Wisconsin election board officials told the Legislature's audit committee Wednesday that they have been struggling with an unprecedented workload as they worked to blunt a critical evaluation of their performance and save their agency from the chopping block.

The state board that oversees elections and ethics compliance is set to select new officers.

Gov. Scott Walker's appointee to the board that oversees elections in Wisconsin told members of the state Senate Elections committee on Tuesday that impartiality on the panel is an "absolute necessity."

The state Supreme Court is considering whether to significantly reduce the number of referees who handle lawyer discipline cases on a regular basis.

An attorney convicted of misdemeanor theft in California has lost his Wisconsin law license for 60 days.

Gov. Scott Walker has re-appointed a former judge to the board that oversees state elections and ethics compliance.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday publicly reprimanded a suspended Menasha lawyer who quit law to become a nurse.

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek honored the selection of Nathan Fishbach as the recipient of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association 2011 Judge Myron L. Gordon Lifetime Achievement Award with a lead gift to Marquette University Law School to create a new student-development fund. The Nathan Fishbach Student Development Fund will enable Marquette Law School’s Career Planning Center to bring in ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A committee has nominated three former judges to replace an outgoing member of the state Government Accountability Board. A board committee on Tuesday announced it had selected Charles P. Dykman of Madison, Dennis Luebke of Appleton and Timothy Vocke of Rhinelander as possible replacements for Gordon Myse, whose term ends next month. Gov. Scott Walker now ...