Wisconsin Republicans to kill legalized pot, stadium repairs
Starting Tuesday, and likely continuing into June, the Joint Finance Committee will take a series of votes to build its own two-year spending plan which will then go to the Senate and Assembly for approval.
Wisconsin Assembly hearing set on panel’s first police bills
Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday were set to consider the first bills based on recommendations from a racial disparities task force that the Assembly's top Republican put together last year following George Floyd's death and a rash of police shootings across the country.
Wisconsin Republicans reject funding to fight homelessness
Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to reject more than $70 million in funding to combat homelessness in the state, a move that Democrats called a missed opportunity to address a problem that worsened due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans to scrap Evers’ priorities, start writing budget (UPDATE)
Republicans who head the Legislature’s budget committee told Wisconsin’s business leaders on Wednesday that they are optimistic a tax cut will be a part of the next two-year spending plan, although they said details on what type and how much were still being discussed.
Evers, Democrats push bills to reduce prison population
Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democratic lawmakers have introduced a series of proposals designed to reduce overcrowded prisons, but without support from Republican leaders they are unlikely to gain momentum in the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Wisconsin lawmakers resurrect expungement bill
A group of lawmakers is trying again to pass legislation that would allow convicts to ask judges to expunge their criminal records.
Lawmakers OK proposal to make PTSD mitigation factor in sentencing
An assembly panel has approved a bill that would make post-traumatic-stress disorder a mitigating factor judges can consider in sentencing criminals.
Truth-in-sentencing opponents waiting for change
Those in Wisconsin’s legal community who oppose truth-in-sentencing understand their chances for overturning, or at least toning down, the law depend on how well they play the long game.
Committee recommends allowing violent offenders in treatment courts
A committee tasked with making recommendations on how to improve Wisconsin's treatment courts system voted Wednesday that programs should allow certain violent offenders to participate.
Recommendations for treatment courts include money for evaluation
A legislative study committee voted Wednesday to recommend several changes to Wisconsin’s treatment courts system.
More money, standardized system under consideration for state’s treatment courts
A legislative committee tasked with looking at the Wisconsin’s treatment and alternative courts is ready to start considering recommendations for the Legislature.
Assembly passes bill to raise interest rate on small claims judgments
The Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would up the interest rate on judgments in small claims cases to 12 percent.
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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