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Judicial candidates hope to upset incumbent winning streak
Despite historically long odds, two candidates are challenging an incumbent judge in Milwaukee County instead of running for two open circuit court seats.
Former Michael Best and Friedrich partner Baumbach resigns DWD post
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A second person has resigned as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in Gov. Scott Walker’s first year in office. Walker announced Monday that Secretary Scott Baumbach had resigned after being in the position just four months. He replaced Walker’s first appointee, Manny Perez, who resigned in May after […]
Excavation co. owner charged with embezzling from employees (UPDATE)
The owner of Allen Howe & Son Inc. is facing charges he embezzled more than $56,000 from employees.
Senators propose eliminating some damages in employment discrimination cases
Some Wisconsin legislators are working to end compensatory and punitive damages in employment discrimination cases.
Former VA official faces discrimination suits (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs was sued in federal court Wednesday over allegations that he discriminated against white employees. The three lawsuits accuse Kenneth Black, who is African-American, of denying a promotion to one white worker, firing a second and retaliating against a third. The workers […]
Former firm partner named DWD secretary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has named Scott Baumbach as full-time secretary of Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development. Baumbach had served as interim secretary since last month when Manny Perez resigned just five months after his appointment by Walker. Baumbach was named the department’s deputy secretary last January. Before joining the department, he […]
Budget repair bill could spell doom for state’s chief general counsels (UPDATE)
By Jack Zemlicka A portion of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill seeks to weaken the job security afforded general counsels in cabinet state agencies. The proposal would shift cabinet agency positions of chief legal counsel, public information officer and legislative liaison from classified to unclassified status. If the bill eventually passes, the change would […]
State gets teeth for employee policing
By Jack Zemlicka Construction industry representatives are greeting with skepticism a state law that lets the Department of Workforce Development crack down on worker misclassification. The law, which went into effect at the start of the year, strengthens DWD’s authority by, for instance, letting agency representatives visit job sites to investigate alleged violations, such as […]
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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