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Aug 1, 2013

Legislators want to send drunken driving message (UPDATE)

Two Republican legislators started moving a package of proposals through the state Assembly on Thursday to toughen Wisconsin's drunken driving penalties.

Aug 1, 2013

Battle lines redrawn as legislators renew push for CCAP restrictions

The latest attempt to help those who are unfairly persecuted because of a wrongful arrest is drawing the ire of First Amendment advocates who say the measure would deny much of the public easy access to records.

Aug 1, 2013

Lawsuit could target construction company

Reesman’s Excavating & Grading Inc. soon might replace the “XYZ Contractors” place holder in a lawsuit filed against the city of Cudahy.

Aug 1, 2013

Court: Tyson workers must be paid for donning gear (UPDATE)

Workers at a Wisconsin meat processing plant must be paid for time spent putting on and taking off protective clothing, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

Aug 1, 2013

Federal judge: Racial profiling possible in stings

The chief judge of U.S. District Court in Chicago has questioned whether the federal government in a drug case racially profiled African-Americans and Latinos.

Aug 1, 2013

3 Wisconsinites recommended for federal judgeship

Wisconsin's two U.S. senators are forwarding three candidates to the White House to fill the open federal judicial seat in the Western District.

Aug 1, 2013

Legislation would nearly double public defender pay

A set of bills introduced for the legislative session would nearly double the hourly amount private attorneys are paid for working on a case assigned by the State Public Defender.

Aug 1, 2013

Van Hecke named Judicial Commission’s executive director

Jeremiah Van Hecke has been named the Wisconsin Judicial Commission's executive director.

Aug 1, 2013

Man pays legal settlement with 4 tons of coins

A southern Illinois man paid off a portion of a court-ordered legal settlement with nearly four tons of quarters packed into dozens of bags.

Jul 31, 2013

Wisconsin legal expert dies at 52

Nationally known legal technology expert Ross Kodner, of Cross Plains, died Tuesday from a heart attack. Kodner was 52 and had just celebrated his birthday Sunday.

Jul 31, 2013

Judge extends abortion law block another week

A federal judge has extended until Aug. 8 his order temporarily blocking enactment of a Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

Jul 31, 2013

Man convicted in La Crosse photo store homicides

A jury in western Wisconsin has convicted a Minnesota man of fatally shooting a La Crosse photography store owner and his teenage son in a robbery.

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