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Report: UW System schools are falling behind their peers
Freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin without adding more state money to offset the loss has contributed to the system falling behind similar institutions and harming its ability to compete, according to a report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum released on Tuesday.
Wisconsin man who stabbed 4 family members ordered committed
A Wisconsin man who was obsessively concerned about the coronavirus pandemic has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in a mental-health institution for stabbing four of his family members, two of them fatally.
Audit cites problems leading to unemployment payment delays
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development was responsible for 11 of the 13 weeks it took, on average, to process unemployment claims filed since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to an audit released Monday. The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau report looked at a sample of nearly 270 people who had filed […]
Legal software company selects Milwaukee for Midwest office
The legal software company Expert Institute LLC has chosen Milwaukee as the site for its Midwest office.
UW Health employees to receive vaccine Monday afternoon
Health care workers in Wisconsin will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as hospitals begin receiving shipments of the vaccine.
Battleground states vote as electors formally choose Biden
Presidential electors in key battleground states cast the votes Monday that will affirm Joe Biden as the nation's next president, a formality that took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede he lost his race for reelection.
Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit (INFOGRAPHIC)
A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump's legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state's 10 votes for Biden.
Complaint: Argument over basketball precedes fatal shooting
An argument over who had the better high school basketball team preceded a fatal shooting outside a bar in Milwaukee, prosecutors said.
Wisconsin court says voters decide if they are confined (INFOGRAPHIC)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said Monday that it is up to each individual voter to determine for themselves whether they are "indefinitely confined" and therefore able to request and submit an absentee ballot without showing photo identification.
US Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation's highest court and subvert the will of voters.
7th Circuit: County didn’t violate rights of paralegal fired for refusing to attend funeral
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trempealeau County District Attorney's Office did not violate the rights of a paralegal who was fired for refusing to attend a funeral.
Trump loses Wisconsin lawsuit in latest legal defeat
President Donald Trump lost a Wisconsin lawsuit Friday seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, the latest in a string of legal defeats.
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- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
