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Judge: Man who was cleared must remain confined
A Wisconsin judge says a man who served more than a decade behind bars for a murder conviction that was dismissed can't go free until next year.
Assembly to take up mascots bill
The Wisconsin Assembly is expected to vote on a Republican bill that would make it harder to force public schools to drop American Indian nicknames this week.
State’s high court takes up 5 cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Friday that it has accepted five new cases and denied opportunities to review a long list of others.
Police risk lawsuit for enforcing laws
Dean Collins, Brookfield’s assistant chief of police, will not enforce a number of state statutes. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, he said, but legally, he can’t.
Budget would transfer e-monitoring enforcement to DA’s office
Five Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies tasked with catching fugitives could lose their jobs if their positions are transferred to the District Attorney’s Office.
Focus on employment law a practical choice for Patel
Before Nilesh Patel left New York for college in California, his parents stressed to him to pick a practical degree. So he settled on human resources.
US judge OKs deal over coal ash dumping (UPDATE)
A federal judge has signed off on a consent agreement with a car ferry operator that by 2015 will stop the country's last coal-powered ferryboat from dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan.
Who’s Doing What: Hupy named foundation fellow; attorneys get hired
Michael Hupy, a shareholder of the personal injury law firm Hupy and Abraham SC, Milwaukee, accepted his nomination as a fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation.
Man won’t be tried in neighbor’s shooting
A Wisconsin man who killed his neighbor has been sent for treatment at a mental hospital after a judge ruled that injuries from two suicide attempts and his age made the man unfit for trial.
Shutdown extends to local NLRB (UPDATE)
Wauwatosa attorney Martin Kuhn was in the middle of a National Labor Relations Board trial when the federal government shut down.
Racine man sentenced for killing good Samaritan
A Racine man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for killing a retired teacher who doled out quarters to those in need at laundries in town.
Man accused of killing son ruled incompetent
A homicide case against a man accused of running over his own 2-year-old son with an SUV in Fitchburg has been suspended after the man was found incompetent to stand trial.
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- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
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- 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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