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Jun 17, 2020

Group sues to restart Wisconsin DNR hunter-training courses

A Kansas-based hunting advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to force the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to restart in-person hunter-training courses.

Jun 9, 2020

Group wants to prevent ballot harvesting in Wisconsin

A conservative law firm asked the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday to outlaw the process by which outside groups, typically partisan, help to send or return large numbers of absentee ballots.

Jun 1, 2020

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear voter purge case

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case seeking to purge about 129,000 voter registrations from the rolls ahead of the November presidential election after previously deadlocking on whether to get involved.

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Jun 1, 2020

Szafir leaves WILL, joins conservative nonprofit group as president

CJ Szafir, the former executive vice president of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, has been named president of the conservative nonprofit group Institute for Reforming Government.

May 21, 2020

WILL appeals decision upholding Brown County sales tax

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is appealing a circuit court decision upholding Brown County's sales tax.

May 15, 2020

Attorneys: Local stay-at-home orders on shaky legal ground

Local stay-at-home orders could be vulnerable to legal challenges after the state Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Tony Evers' statewide order went too far, attorneys warned Friday.

Apr 20, 2020

Wisconsin justices consider scaling back Evers’ veto powers (UPDATE)

The state Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of lawsuits seeking to rein in the governor's partial veto authority.

Apr 17, 2020

Marquette County sheriff sued for threatening teen over COVID-19 Instagram post

A teenager and her parents are suing the Marquette County Sheriff for threatening to arrest them over an Instagram post the teen wrote about having COVID-19.

Dec 24, 2019

GOP votes to hire attorney in voter purge lawsuit

Republican legislators have decided to hire their own attorneys in a federal lawsuit seeking to keep more than 200,000 voter registrations in place.

Oct 16, 2019

Complaint could make up to 234K Wisconsin voters ineligible

More than a quarter-million voters in Wisconsin who have recently moved could be made ineligible to vote before next year's presidential primary election if a complaint filed Wednesday by a conservative law firm is successful.

Sep 24, 2019

Conservatives decry school district’s gender identity policy

A conservative law group is challenging a Madison School District policy that prohibits school staff from telling parents if their child is transitioning genders at school, unless they have that student's permission.

Apr 10, 2019

Attorneys sue State Bar over mandatory dues

Two attorneys are suing the State Bar of Wisconsin over the bar dues lawyers must pay to practice in the state.

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