At sentencing, Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach noted the serious nature of Chapman’s offense and the need to send a strong message of deterrence to Chapman and anyone else who might seek to distribute drugs in Northeast Wisconsin.
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Maryland lawmakers support making abortion constitutional right in state
After the House of Delegates approved the bill last week to create a referendum on enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution, the Senate passed its companion bill Tuesday, reports The Baltimore Sun. The Maryland House voted Friday to enshrine the right to abortion in the state Constitution, one of several steps lawmakers are taking this legislative session ...
Read More »Election Investigation: Georgia grand jury heard another Trump call recording
ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury that investigated whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia heard a recording of the former president pushing a top state lawmaker to call a special session to overturn his loss in the state, according to a newspaper report. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that it spoke to five members ...
Read More »Wisconsin DOJ announces $1.52 million funding for school building digital mapping
By Ethan Duran [email protected] The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) announced on Wednesday it will use $1.52 million in school safety grant funds to address the need for digital mapping of school buildings. The funds came from a total of $100 million allocated in 2017 Wisconsin Act 143 which created the OSS, DOJ officials said. ...
Read More »Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Price County District Attorney
By Steve Schuster [email protected] MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he is seeking applicants for Price County District Attorney. The appointment will fill a vacancy being created by District Attorney Karl J. Kelz’s resignation, effective April 7, 2023. The new district attorney will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends January 2025. To apply, please ...
Read More »Wisconsin Democrats slam Republican proposed abortion exceptions bill
The Republican controlled Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a measure Wednesday creating an exception to the state’s 1849 abortion ban in cases of rape and incest.
Read More »Wisconsin man pleads guilty to role in Michigan governor’s kidnap scheme, governor blamed then President Trump
BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of assisting the key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge and will cooperate with prosecutors. When the plot was foiled, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blamed then-President Donald Trump, saying he had given “comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division.” Last August, after ...
Read More »Assembly votes to mandate school officers
Schools that experience a high number of crimes would have to hire police officers and station them in their buildings under a Republican-authored bill the state Assembly passed Tuesday.
Read More »Wisconsin man charged in Gov. Whitmer plot to change plea
A Wisconsin man who drove past the vacation home of Michigan's governor during a scheme to kidnap her in 2020 is returning to court to change his not-guilty plea, records show.
Read More »GOP lawmakers allow conversion therapy for LGBTQ patients
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly voted Tuesday to continue allowing therapists and others to attempt to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Read More »Updated: Supreme Court candidate Kelly accuses Protasiewicz of slander and lies, Protasiewicz campaign says ‘Kelly’s entire record is a sham’
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Dan Kelly accused the news media of inconsistencies and his opponent, Janet Protasiewicz of lying and slander at Press Club event Tuesday. Protasiewicz's campaign responded in a statement saying that Kelly is an "extreme, right-wing politician who is desperate to hide his record of corruption on the bench." At Tuesday's event, Kelly punted abortion questions deferring to legislature who on Wednesday proposed exceptions to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban in the case of rape or incest.
Read More »Lac du Flambeau roads to reopen, judge sides with tribe
A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement under which the tribe will temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit.
Read More »Evers seeks applicants for Milwaukee County Circuit Court
By Steve Schuster [email protected] Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that he is seeking applicants for the Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branches 14 and 46. “The appointments will fill vacancies being created by Judge Christopher Foley’s resignation,” Evers said in a statement, noting that Judge David Feiss will also be resigning. Foley’s resignation will be effective July 17, 2023, and Judge ...
Read More »FEDS: ICE relocation ‘mission driven’ and independent of MSOE acquisition
On Monday, Feds told the Wisconsin Law Journal that their decision to relocate from Knapp Street in Milwaukee was mission driven, having nothing to do with the Milwaukee School of Engineering acquisition. “ICE began planning to relocate local field personnel from the current leased space in 2017 due to overarching mission requirements. This relocation was contemplated well before, and independent ...
Read More »Updated: Man arrested at Detroit airport for targeting University of Wisconsin transported back to Wisconsin
Federal agents arrested a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday after he allegedly threatened to kill students, staff, faculty and their children, according to court documents.
Read More »Updated: ‘Making a Murderer’ defamation case against Netflix dismissed, summary judgment granted
On Friday, March 10, 2023, a defamation suit against Netflix and the "Making a Murderer" creators Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi was dismissed when a U.S. District Court judge in Milwaukee granted two motions for summary judgment.
Read More »Kaul, multistate coalition push back against ongoing effort to end DACA
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by California and New York, in an amicus brief pushing back against the ongoing, misguided effort led by Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Read More »Brown rejoins Reinhart’s Corporate Law Practice
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren has announced that Brady Brown has rejoined Reinhart’s Corporate Practice in the firm’s Milwaukee office.
Read More »Baldwin joins bipartisan National Security effort to increase regulation of overseas social media platforms
Earlier this week U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bi-partisan effort to introduce legislation giving the federal government more power to regulate overseas social media platforms that are a threat our national security.
Read More »China accuses Canada of smearing over secret police stations
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday accused Canada of smearing its reputation over allegations China is secretly operating two overseas police stations in Quebec. Canada should “stop sensationalizing and hyping the matter and stop attacks and smears on China,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “China has been … strictly abiding by international law and respecting ...
Read More »Republicans block meningitis, chickenpox vaccine mandates
Wisconsin Republicans blocked Gov. Tony Evers' plan Thursday to require student vaccinations against meningitis and tighten student chickenpox vaccination requirements.
Read More »Near $10M Homeland Security building sells to MSOE for $1.09M in ‘donation’ to alma mater
The Milwaukee School of Engineering has purchased a building leased by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) on the north end of campus, according to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.
Read More »Appeals court sides with AP, others in open records case
A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that the state Assembly violated the open records law when it initially rejected, then fulfilled with redactions, documents sought by The Associated Press and three other media outlets related to sexual harassment allegations against a former legislator.
Read More »Illinois man charged in Wisconsin woman’s death 23 years ago
DNA and genetic testing have led to the arrest of an Illinois man in the 23-year-old strangling death of a woman in southeastern Wisconsin, police said Wednesday.
Read More »US to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration has decided to roll back the testing requirements as cases, hospitalizations and deaths are ...
Read More »Wisconsin Republican says Brewers stadium funding plan dead
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican said Wednesday that a plan put forward by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Milwaukee Brewers to spend nearly $300 million in taxpayer money on improvements to the stadium where the team plays was likely dead in the GOP-controlled Legislature. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he hoped Republicans could devise a better ...
Read More »Progress, staffing shortages reported at Wisconsin prison
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Operations are at the best they have been since 2019 at an embattled Wisconsin juvenile prison, while staffing shortages are hampering further progress, according to the latest report by a court-ordered monitor. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday on the latest findings of the monitor overseeing the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for ...
Read More »Evers: Raises for corrections, prosecutors a must in budget
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday he would consider rejecting a Republican budget plan that doesn't significantly increase pay for corrections officers, prosecutors and public defenders.
Read More »Milwaukee Bar to host Court of Appeals candidates forum
The Milwaukee Bar Association will host a forum with the two candidates running for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15.
Read More »Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to US
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote region of the Gulf coast before they were rescued from a wood shack, officials said Tuesday. Their minivan crashed and was fired ...
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