Walker selects new Rusk County DA
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday appointed Jim Rennicke as Rusk County district attorney.
Bradley outraises Daley in Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has raised $265,000 so far in her re-election campaign.
Walker names new Waukesha County district attorney
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday appointed Susan Opper as Waukesha County District Attorney.
OLR alleges lawyer stole $359,990 from his mother’s trust
Attorney Anthony Karabon faces a two-year suspension of his law license from allegations that he stole money from his mother’s trust account.
Homicide charges in 2007 slaying dismissed, could be refiled
A judge in Wisconsin has dismissed homicide charges against a Minnesota woman set to go on trial in a 2007 slaying.
Court of Appeals judge to retire after 37 years
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Richard Brown announced Monday his plans to retire Aug. 1.
Investors sue BMO over Petters’ Ponzi scheme (UPDATE)
BMO Financial Group is facing four federal lawsuits filed by investor groups that claim a bank it acquired in 2011 was complicit in a $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme by a Minnesota man.
Judge orders board to post campaign finance decisions (UPDATE)
A federal judge has ordered state election officials to post links to decisions striking down swaths of Wisconsin's campaign finance laws on its website.
2014 Year in Review: New challenges at the Court of Appeals
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued 1,015 decisions in 2014, upholding about 83 percent of the cases from circuit courts, the same as the year prior.
Milwaukee man sentenced to 19 years on child porn, drug charges
A Milwaukee man who police consider a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for child pornography and keeping a drug house.
Program seeks to reduce state’s prison population
A more humane, less costly alternative to throwing drug addicts into prison is a key goal of a Lakeshore-area social justice group.
Republican lawmaker brings back GPS tracking bill
A Republican lawmaker has reintroduced a bill that would outlaw using GPS to secretly track someone.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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