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Budget panel votes to eliminate judicial position, office (UPDATE)
The Legislature's budget-writing committee has voted to eliminate the only staff position that coordinates activity of the Judicial Council.
State Bar predicts big deficit for year
Absent spending cuts, the State Bar of Wisconsin is projecting a $360,000 deficit as of June 30, the end of its fiscal year. The lapse is largely due to significant drops in revenue, particularly in the seminars division, which is projected to bring in $460,000 less than planned due to sagging attendance at a variety […]
ON APPEAL: Walker’s budget impact on prison sentences
To say that Governor Scott Walker’s proposed biennial budget has gotten a little attention is a huge understatement. But little attention has focused on the immediate impact it will have on inmates serving sentences in Wisconsin prisons.
CCAP may be threatened
Madison - Wisconsin court officials fear the court’s data management system, including a popular site that allows anyone to easily look up the criminal records of friends and neighbors, could be on shaky ground if the governor's proposed budget breaks up its funding mechanism.
Walker’s budget includes cuts to UW-Law School
The University of Wisconsin Law School will have to do more with less under Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal. His 2011-13 budget includes a $250 million cut in state aid to the University of Wisconsin System that includes the state’s only public law school. “We anticipate significant cuts to our budget,” UW-Law School Dean […]
Courts lose staff due to budget issues
The ramifications of a proposed 10 percent budget cut plus increases to employee benefit contributions are starting to show at the state’s circuit courts.
Massive cuts proposed for legal service providers
Wisconsin’s poor could soon have far less options for civil legal service providers due to proposed cuts in the state budget.
THE DARK SIDE: Why I recycle only valuable things
I can understand why not everyone is as thrilled as I am with the governor’s proposed budget.
Budget proposal supports growing State Public Defenders office (UPDATE)
An update of outdated eligibility standards to qualify for a Wisconsin State Public Defender is one step closer to becoming a reality. Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-13 budget proposal allocates about $10 million to support additional staff attorneys needed to accommodate the change. The money would cover salaries and benefits for 45 new positions, according to […]
Gov.’s budget cuts into legal services for poor (UPDATE)
Civil legal service providers for poor people in Wisconsin are facing substantial cuts pending the inclusion of a budget proposal that eliminates all state money for those organizations. Part of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-13 budget reallocates money collected by the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation and distributed to organizations such as Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee […]
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