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Suit: Racine leaders targeted minority bar owners (UPDATE)
Eight people who once owned bars in Racine have filed a civil rights lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close.
Stepbrother of starved girl gets 5 years
A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man to a total of five years in prison for sexually assaulting his severely abused younger stepsister and another girl in an unrelated case.
Justices try to calculate mortgage fraud restitution
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are trying to figure out just how much restitution is owed to a victim of bank fraud under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act.
WisDOT chief legal counsel quits after Walker email release
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's chief legal counsel left his job last week, just two days after the public release of an email he sent four years ago joking about legalizing prostitution as a way to increase tourism or provide jobs for people on welfare.
High court justices hear voter ID arguments (UPDATE)
Oral arguments Tuesday for a case challenging the state’s voter ID laws saw at least one Wisconsin Supreme Court justice invoking restrictive laws historically used to block blacks from participating in elections.
Greenhouse gas regulations could go up in smoke
The Obama administration is urging the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency’s statutory mandate to regulate motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions triggers a requirement that the agency also regulate emissions from stationary buildings in order to combat the “urgent” problem of climate change.
Jury convicts in Kenosha County homicide trial
A jury in Kenosha County has convicted a man of beating and strangling a 26-year-old woman and leaving her body in a Somers cemetery.
State Supreme Court to hear voter ID arguments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a pair of lawsuits challenging the state's voter photo identification law.
Justices discuss proposal to make some OLR investigations public
A public hearing Monday over whether to make public certain investigations into alleged attorney misconduct dredged up concerns state justices have about the attorney discipline system.
Justices question scope of proposed pro se rule change (UPDATE)
At least one justice expressed skepticism Monday about a proposed state Supreme Court rule change that seeks to give judges guidance on how to handle pro se litigants.
Appeals court denies lakefront property owners reduction on assessment
A 1995 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision was not enough to sway the Court of Appeals to hold the town of Delavan to a similar standard, according to a recent decision.
Man could get 62 years for fatal crash
A man convicted of killing two Wisconsin Rapids women in a drunken-driving crash last year could face more than 60 years in prison.
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