-
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first.
-
The Minnesota Congressman promises to campaign here after State Supreme Court helps his candidacy.
-
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will allow U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips to add his name to the state's Democratic presidential primary ballot. The court ruled Friday that state Democratic leaders on a presidential selection committee didn't properly exercise their discretion when they left Phillips off the ballot without any discussion during a five-minute meeting on Jan. 2. The court's decision leaves Phillips and President Joe Biden as the only Democrats on the April 2 primary ballot.
-
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against the Republican-controlled Legislature arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear the case, with the three conservative justices dissenting. It set oral arguments for April 17.
-
Political bias has played a key role in the redistricting process in Wisconsin, but one local professor believes he has the solution: an algorithm. Matt Petering explains why he believes his algorithm should be the solution to Wisconsin's redistricting problems.
-
Act 12 gave Milwaukee more power to raise funds, but it also included major restrictions for the City of Milwaukee. Now, the Milwaukee Common Council is exploring how the "home rule" provision in the constitution could help remove these restrictions.
-
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday, saying the high court's review of the Appeals Court ruling favoring the workers is "dismissed as improvidently granted."
-
Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County judge, a former state attorney general and a rock guitarist, announced his is running for Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2025.
-
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices will now be trying to digest the legislative redistricting case they heard on Tuesday and attempting to issue a ruling on what may be a sped-up timetable.
-
One of three former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices asked to review possible impeachment of a current justice is refusing to tell a judge who else was looking into that question. Former Justice David Prosser on Friday also called a lawsuit alleging violations of the state open meetings law “frivolous,” saying those looking into impeachment met once but are operating independently and not as a governmental body subject to the law.