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Jan 2, 2014

State launches government expenditure website

Gov. Scott Walker's administration has launched a website detailing state government expenditures.

Jan 1, 2014

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.

Dec 31, 2013

Construction cos. trade similar accusations

Rawson Contractors Inc. is claiming Michels Corp. failed to pay up after a 2012 sewer project.

Dec 31, 2013

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.

Dec 31, 2013

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.

Dec 31, 2013

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.

Dec 30, 2013

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.

Dec 30, 2013

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.

Dec 30, 2013

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.

Dec 30, 2013

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.

Dec 30, 2013

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.

Dec 30, 2013

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.

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