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Fifty-five people are facing charges related to violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, police said Friday.

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From calling a defendant an addict to making sexist remarks about a clerk, U.S. judges made — and were punished for — some outrageous comments in 2020.

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A Black man who was paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a white police officer in southeastern Wisconsin filed a civil lawsuit Thursday accusing the officer of excessive force.

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The former mayor of Columbus has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in federal court.

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The April 6 election promises to bring some changes to Wisconsin courts. The ballot presents contested races for two of Wisconsin’s four Courts of Appeals and 11 contested circuit-court races.

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The state Parole Commission will soon review the case of the last of six men who remains in prison for the 1992 murder of a Green Bay paper mill worker.

A state appeals court has ruled a detective's testimony in a Sheboygan County human trafficking case was admissible, despite the defendant's argument that she was not an expert on the issue.

Wisconsin's conservative-leaning Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consider Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's lawsuit challenging statues Republican lawmakers passed during a 2018 lame-duck session limiting his powers.

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The Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit attempting to stop Gov. Tony Evers' administration from releasing the names of businesses with employees who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called on the state’s business community to “step up” and return workers to offices around the Fourth of July, joining Wednesday with the state Senate’s top Republican in praising the state’s coronavirus vaccination efforts.

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Booze-to-go will be easier to purchase in Wisconsin under a pair of bills passed Tuesday by the state Senate.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday to authorize an investigation into the 2020 presidential election that President Joe Biden narrowly won in the state.

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Wisconsin is part of a $188.6 million settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation to resolve allegations of deceptive marking of its surgical-mesh products for women.

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The April 6 election promises to bring some changes to Wisconsin courts throughout the state. The ballot presents contested races for two of Wisconsin’s four Courts of Appeals and 11 contested circuit-court races.

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Fewer than 15% of managers and employees understand Family and Medical Leave Act laws, according to a recent report based on 2020 survey results. The second annual “The FMLA and PFL Knowledge Gap 2020: Employee and Manager Insights” report from Majesco ...

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The Dane County Circuit Court plans to resume jury trials on June 1.

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A jury has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death, with opening statements set for March 29 in a case that led to weeks of protests and a national soul-searching about racial justice.

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A federal judge has sentenced the former owner of a pain management clinic described as a "pill mill" to one year and one day in federal prison.

A man involved in a domestic dispute took his own life when deputies found him hiding in the trunk of a vehicle they had stopped in Fond du Lac County, according to sheriff's officials.

A Marinette County judge has ruled prosecutors can use DNA evidence collected through a phony police survey in the case against a man charged with killing a young couple in a county park more than four decades ago.

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Authorities say a QAnon supporter arrested Friday for allegedly firing paintball rounds at two reservists in a Milwaukee suburb recently traveled to Washington, D.C. and promised violence there.

Attorneys Alec Dobson and Ryan M. Wiesner have been named chairs of two Davis|Kuelthau practice groups.

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A Milwaukee attorney convicted of embezzling thousands of dollars from an estate has been reinstated to practice law in Wisconsin.

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Outagamie County court commissioner Mark G. Schroeder has been appointed as a circuit court judge in the county.

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There will be enough coronavirus vaccine in Wisconsin by the end of June to immunize 80% of those age 16 and over in the state, hitting a target to achieve herd immunity for COVID-19, a top state health official said on Thursday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an appellate court decision to order a new trial for a Kenosha County man convicted in the 1998 poisoning death of his wife.

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A plan to have a new call center to help unemployed people 24 hours a day, seven days a week is moving ahead with the signing of a $1.2 million contract, Gov. Tony Evers’ administration announced Thursday.

A man who opened fire at a Wisconsin grocery distribution center and the two co-workers he killed were long-time employees, but a motive for the attack remains unclear, authorities said Thursday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily barred Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Brett Blomme from serving as a judge.

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