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Apr 13, 2021

Cast your ballot in the 2021 State Bar elections

Voting is open in the 2021 State Bar of Wisconsin elections.

Apr 12, 2021

Milwaukee man pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud

A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty Monday to obtaining more than $600,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 relief funds.

Apr 12, 2021

State orders Burlington schools to fix racial environment

The state Department of Public Instruction has ordered the Burlington Area School District to repair what the agency is calling a "racially hostile environment."

Apr 12, 2021

Justices weigh sweeping environmental cases

The Wisconsin Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits that could define state officials' ability to regulate factory farms and high-capacity wells and determine how far state agencies can go when interpreting state law.

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Apr 12, 2021

Sterling Law Offices raises over $25K for Mel’s Charities

Sterling Law Offices has raised more than $25,000 for Mel's Charities, an Ozaukee County nonprofit.

Apr 12, 2021

Dane County Board pushes to end no-knock warrants

Members of the Dane County Board in Wisconsin are pressing the sheriff to stop any use of no-knock warrants, a police tactic that criminal justice reform advocates have pushed to ban.

Apr 9, 2021

Biden administration blocks Medicaid work requirements

President Joe Biden's administration has blocked former Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require some childless adults to work to maintain Medicaid benefits.

Apr 9, 2021

Poisoning death conviction vacated, man heads back to trial

A judge has vacated the conviction of a man who is heading back to trial in Kenosha County on charges of killing his wife with antifreeze.

Apr 9, 2021

Federal appeals court sides with Evers over press access

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can exclude members of a conservative think tank from attending press briefings and keep them off his email list sent to other reporters, upholding a ruling from a lower court.

Apr 9, 2021

Justices hear arguments in sweeping environmental cases (UPDATE)

The Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday and ruled that the state elections commission should not remove from the rolls voters flagged as possibly having moved, something conservatives have wanted done for nearly two years.

Apr 9, 2021

Janesville man charged in U.S. Capitol breach

A federal judge has ordered a Janesville man charged in the U.S. Capitol breach to stay away from the nation's capital unless he has business in court.

Apr 8, 2021

Bill would let AG file lawsuits over civil rights violations

Two Democratic lawmakers introducing a bill Thursday that would allow Wisconsin's attorney general to file lawsuits over civil-rights violations.

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