For the second time in a row, a powerful budget-writing panel has struck from the biennial budget Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate a body that updates the state’s rules of procedure.

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A powerful panel of state lawmakers will be voting Monday on whether to advance a proposal to eliminate an independent body that proposes changes and revisions to the state’s rules of procedure.

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A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers have filed a proposal to revise the state’s class-action statute so that they mirror federal rules.

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A proposal to update Wisconsin’s rules for class-action lawsuits will soon be filed with the state Supreme Court.

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Gov. Scott Walker last week revealed his proposals for the 2017-2019 budget, which calls for more money for drug courts and pay progression for certain government lawyers while proposing eliminating certain review and advisory boards.

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The Judicial Council is again in Gov. Scott Walker’s crosshairs.

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A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal that would have the state’s class-action procedures revised to mirror federal rules.

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Government and private-practice lawyers are weighing in on petitions calling for the elimination of Wisconsin's dead man's statute and changes to the state's rules of evidence.

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The Judicial Council won’t be asking for any changes in the next biennial budget after all.

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An independent body of judges and other practitioners that suggests rules changes to the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet Friday.

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Wisconsin’s Judicial Council is asking the Supreme Court to put the final nail in the coffin of the state’s dead man’s statute.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is preparing to take up long-sought changes to the state's so-called dead man's statutes, which prevent from witnesses from testifying in civil cases about communications they had with a person who has since died.

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More than 20 years in the making, a proposal to overhaul the state's rules of criminal procedure still could not make it through the state Legislature this year.

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Some state agencies, including the Judicial Council and the Wisconsin Department of Justice, continue to face problems with the state’s new IT system.

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The Wisconsin Judicial Council is starting the process to select new leadership.

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Although the Joint Finance Committee has deleted Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate the Judicial Council from the budget bill, its members are still concerned about how the council will be financed.

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The Joint Finance Committee has approved a motion to delete Gov. Scott Walker's budget recommendation to eliminate the Judicial Council.

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The first votes to be taken Wednesday on Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal include whether to give the state Supreme Court authority over an independent commission that investigates judges, eliminate a panel that provides research on judicial issues and further cut the already greatly diminished secretary of state's office.

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Gov. Scott Walker wants to eliminate the 64-year-old Judicial Council, according to budget documents released Tuesday.

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A shareholder at von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee, is challenging the chairman of the Wisconsin Judicial Council for his spot on the 21-member body.

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Officials with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are considering allowing some oral arguments to be done by video.

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A Wisconsin Judicial Council committee is working on a proposal to tweak and reorganize state statutes for some prisoner litigation.

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The Wisconsin Judicial Council will discuss a proposed rewriting of the state’s criminal code during its meeting Friday.

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April Southwick is staring down the possibility of unemployment with the eyes of someone who’s seen a lot worse.

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The Legislature's budget-writing committee has voted to eliminate the only staff position that coordinates activity of the Judicial Council.

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