The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to consider a legal challenge to Republican-backed laws passed in a lame-duck session last year that limited the powers of the state's newly elected governor and attorney general.

Lisa Neubauer conceded to Brian Hagedorn on Wednesday, a week after Democrats woke to a shocking result.

The state Supreme Court wrestled on Wednesday with whether to let the governor trump the state schools superintendent's policies, a decision that could hand de facto control of Wisconsin schools to the schools and undo a ruling the justices handed down two years ago establishing the superintendent's independence.

The liberal candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race conceded Wednesday, deciding against a recount eight days after the election showed her conservative opponent ahead by 6,000 votes in a race seen as an early measure of a key battleground in the 2020 presidential campaign.

A state appeals court says a warden properly cited a Waukesha County landowner for harassing duck hunters.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit that will decide whether the state schools superintendent or the governor controls K-12 public education policy.

The race for Wisconsin Supreme Court produced one of the closest results in recent state history. With an unofficial count of the more than 1.2 million votes cast in Tuesday's election for the open seat, Judge Brian Hagedorn, a favorite of conservatives, leads Judge Lisa Neubauer, the chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals who drew substantial backing from liberals, by roughly 6,000 votes.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be hearing dueling perspectives on Monday on a proposal to spread the use of digital audio recording as an alternative to standard court reporting.

Gov. Tony Evers says he's offering "no advice" to Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer, who is considering calling for a recount after coming up about 6,000 votes short of Brian Hagedorn.

Lisa Neubauer's campaign says it is "closely monitoring" counties as they canvass the vote from Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Brian Hagedorn’s strong showing in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race cheered state Republicans on Wednesday, giving them their first encouraging result in a statewide election since 2016 and reasons for optimism next year in this presidential battleground. Hagedorn led the liberal-backed Lisa Neubauer by 5,962 votes — less than half a percentage ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly says he expects to run for election when his seat is up next year.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is seeking to hear from the public on two of nine proposed changes to the state’s lawyer-regulation system.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race being decided Tuesday won't result in an immediate change in the partisan leanings of the court, but the stakes were high for both sides because it could make it possible for liberals to win control next year.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided Tuesday won't have an immediate impact on majority control of the state's highest court, but it could put liberals in position to take control in 2020 by a court that has long been marked by partisan leanings.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer fared better than her opponent, Brian Hagedorn, in a survey of Milwaukee Bar Association members.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently declined to add to the types of the non-clients who can sue lawyers for legal malpractice.

Ed Fallone, a Marquette University Law School professor who unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2013, announced on Wednesday that he will try again in 2020, when the control of the court could be at stake.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn accused his opponent Lisa Neubauer of lying, misleading voters and maligning him over his personal beliefs during a spirited final debate on Tuesday one week before the election on April 2. Neubauer said she was presenting facts.

Justice Shirley Abrahamson has withdrawn herself from three more cases pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

A Republican group announced on Tuesday it is starting a seven-figure ad buy a week before the April 2 election to boost Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn in his race against Lisa Neubauer.

The state Supreme Court says a Wisconsin Rapids man was properly convicted of killing his daughter's ex-boyfriend.

Long-time Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson has suddenly withdrawn from participating in three cases.

Wisconsin farmers don't need to sell their crops to qualify for property tax breaks, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Just four days after the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court face off at the State Bar Center in Madison, they will debate each other again, this time in Milwaukee.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has issued an order eliminating requirements that call for certain court employees to disclose financial relationships.

A conservative candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court whose views on gay rights have come under scrutiny said Wednesday the criticism he's received is an unfair attack on his faith.

Liberal-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer is drawing criticism from her opponent for attending a climate change march protesting the environmental agenda of President Donald Trump.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the license of a Milwaukee attorney who was suspended about 20 years ago.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Oshkosh attorney’s license for 90 days.