. Scott Walker anticipated in his budget proposal.

May 15, 2015

Judge: Roggensack to remain chief justice (UPDATE)

A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction to delay implementing the constitutional amendment that lets justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court select their leader.

May 15, 2015

Science background pays off for Jelenchick in the courtroom

Kadie Jelenchick always found herself intrigued by science and engineering.

May 15, 2015

Staloch takes over as Law Journal publisher

Stephen Staloch is no stranger to Wisconsin publications and – after a 15 year excursion in California – now finds himself back at the helm of a couple.

May 15, 2015

Father, son arrested in Middleton, charged in insider trading case

An investment banker at a Manhattan firm and his father were charged in court papers unsealed Thursday with using inside information to earn over $1 million illegally by trading in securities of five health care companies.

May 15, 2015

Wisconsin Dells man arrested on 10th drunken driving charge

Police in Sturtevant say a man was more than four times over the legal limit when he was arrested for his 10th drunken driving offense.

May 14, 2015

Same-sex couple sues over son’s birth certificate (UPDATE)

A same-sex couple from Madison has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit because the state has failed to put both their names on their baby's birth certificate.

May 14, 2015

Finance committee beefs up Milwaukee child welfare bureau

The Legislature's finance committee has decided to beef up Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare staffing to help reduce a backlog of child abuse complaints.

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