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Girl, 12, not competent for trial in stabbing
One of two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls charged as an adult with stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character is mentally incompetent and can't stand trial, a judge said Friday.
Strohbehn embraces her argumentative nature
Erin Strohbehn doesn’t shy away from a good argument.
Voter ID ruling creates confusion
A court-ordered change to Wisconsin's photo identification law that's designed to cut down on voter fraud is creating confusion and may even open the door to the very type of behavior Republican lawmakers were trying to prevent.
Lawyer saw writing on wall for Act 10 ruling
One of the lead challengers of Act 10 said he had a good idea which way the ruling would go well before the state Supreme Court handed down its decision Thursday.
Judge wants Racine bar owners’ suit to narrow focus
A federal judge has ordered eight minority bar owners who are suing Racine city officials to refile their complaint, saying that the suit needs to be more narrow.
State Supreme Court upholds porn convictions (UPDATE)
The warrantless search of a man's computer that turned up child pornography was not a violation of his constitutional protection against illegal searches and seizures, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Ex-bishop gets 10 years in fatal crash
A former Lutheran bishop was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a Wisconsin jogger.
Parents sue caregiver website company over death
A Kenosha couple is suing the woman charged in the death of their baby and the caregiver screening website they used to hire her.
The give and take of Act 10
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a 5-2 decision released Thursday that whatever collective-bargaining rights state lawmakers give out, they can just as easily take away.
Collective bargaining ruling raises right-to-work questions
Although the Wisconsin Supreme Courts’ ruling on Act 10 pertains only to public employees, a lawyer who challenged the law contends there could be implications for private-sector unions.
Woman guilty of kidnapping newborn nephew
A Colorado woman has been convicted of kidnapping her newborn nephew in Wisconsin and abandoning him in freezing temperatures outside an Iowa gas station as police closed in.
State’s top court upholds voter ID law (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court shot down challenges Thursday to a voter identification law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, though it may have opened the door for more litigation in the near future.
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- 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
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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