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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Apr 30, 2019

Dane County Judge Karofsky running for Supreme Court

Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky said Tuesday she is planning to run next year for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat currently held by one of the court's conservative members.

Apr 30, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court says asking about gun allowed

A Milwaukee police officer did not violate the constitutional rights of a person pulled over for a routine traffic stop when the officer asked if they had a weapon in the car, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Apr 25, 2019

Final Hagedorn margin nearly same as unofficial tally

The state Elections Commission is certifying Brian Hagedorn's victory over Lisa Neubauer in a Supreme Court race, with a final tally that differed from the unofficial count by just a handful of votes.

Apr 19, 2019

High court suspends Minnesota attorney’s license

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended a Minnesota attorney’s license for misconduct he committed in his home state.

Apr 17, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects annexation for sand mine

The state Supreme Court has rejected the city of Whitehall's attempt to annex land for a sand mine.

Apr 16, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court to take lame-duck lawsuit

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.

Apr 11, 2019

Neubauer defeat dashes liberals’ hope for Supreme Court majority

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

Apr 11, 2019

Attorneys: Court should protect school chief’s powers

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.

Apr 10, 2019

Neubauer concedes Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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.

Apr 10, 2019

Court finds landowner harassed duck hunters

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

Apr 10, 2019

Court to hear arguments in fight over school chief’s powers

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.

Apr 8, 2019

VIEW FROM AROUND THE STATE: Recount of close Supreme Court race makes plenty of sense

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.

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