An attorney for Republican legislators urged a judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit challenging lame-duck laws limiting the governor and attorney general's powers, warning that blocking the laws could throw decades' worth of other statutes into jeopardy.
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Wisconsin will join lawsuit challenging border emergency
Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin will join a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Read More »Kaul wants $2M for salaries, 19 more analysts
Attorney General Josh Kaul has asked Gov. Tony Evers to let him spend $4.4 million in the next state budget to hire more evidence analysts and set up pay raises for them.
Read More »Kaul rips wall declaration, stops short of joining lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is condemning the emergency declaration President Donald Trump is trying to use to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall but isn't saying whether he'll join a multistate lawsuit challenging the declaration.
Read More »Obscure Wisconsin board reverses climate change ban
An obscure Wisconsin board voted to lift a ban on its employees working on climate change during state time that was put in place by Republicans to target the daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, who was the board's executive director.
Read More »GOP signals Wisconsin will stay in Obamacare lawsuit
One of the top officials on the state Legislature's budget-writing committee is signaling Republicans won't let Attorney General Josh Kaul pull Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act.
Read More »A look at lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s lame-duck laws
A coalition of five labor unions on Monday filed the third lawsuit to be pursued to challenge legislation Wisconsin Republicans passed last year to curtail the powers of the governor and state attorney general.
Read More »Unions, senator file 3rd lame-duck lawsuit in Wisconsin (UPDATE)
Five unions and a Democratic lawmaker have filed another lawsuit challenging measures Wisconsin Republican approved in a lame-duck session.
Read More »Governor’s order to leave ACA lawsuit rejected
The Wisconsin attorney general has rejected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers request to withdraw from a multi-state lawsuit targeting the Affordable Care Act, saying in a letter released Thursday that only the Republican-controlled Legislature now has the power to take such action.
Read More »Analysis: Evers can’t pull Wisconsin from health lawsuit
Gov. Tony Evers lacks the authority to withdraw Wisconsin from a lawsuit seeking the repeal of the federal health-care law, an attorney for the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau said on Wednesday.
Read More »Kaul noncommittal on Evers push to withdraw from lawsuit
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul isn't saying yet whether he will withdraw from a multi-state lawsuit seeking repeal of the federal health-care law known as Obamacare, as Gov. Tony Evers wants.
Read More »Evers calls for bipartisanship on pressing matters in Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers, in his first State of the State speech Tuesday, called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to scale back a corporate-tax credit to pay for reducing income taxes, make sacrifices to find a bipartisan transportation plan and work together to bolster spending for schools.
Read More »Lawsuit to target GOP laws reducing power of Wis. governor
A coalition of liberal-leaning groups planned to file a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to void laws passed by Wisconsin Republicans who were trying to reduce the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general.
Read More »Evers joins Kaul in supporting ‘red flag’ disarmament law
Gov. Tony Evers is joining his fellow Democrat, Attorney General Josh Kau,l in supporting a law allowing judges to take firearms away from people determined to be a threat to themselves or others.
Read More »Evers says he will order change in ‘stance’ in lawsuit
Gov. Tony Evers says he will be sending a letter to Attorney General Josh Kaul this week calling for Wisconsin to "change our stance" in a multi-state lawsuit seeking the repeal of the federal health care law.
Read More »Godfrey & Kahn attorney among new AG’s appointments
Wisconsin Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul recently announced various appointments to the state Department of Justice.
Read More »Attorney General Schimel reflects on loss, lame-duck bills
The ousted Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says in his first post-election interview that his defeat to the Democrat Josh Kaul was "kind of a death by a thousand cuts."
Read More »Highlights of bills passed by Wisconsin Republicans
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a series of bills meant to restrict the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general, both Democrats.
Read More »Walker appoints Schimel to Waukesha County judgeship
Gov. Scott Walker is giving outgoing Attorney General Brad Schimel a job as a judge.
Read More »Republican Attorney General Schimel concedes to Josh Kaul (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel conceded defeat Monday to his Democratic opponent, Josh Kaul, saying the difference in their vote tallies is too great to overcome through a recount.
Read More »Schimel: Kaul appears to have won (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says it "appears" that Democrat Josh Kaul has won their race, but Schimel will wait until all votes are counted.
Read More »Wisconsin Democrats hope to take Schimel’s offices, others
Although the contests for the governor’s office and a U.S. Senate seat topped the ballot in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Democrats had high hopes for a handful of other races.
Read More »Schimel raises $484k in September, October
New campaign finance reports show the Democratic attorney general candidate, Josh Kaul, is winning the fundraising battle over te Republican incumbent, Brad Schimel, as Election Day approaches.
Read More »Kaul, Schimel spar over kits, experience in dueling ads
The ad battle between Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul rages on.
Read More »Schimel disputes claims in DAGA-backed ad (VIDEO)
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is disputing a new ad that claims he was soft on child molesters.
Read More »New ad accuses Schimel of being soft on child molesters (VIDEO)
An organization backed by the Democratic Attorneys General Association released a new television ad on Tuesday accusing the Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel of being soft on child molesters.
Read More »Kaul goes on offensive in testy first AG debate
Democratic attorney general candidate Josh Kaul went on the attack during his first debate with Republican incumbent Brad Schimel on Friday, hoping to make up ground after polls show him trailing the veteran prosecutor less than a month before Election Day.
Read More »Kaul releases first TV ad, blasts Schimel on rape-testing kits (VIDEO)
The Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul is releasing his first television ad, a 30-second spot blasting the incumbent, Brad Schimel, for taking too long with unanalyzed rape-testing kits.
Read More »Kaul, Schimel set to clash at first AG debate
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul are getting ready for the first debate.
Read More »UW-Madison center cancels attorney general debate
Wisconsin's attorney general candidates will debate three times before Election Day, not four as originally scheduled.
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