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Tseytlin named state’s first solicitor general (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has appointed the leader of a new office in his department that will help handle appellate litigation.
Attorney general, GOP introduce child abuse legislation (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel and a group of Republican legislators began a push Tuesday to crack down on child abusers with a package of bills that would make repeated abuse a formal crime and expand reporting requirements.
Federal appeals court judges question state’s abortion law
A federal appeals court panel heard arguments Thursday over a Wisconsin law requiring doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, with the presiding judge saying there is "not a rational basis" for the requirement.
State DOJ receives $4M in grants to process untested rape kits
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has received federal money to process sexual-assault evidence kits that have not yet been tested. State Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that the DOJ has received a $4 million grant for that purpose. The money is coming throug the District Attorney of New York, which will pay for testing […]
Lawmaker readies quartet of anti-heroin measures (UPDATE)
A Republican lawmaker whose daughter has struggled with a heroin addiction announced Tuesday he plans to introduce another round of legislation focusing on opiate prescriptions that can lead to heroin abuse.
Schimel sticks up for right-to-work law
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is calling for the rejection of a lawsuit filed against the state’s new right-to-work law, arguing it not only makes use of a “novel” legal theory but is also grounded in no prior case law.
Parks advocacy group will not appeal development ruling
Members of a parks advocacy group say they will not appeal a recent court decision allowing the proposed Couture development to proceed at Milwaukee's Downtown Transit Center site.
Schimel says state still mulling power plant options
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says he is still considering what steps to take next in reaction to new Obama administration rules designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions at power plants.
View from around the state: Schimel has right attitude on open records
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel spoke at an open government forum on Wednesday at a Madison hotel. It had been arranged before the effort to gut the open records law took place just before the Fourth of July weekend, but that episode made the forum all the more timely.
Media advocates: Law doesn’t need changes for body cameras (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's open records law doesn't need a substantial rewrite to address police body camera videos, media advocates argued at a state Department of Justice summit on the statutes Wednesday.
State asks US Supreme Court to take Ho Chunk casino case
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a federal court ruling that allows the Ho-Chunk Nation to offer video poker at its Madison casino.
Schimel to host open government summit following uproar (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said Monday that he hopes lawmakers will get some ideas for updating the state's open records law during a summit he's hosting, which comes just weeks after he spoke out against efforts to keep many government records private.
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