Some members of a committee studying how to increase Wisconsin residents’ access to legal representation are looking for a solution that uses mediation, limited scope representation and pro bono work.

A Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling scheduled for release Thursday promises to further define how much control local governments have over their own affairs even when state lawmakers act to strip them of some of that authority.

In the 12 years that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Paul Van Grunsven has been on the bench, there’s scarcely been a week he hasn’t needed to call in an interpreter to translate statements made in a foreign language.

A judge properly dismissed a lawsuit alleging Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun libeled a former friend who helped him fight allegations he abused steroids, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.

When Mary Porter went shopping for a new car with her husband in 2010, she was dead-set on buying a red one with a beige interior to keep her cool in the summer.

Attorney David Pliner knew his request for jail time was “extreme,” but he felt he had to try.

A Greenfield attorney and investment advisor, who is under federal investigation for potential wire and mail fraud, may lose her law license in Wisconsin.

A new state statute trumps local governments’ residency rules in a case decided in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

A judge has declared void Milwaukee's 75-year-old requirement that municipal workers live within the city's boundaries.

A lawsuit filed against Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun will go forward after a judge refused to dismiss the most serious allegations leveled by a friend who says the slugger sought his help in fighting a failed drug test, then balked on paying him and disparaged him when asked why their relationship soured.

If a bill introduced this week had been law earlier this year, David Turnpaugh would be out $780.90.

The Wisconsin State Claims Board has decided to award a wrongly convicted man $36,847.89 following his third attempt before the panel to seek compensation.

When David Turnpaugh appeared before the Wisconsin Claims Board on Wednesday for the third time in three years, he knew he would receive compensation for his wrongful conviction on prostitution and bail-jumping charges in 2006.

Ideal Crane Rental Inc. and Spancrete Industries Inc. soon could go head-to-head in court over who was at fault when a construction worker broke his heel jumping from a truck to dodge a swinging concrete slab.

Hearings are set for January in the lawsuit filed by police and fire unions against the city of Milwaukee over residency requirements for city employees.

Superintendent Michael Hafemann assumed control of Milwaukee County’s House of Correction early Tuesday morning.

Despite confirmation of an appeal from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s attorney, the Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Michael Hafemann superintendent of the House of Correction on Monday.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s attorney pledged Wednesday to appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a superintendent cannot assume control of the House of Correction in Franklin.

A judge delayed a decision Thursday on whether Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s lawsuit over House of Correction control will go to trial.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s attorney is claiming the county’s Board of Supervisors erred when it tried to transfer control of the House of Correction to a superintendent.

The outcome of a lawsuit over control of the House of Correction in Franklin could depend on Milwaukee County’s responses to written questions from the attorney representing Sheriff David Clarke Jr.

Milwaukee County will have to wait until Monday to learn whether one of its employees can be questioned in Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s lawsuit over control of the House of Correction in Franklin.