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Tort-reform bill may still have chance
Following the introduction of an amendment that would scale back proposed changes to discovery procedures, a bill that would overhaul various parts of the state’s civil-litigation rules is now scheduled to go before a Senate committee on Wednesday.
Tort-reform bill hits snag in Senate over ESI preservation provision
Legislation that would change some of the state's civil-litigation rules appears to have stalled in the Wisconsin Senate.
Panel to vote on tort-reform bill
A bill that would make several changes to the state’s civil-litigation rules appears to have a chance of passing this legislative session after all.
View from around the state: Wanggaard’s bill puts crime victims first
A judge's order of restitution doesn't make a criminal incident magically disappear, nor does it remove the memory of the incident from the victim's mind. It's an attempt by the judge to make things right for the victim by ordering the convicted person to pay back the victim for criminal wrongdoing against that person.
Senate committee debates mandatory minimums for gun-toting felons
A state Senate committee encountered unexpected heated discussion Tuesday over a bill that would create a mandatory minimum sentence for repeat offenders caught with a gun.
Senate OKs eliminating gun waiting period (UPDATE)
Republicans who control the state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would eliminate Wisconsin's decades-old 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases, brushing aside Democrats' concerns that the proposal would enable enraged people to quickly buy a deadly weapon.
Lawmaker wants to repeal handgun waiting period
A Racine lawmaker wants to repeal Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period to buy handguns.
Judge fines Racine man $2,500 for recall forgeries
A Racine man convicted of forging at least seven names on petitions to recall a Republican state senator in 2011 and 2012 has been fined $2,500.
Bill adds texting to do not call list
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Unwanted text messages sent to cell phones from solicitors would be added to prohibited activity under Wisconsin’s do not call list under a bill headed for debate in the state Senate. The measure passed by a Senate committee earlier this week would expand the state’s do not call list to include […]
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- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
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