The state Senate may reconvene to rewrite Wisconsin's special elections laws after a judge ordered Gov. Scott Walker to call two such contests to fill vacant legislative seats, Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Friday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Hanrahan to be chief judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District.

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A Madison man who gunned down a former co-worker he blamed from his firing from a grocery store must serve at least 40 years in prison, a judge decided.

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A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in jail in the accidental shooting of a worker at a Madison blood center earlier this year.

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In her first opinion identifying her as chief justice, Pat Roggensack merely applied known law rather than establishing or construing new law. She nonetheless wrote for a unanimous court.

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A judge has entered not guilty pleas for a Madison man accused of shooting his own brother to death in March.

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Shortly after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge Friday, Daniel Rottier said his recent battle with cancer had led to drinking and possibly his attack on his wife with a cane earlier this month.

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The president of Habush Habush & Rottier SC is expected to enter a plea Friday for allegedly hitting his wife with a cane while he was drunk.

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In a decision that touches all three branches of government, the court of appeals decided that in actions for civil forfeiture pretrial discovery may be conducted.

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A sovereign citizen who filed liens against circuit court judges was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.

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A Milwaukee resident who officials identified as a sovereign citizen was convicted Thursday of filing phone liens against judges and individuals.

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The sole survivor of a one-car crash that killed four of his friends has been sentenced to 32 years in prison.

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A judge has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison for stabbing another man to death in Fitchburg last September.

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A Madison man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend's two young sons.

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The dissolution of a 22-year-old court monitoring system has pushed Dane County judges toward the sidelines in sentencing in-home electronic supervision.

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