Democratic attorney general candidate Josh Kaul is making his case against Republican incumbent Brad Schimel, accusing him of prioritizing buying coins with his name on it over having rape kits tested.
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Attorney general awards first school safety grant
Attorney General Brad Schimel is awarding the first school safety grant under a law Gov. Scott Walker signed in March.
Read More »Schimel: DOJ has sent all untested kits to labs
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel says the state Department of Justice has now sent all untested sexual-assault-evidence kits to private laboratories for analysis.
Read More »DOJ spent $1,000 to send attorney to ADF conference
Wisconsin taxpayers paid about $1,000 to send one of Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel's top lawyers to a Christian legal advocacy group's West Coast conference last summer even though Schimel himself considered his own appearance there a political or personal event.
Read More »Wisconsin attorneys urge court to let them represent Evers
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction attorneys tried to persuade the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to let them represent Superintendent Tony Evers in a lawsuit challenging Evers' authority rather than the state Department of Justice, arguing the agency is refusing to accept its responsibility to defend Evers' position.
Read More »20 AGs back lawsuits by family planning groups against Trump
Twenty attorneys general are challenging Trump administration rule changes they say will reduce access to family planning services.
Read More »Wisconsin attorneys urge court to let them represent Evers (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction attorneys tried to persuade the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to let them represent Superintendent Tony Evers in a lawsuit challenging Evers' authority rather than the state Department of Justice, arguing the agency is refusing to accept its responsibility to defend Evers' position.
Read More »Wisconsin attorney general defends ADF conference trip
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel on Wednesday defended his appearance at a West Coast conference put on by the Alliance Defending Freedom, saying the conservative Christian law firm is trying to build "better love in the world."
Read More »Democrats rip Schimel for going to anti-gay group’s forum
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel accepted thousands of dollars from an anti-gay organization to appear at the group's West Coast conference last summer, state records show.
Read More »Kaul calls Schimel’s voter ID remarks ‘incredible admission’
Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul says Republican incumbent Brad Schimel's suggestion that President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn't have won in Wisconsin without the state's voter ID law an "incredible admission" that the law was designed to help Republicans win elections.
Read More »AG: Every school that applies for safety grants should get some money (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Department of Justice began accepting applications on Tuesday for $100 million in new school-safety grants.
Read More »State Bar rescinds award for convicted felon
The state bar association has stripped a lawyer convicted in a sexual assault of a prestigious award in the wake of stinging criticism from Attorney General Brad Schimel.
Read More »Schimel: Voter ID helped Trump, Johnson in Wisconsin
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is suggesting Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn't have won re-election and President Donald Trump wouldn't have won Wisconsin without the state's voter ID law.
Read More »Kaul rips Schimel on wells, opioids, arming teachers
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is too soft on big drug companies and polluters, his suggestion that teachers carry guns is alarming and he failed to effectively investigate abuse allegations at Wisconsin's youth prison, the Democratic challenger Josh Kaul said on Friday.
Read More »AG Schimel avoids GOP mention in re-election announcement (UPDATE)
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel says he's running for re-election this fall.
Read More »Sex assault testing effort yields first charges in Wisconsin
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel's effort to analyze untested sexual assault evidence kits has produced its first criminal charges.
Read More »DOJ: 5 arrested in sex trafficking sting in St. Croix County
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says five people have been arrested and two victims have been recovered in a sex trafficking sting in St. Croix County.
Read More »Schimel builds money advantage over Kaul in AG race
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has the money edge over his Democratic opponent Josh Kaul going into the new year.
Read More »Wisconsin Senate panel votes to authorize probe into GAB (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Senate Republicans voted Thursday to authorize Attorney General Brad Schimel to start an investigation into the conduct of former workers at the now-dissolved agency that oversaw state elections and ethics laws.
Read More »Vos says he’d like to see closure of John Doe issues
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he's open to an expanded investigation into how former workers at the now-defunct Government Accountability Board handled secret John Doe investigations involving Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans.
Read More »Republican leader asks attorney general to re-open probe
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate has asked Attorney General Brad Schimel to re-open an investigation into how a former state agency handled John Doe investigations involving Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans.
Read More »Judge says he shouldn’t have released ethics probe details
A judge who released previously unknown details about an ethics investigation into Republican office holders and others said Monday that he had made a mistake letting that information become public.
Read More »John Doe investigations Q&A
The saga of John Doe investigations related to Gov. Scott Walker never seems to end, with new twists last week from a report by Attorney General Brad Schimel.
Read More »Legislative leaders call for Ethics, Elections resignations
Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature are calling for administrators of the Ethics and Elections commissions to resign, but the boards that employ them are showing no signs of bending to the increasing pressure.
Read More »Schimel stands by Walker probe report, despite criticisms (UPDATE)
Wisconsin ethics and elections officials are expected to respond to what they have said are inaccuracies in a report by Attorney General Brad Schimel about a now-closed secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's campaign.
Read More »Schimel asks Supreme Court to block Evers’ request
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking the state Supreme Court to block state Superintendent Tony Evers from getting his own attorney in a lawsuit challenging his office's powers.
Read More »Judge assigned Doe case withdraws
The deep partisan divide over a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall reignited this week after the release of a Department of Justice investigative report that said those who seized personal emails from scores of Republicans and didn't keep them secure should be held in contempt.
Read More »AG: State can’t enforce sprinkler rule
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel says state regulators can't enforce a rule requiring sprinklers in large apartment buildings.
Read More »Partisan divide deepens over Walker investigation (UPDATE)
The deep partisan divide over a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall reignited this week after the release of a Department of Justice investigative report that said those who seized personal emails from scores of Republicans and didn't keep them secure should be held in contempt.
Read More »Schimel defends not asking journalist for source of leak
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel didn't ask a journalist to reveal who leaked documents to him that were collected during the investigation of Gov. Scott Walker's campaign out of respect for the reporter's free speech rights, Schimel's spokesman said Thursday.
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