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Appeals Court upholds sanctions against doctor (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The state board that disciplines doctors correctly sanctioned a former University of Wisconsin Hospital physician who was accused of fondling female patients over a period of two years, an appeals court ruled Thursday. The 4th District Court of Appeals said that the state Medical Examining Board […]
Judges ask Supreme Court to take loan case (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A panel of Wisconsin appellate judges asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to decide when interest rates on payday loans become excessive. The case marks the first time Wisconsin courts have faced the question of whether state statutes permit judges to determine when interest rates […]
Appeals court kicks drug lawsuit to justices
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has asked the state Supreme Court to rule in a lawsuit accusing a prescription drug company of inflating prices. Former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager sued 36 drug companies in 2004 alleging they inflated wholesale prices to get larger payments from Medicaid, private insurers and consumers. Cases against […]
Sick leave battle could resurface at state Supreme Court
By James Briggs A nonprofit organization that has been pushing in court for Milwaukee workers to receive guaranteed paid time off for illness is conceding the local battle — for now. But 9to5, National Association of Working Women will keep lobbying for a federal bill that ultimately would inform sick-leave policies in cities such as […]
Appeals Court rejects DOJ request in union case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state Justice Department attorney tells a judge a district attorney hasn’t properly brought a lawsuit challenging the state’s contentious collective bargaining law. Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi called a hearing Tuesday to weigh District Attorney Ismael Ozanne’s lawsuit alleging Republican legislative leaders violated Wisconsin’s opening me[...]
Appeals court cedes Wis. union law to higher court (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court declined to rule Thursday on whether to allow a law stripping public employee unions of nearly all their collective bargaining rights to take effect, saying the issue should be decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It’s appropriate for the state’s highest court […]
Sick-leave law survives appellate court (UPDATE)
By James Briggs A Thursday court ruling would guarantee mandatory paid sick days for workers of Milwaukee-based companies. But the state Legislature could get the last word. The Madison-based 4th District Court of Appeals declared constitutional a 2008 referendum, approved by 70 percent of Milwaukee voters, that mandates full-time workers earn at least one hour […]
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- U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad recognizes service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement
- Gov. Evers calls special elections for the 4th Senate District and 8th Congressional District
- Wisconsin GOP-led Senate votes to override nine Evers vetoes in mostly symbolic action
- Bill to curb mask-wearing at protests could make it illegal for medical reasons too
- University board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
- Second defendant convicted in Fond du Lac 2016 firebombing
- ‘Louder than a dog whistle’: Milwaukee protesters clear illegal tents, face no legal consequences
- Redistricting could draw attention to Wisconsin’s Med Mal legal gap
- Disbarred Attorney directly implicates Trump in testimony at hush money trial
- Rural Wisconsin voters face additional hurdles without ballot drop boxes
- Gov. Evers sues Republican legislators
- Man pleads guilty to producing videos depicting monkey torture
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