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Young clerk leads Madison election reform effort
At 28, Madison City Clerk Lydia McComas represents a new generation of trained election officials working to rebuild trust and modernize Wisconsin elections.
Madison names new city clerk
Madison appointed Lydia McComas as city clerk, bringing election expertise from Minnesota after a ballot loss scandal shook voter confidence in 2024.
Retired MN judge reprimanded for misconduct with clerks
Hennepin County Judge Jay Quam, who retired in March, has been publicly reprimanded by the Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards for, among other things, having sexual contact with a law clerk and making inappropriate comments about clerks’ physical appearance.
Apartment contractor convicted of wage theft
The owner of a commercial painting company has become the first person to be criminally convicted of wage theft in Minnesota. Wage theft became a felony in the state in 2019.
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- Attorney reprimanded over witness payments
- Animal rights activists set for trial in beagle raid case
- Wisconsin ballot curing lawsuit seeks uniform voter rules
- Kenosha couple loses appeal in Brewers 50/50 raffle case
- State lawsuit seeks electronic ballots for disabled voters
- Attorney disbarred after sexual assault conviction
- Wisconsin mom freed from ICE custody, speaks out
- Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs judicial recusal changes
- Toney eyes rematch with Kaul in AG race
- State Supreme Court to hear gerrymander case
- Former prison lieutenant fined $500 in inmate death case
- Officials worry about USPS speed with ballot delivery
Case Digests
- Involuntary Medication-Competency to Stand Trial
- Informer Privilege Statute-Clear Error
- Sixth Amendment-Third-Party Perpetrator Evidence
- Plea Withdrawal-Manifest Injustice
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Procedural Bar
- CHIPS Confidentiality-Remedial Versus Punitive Sanctions
- Insurance Law
- Breach of Contract-Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal
- Constitutional Law-Qualified Immunity-First Amendment Retaliation
- Qualified Immunity-Excessive Force-Civil Rights
- Hostile Work Environment-Sexual Harassment
- Sufficiency of Evidence-McDonnell Douglas Framework
