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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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