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DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge’s decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the law on Thursday after finding Republican legislators violated Wisconsin’s open records law during[...]
Attorneys ask judge to toss union lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. Democratic Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne alleges Republican lawmakers violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law during debate on the plan. Judge Maryann Sumi has blocked the law while she considers the case. She […]
UBS agrees to pay $160 million in bid rigging settlement
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Switzerland’s biggest bank UBS AG has agreed to pay $160 million to settle charges that it rigged the bidding process for investment contracts with cities and towns in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Federal and state officials announced the settlements Wednesday. UBS admitted and […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear union case
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday it would hear arguments in June over whether a judge had the authority to block implementation of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal taking away collective bargaining rights from nearly all state workers. The court asked both sides of a lawsuit challenging […]
Court wants arguments for taking up union law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has asked attorneys for reasons why it should take up a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s divisive collective bargaining plan. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne has filed a lawsuit alleging Republican legislators violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law during debate on the plan before Walker signed it […]
Judge: DOJ improperly demoted detective (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Justice Department improperly demoted a top Internet detective after she questioned a plan to send state agents to guard Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen at the national Republican convention nearly three years ago, a judge ruled Monday. The agency violated state whistleblower laws when it bumped Joell Schigur out […]
Milwaukee company fined for unofficial IDs
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Milwaukee company to pay $385,000 for marketing unauthorized identification to Hispanics. The state Justice Department filed a complaint against Credenciales USA LLC and its owner, Hugo Loyo, in December. The agency alleged that since 2008 the company advertised unofficial international drivers licenses and Wisconsin identification cards […]
Court rules statements must be suppressed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court says statements a Whitefish Bay man made to police after he had retained an attorney are inadmissible in court. Brad Forbush is fighting sexual assault and false imprisonment charges in Sheboygan County. According to court documents, detectives elicited potentially incriminating statements from him even though he was […]
GOP lawmaker calls for DOJ lawyer’s resignation
Madison - A Republican lawmaker on Thursday called on a state Justice Department lawyer to resign for sending an e-mail offering legal advice to Democratic state senators after they fled the state in February.
Documents detail women’s claims against ex-Wis. DA
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Justice Department released 150 pages of documents Friday that shed new light on prosecutors’ findings that a former Calumet County district attorney repeatedly displayed sexually suggestive behavior at the office, but that it wasn’t illegal. The Justice Department said Monday that it does not plan to charge Ken Kratz […]
Judge to look at how union law was passed
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Madison, Wis. (AP) — Having declared that Wisconsin’s divisive union law isn’t really a law yet, a judge was set to return to one of the underlying questions dogging the measure — whether Republicans violated the state’s open meetings law during the frenzied run-up to passage. Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s […]
Dean Foods to sell milk plant under antitrust deal
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The nation’s largest dairy company has settled an antitrust lawsuit by agreeing to sell a Wisconsin milk processing plant. The Justice Department filed the lawsuit against Dean Foods Co. last year in concert with attorneys general from Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The lawsuit objected to Dean Foods’ 2009 purchase of a Waukesha […]
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