The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit seeking the release of inmates from state prisons to reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19.

Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature asked the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to block an order from Gov. Tony Evers' administration extending a stay-at-home order until May 26.

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.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments using online videoconferencing in April.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found the Court of Appeals "short-circuited" a circuit court by issuing a constructive trust in the absence of fact-finding.

Turnout in Wisconsin's chaotic spring election held during a pandemic last week topped 34% of the voting-age population, the highest for an April vote since 2016 when there were two competitive presidential primary races on the ballot.

Former Gov. Scott Walker's judicial appointees didn't fair well in the April 7 election. Justice Dan Kelly, Milwaukee County Judge Paul Dedinsky and Milwaukee County Judge Dan Gabler, all of whom were seeking full terms, lost to their challengers in the April 7 election.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided a Wisconsin statute allowing involuntary medication of inmates is facially unconstitutional under certain circumstances.

A decision from the U.S. Supreme Court about Wisconsin's April 7 election saw the justices split on the scope of the issue in question: whether absentee ballots could be postmarked after election day.

Wisconsin is the only state in the U.S. with an April election proceeding as planned, the result of an order the state Supreme Court issued on Monday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide this week on punishment for two attorneys charged with misconduct.

Voters in Wisconsin will likely face a choice on Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has extended changes to its appellate court operations through May 22.

As Wisconsin encounters lawsuits to delay the April 7 election because of coronavirus concerns, a federal district court ordered a deadline extension to give people more time to register to vote online and request an absentee ballot.

Wisconsin residents may be more worried about whether they'll be able to feed their families than voting as the coronavirus shutdown stretches on. But someone has to pick the state's next Supreme Court justice in Tuesday's spring election.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has assumed jurisdiction over a lawsuit involving a Dane County clerk's advice to voters to mark themselves as indefinitely confined because of the governor's stay-at-home order to get around Wisconsin's photo ID requirement.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful Jill Karofsky raised more than twice as much money during the last two months as her rival, the incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly, new campaign finance reports show.

As Wisconsin encounters lawsuits to delay the April 7 election because of coronavirus concerns, a federal district court ordered a deadline extension to give people more time to register to vote online and request an absentee ballot.

The Milwaukee County Circuit Court has extended cancellations and procedural changes through May 15.

Workers can’t negotiate away their right to compensation for time spent donning and removing protective gear, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a long-running legal battle between a Jefferson County farm and its employees.

Justice Dan Kelly's conservative colleagues on the state Supreme Court are pushing back against his liberal challenger's accusations that's he's corrupt, calling her attacks "reckless rhetoric" that risks undermining the court's legitimacy.

Questions of double jeopardy in a case involving child sexual assault have split the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Last year resulted in some questionable judicial behavior. The National Center for State Courts Center for Judicial Ethics released a roundup of some of the worst behavior in its 2019 Judicial Conduct Report.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court justices agreed on Tuesday on the outcome of a convicted murderer's appeal to the high court, but they disagreed on the way their decision was reached.

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO labor union is endorsing Judge Jill Karofsky in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Incumbent Justice Dan Kelly and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky emerged from a three-way state Supreme Court primary Tuesday, besting Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone to advance to the April general election.

Wisconsin voters will choose between a Republican appointee, a Madison judge and a law professor as they winnow down the candidates for a state Supreme Court seat in a primary Tuesday.

The city of Sheboygan properly annexed land for a Kohler Co. golf course in 2017, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a decision on a subject-matter-jurisdiction dispute relating to an OWI case from Ozaukee County.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly raised almost $190,000 in January, bringing his 13-month campaign fundraising total to nearly $1 million, campaign-finance reports filed Monday show.