State launches government expenditure website
Gov. Scott Walker's administration has launched a website detailing state government expenditures.
Justice delays health law’s birth control mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama's new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations provide health insurance that includes birth control.
Construction cos. trade similar accusations
Rawson Contractors Inc. is claiming Michels Corp. failed to pay up after a 2012 sewer project.
Expunction changes up for debate
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take up expunction in certain criminal cases – a topic at least one legislator has sought to address in the current session.
Mobile computing strong, and getting stronger
If you look around, you’ll see that most everyone is communicating on the go, and more and more are connected and able to work and communicate at any time.
Man not guilty in Social Security fraud case
One of three Wisconsin residents accused of cashing the Social Security checks of a relative who's presumed dead was found not guilty this week by reason of mental defect, after a medical expert testified that the man may have failed to understand he was breaking the law.
Judge sets $1M bail in double homicide
A judge has set bail at $1 million for a man accused of killing his elderly parents in northwestern Wisconsin.
Smoothing ups, downs of litigation
The see-saw of negotiations and, even worse, imagining the up and down of jury deliberations can frighten the most experienced trial lawyer or insurance adjuster. The more vulnerable the client, the greater the fear.
Senate unlikely to vote on abortion bills (UPDATE)
The leader of the Wisconsin Senate said votes are unlikely next year on two anti-abortion bills that were originally scheduled to be taken up in November but hastily pulled after a Democratic senator promised "all out hell" if they were debated.
Racine County courts say interpreter demand is up
Court officials in Racine County say they're seeing more demand for interpreters who speak Spanish, as well as those who speak certain European and Asian languages.
Justice Sotomayor to helm Times Square ball drop
The countdown to the new year in Times Square is getting some high-profile help — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
State employees awarded $14M in bonuses, raises
State employees have been awarded nearly $14 million in bonuses and merit raises this year, more than twice what they received last year.
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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