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Republicans call for higher pay for prosecutors as part of budget tweaks

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 25, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court: State schools superintendent policy subject to governor’s approval

The Capital Times, June 25, 2019

State of Wayfair: A pivotal ruling in Wisconsin

Bloomberg, June 24, 2019

Proposed legislation offers insurance for families of fallen officers

Racine Journal Times, June 24, 2019

Court to rule on whether governor controls school policy

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 24, 2019

Evers signs bill allowing for larger liquor sales

WMTV, June 24, 2019

Northeast, Midwest embracing legal sports betting; South, far West resisting trend

Madison.com, June 24, 2019

Lawyers urge justices to strike landlord-tenant law, saying it has chilling effect on representing poor

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 24, 2019

Trump administration pushes to deregulate with less enforcement

The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2019

DNA evidence backlog at state crime labs cut by nearly half in 2019

Wisconsin State Journal, June 21, 2019

GOP legislators rack up $1.5M in legal bills in first five months of 2019

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 21, 2019

Subrogation waiver in construction contract upheld by Wisconsin court

Insurance Journal, June 21, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court votes to uphold lame duck laws

Wisconsin State Journal, June 21, 2019

Wisconsin settles for $5 million in more Lincoln Hills, Copper Lake cases

Wisconsin State Journal, June 21, 2019

A year after online sales tax ruling, are states reaping more revenues?

Governing, June 21, 2019

DOJ seeks to block Quad’s acquisition of LSC

Milwaukee Business News, June 20, 2019

Assembly to vote on keeping youth prison open longer

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 20, 2019

Wisconsin Assembly to consider drunken-driving bills

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 20, 2019

Vos doesn’t support criminalizing first drunken driving

NBC 15, June 20, 2019

Citing Janus decision, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty sues to not join state Bar

KPVI 6, June 19, 2019

Assembly set to vote on bills aimed at toughening state’s drunken driving laws

WISN 12, June 19, 2019

Wisconsin justices to hand down lame-duck ruling

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 19, 2019

Green Bay City Council to consider suing opioid manufacturers for purported role in drug crisis

Green Bay Press Gazette, June 18, 2019

Probation and parole violations are filling up prisons and costing states billions

Governing, June 18, 2019

Ginsburg honors Abrahamson during tribute

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 18, 2019

As inmate suicides spike, troubling questions raised about handling of mentally ill in nation’s local jails

Madison.com, June 18, 2019

Bill in Legislature would provide insurance for families of police officers killed on duty

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 18, 2019

Anticipation builds for final Supreme Court rulings

The Hill, June 16, 2019

Gov. Tony Evers makes first judicial appointment, will need 71 more to match Walker

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 14, 2019

Urgency to close Lincoln Hills youth prison fades as costs – and concerns – mount

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 14, 2019

Evers appoints Quarles & Brady attorney to Court of Appeals

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 13, 2019

‘I believe in forgiveness’: Gov. Tony Evers re-launches pardon board

Wisconsin State Journal, June 13, 2019

GOP lawmakers hope to provide funding for Lincoln Hills replacements in September

Wisconsin State Journal, June 13, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court takes over another lame duck case

Wisconsin Radio Network, June 12, 2019

State lawmakers address backlog in testing of sexual assault kits in Wisconsin

Fox 11, June 12, 2019

Wisconsin residents weigh in on how they think law enforcement is doing in the state

News 8000, June 12, 2019

Battle expected for Wisconsin Supreme Court seat next spring

WUWM, June 12, 2019

Mount Pleasant considers joining suit against opioid companies

Racine Journal Times, June 11, 2019

Tony Evers seeks juvenile justice overhaul but says closing Lincoln Hills in 2021 may be impossible

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 11, 2019

Hours before a trial was set to start, Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstates most GOP lame-duck laws

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 11, 2019

Supreme Court cancels lame-duck trial, puts most extraordinary session provisions back in place

The Capital Times, June 11, 2019

Wisconsin joining suit to stop $26.5B Sprint-T-Mobile deal

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 11, 2019

Lawmakers considering bill to increase statute of limitations on unpaid-wage claims

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 7, 2019

Committee scales back DOJ analyst positions in budget

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 7, 2019

Right to work laws violated, Burlington company employee alleges in lawsuit

Racine Journal Times, June 6, 2019

The ups and downs of torts

Wisconsin Law Journal, June 6, 2019

Bill would help cover insurance costs for families of fallen police officers

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2019

State’s medical malpractice fund has $1 billion surplus

Wisconsin State Journal, June 5, 2019

Wisconsin appeals court upholds right to receive electronic copies of public records

Wisconsin State Journal, June 5, 2019

Wisconsin will soon become an island surrounded by legal weed

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2019

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