A Wisconsin appeals court is refusing to block a lower court's ruling banning the practice known as ballot spoiling, which allows voters who already submitted an absentee ballot to void it and vote again.
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Absentee ballot spoiling court ruling put on hold
A Wisconsin appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower court's ruling from last week prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, blocking at least temporarily the order sought by a conservative group founded by prominent Republicans.
Read More »Judge blocks absentee ballot spoiling
A Wisconsin judge is prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, siding with a conservative group created by prominent Republicans that said the practice known as ballot spoiling is illegal.
Read More »Evers signs bills to improve sexual assault kit process
Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed bipartisan bills establishing a first-ever process for collecting and tracking sexual assault evidence kits, proposals that stalled for years over partisan bickering despite widespread support among law enforcement agencies, victims' advocates and others across Wisconsin.
Read More »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.
Read More »AG opinion raises questions about state’s multi-family sprinkler rule
State officials are weighing how a legal opinion requiring fire sprinklers in apartment buildings could affect how state agencies enforce and adopt new administrative rules.
Read More »Wisconsin testing delays grow for DNA and other evidence
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin crime labs took longer to complete DNA, ballistics and forensic evidence testing during Attorney General Josh Kaul’s first year in office, posing troubles for the Democrat after he hammered his Republican predecessor over lab delays during their 2018 campaign. Kaul released a report Wednesday revealing delays in DNA testing increased ...
Read More »Applicants wanted for Jefferson County district attorney
The application for Jefferson County district attorney is open.
Read More »Kaul allows DNR to consider high-capacity wells’ effects
Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.
Read More »Bill to prevent delays in sexual-assault testing appears dead
A proposal that began as a bipartisan effort to prevent future delays in the testing of kits for sexual-assault evidence in Wisconsin but that turned into a partisan fight appears doomed in the Legislature.
Read More »Wisconsin DOJ rape tests yield charges against 5 people
The state Department of Justice's work to test thousands of rape kits has resulted in charges against less than a half-dozen people so far.
Read More »Former Wisconsin solicitor general lands at national firm
Wisconsin’s former – and hitherto only — solicitor general has landed a new job at a large law firm.
Read More »Obscure Wisconsin board reverses climate change ban
An obscure Wisconsin board voted to lift a ban on its employees working on climate change during state time that was put in place by Republicans to target the daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, who was the board's executive director.
Read More »Lawyer: AG opinion on shorelands missing key statutes that reversed court decision
Last week, Attorney General Brad Schimel released a legal opinion involving a county’s authority to zone shorelands within a town.
Read More »Walker picks passed-over attorney to fill judgeship (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker has tapped the leader of the state’s parole commission and the legal counsel for a state regulatory agency to fill two spots on the Milwaukee County bench.
Read More »Attorney General Schimel reflects on loss, lame-duck bills
The ousted Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says in his first post-election interview that his defeat to the Democrat Josh Kaul was "kind of a death by a thousand cuts."
Read More »Schimel: Private event in public space needs alcohol license
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel believes private events in public spaces require liquor licenses, drawing fire from a conservative law firm that fears such a stance could have a chilling effect on tailgating and wedding barn operations.
Read More »Walker appoints Schimel to Waukesha County judgeship
Gov. Scott Walker is giving outgoing Attorney General Brad Schimel a job as a judge.
Read More »Republican Attorney General Schimel concedes to Josh Kaul (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel conceded defeat Monday to his Democratic opponent, Josh Kaul, saying the difference in their vote tallies is too great to overcome through a recount.
Read More »Schimel: Kaul appears to have won (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says it "appears" that Democrat Josh Kaul has won their race, but Schimel will wait until all votes are counted.
Read More »Wisconsin Democrats hope to take Schimel’s offices, others
Although the contests for the governor’s office and a U.S. Senate seat topped the ballot in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Democrats had high hopes for a handful of other races.
Read More »Schimel raises $484k in September, October
New campaign finance reports show the Democratic attorney general candidate, Josh Kaul, is winning the fundraising battle over te Republican incumbent, Brad Schimel, as Election Day approaches.
Read More »Kaul, Schimel spar over kits, experience in dueling ads
The ad battle between Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul rages on.
Read More »Schimel wants review of South Carolina pollution ruling
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has joined 18 other GOP attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling finding that Clean Water Act protections extend to non-point pollution.
Read More »Schimel disputes claims in DAGA-backed ad (VIDEO)
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is disputing a new ad that claims he was soft on child molesters.
Read More »New ad accuses Schimel of being soft on child molesters (VIDEO)
An organization backed by the Democratic Attorneys General Association released a new television ad on Tuesday accusing the Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel of being soft on child molesters.
Read More »Trial date set for April in Wisconsin redistricting case
The trial date for a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries in Wisconsin has been set for April 2.
Read More »Kaul goes on offensive in testy first AG debate
Democratic attorney general candidate Josh Kaul went on the attack during his first debate with Republican incumbent Brad Schimel on Friday, hoping to make up ground after polls show him trailing the veteran prosecutor less than a month before Election Day.
Read More »Kaul releases first TV ad, blasts Schimel on rape-testing kits (VIDEO)
The Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul is releasing his first television ad, a 30-second spot blasting the incumbent, Brad Schimel, for taking too long with unanalyzed rape-testing kits.
Read More »Kaul, Schimel set to clash at first AG debate
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul are getting ready for the first debate.
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