Crime & Safety
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Conservative Law Firm Argues Local Health Officials Can’t Close Schools
Hagedorn bases arguments on the 1919 Legislature not being specific about school-closing powers. Karofsky says schools are not closed if made virtual for safety.
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READ: Conservative Justice Pens Scathing Takedown of Attempts to Toss Out WI Election Results
Hagedorn joins progressives in calling the case “a dangerous path we are being asked to tread.”
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WI Supreme Court Rejects Trump Election Suit on a 4-3 Vote
Conservative Justice Hagedorn joins progressives in telling the president he must follow the regular path through lower courts first.
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Explained: The 5 Wisconsin Supreme Court Lawsuits Against COVID-19 Protections
Coronavirus safeguards issued by local and state governments have been targeted by conservatives since the early weeks of the pandemic.
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Trump Files Lawsuit to Toss 220K Votes in Milwaukee, Dane Counties
Trump makes his latest attack on the election as he tries to cling to the presidency.
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Explained: Two Lawsuits Seek to Nullify Wisconsin’s Election
What you need to know about two lawsuits—and a likely third one from the Trump campaign—that want to invalidate your legally cast vote.
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Conservative Lawsuit Asks Wis. Supreme Court to Throw Out the Entire Election
Attorney General Josh Kaul says the lawsuit “seeks to disenfranchise every Wisconsinite who voted.”
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8 Shot at Wauwatosa Mall, Wisconsin’s Fifth Mass Shooting of 2020
“We deserve more than thoughts and prayers,” Lt. Gov. Barnes says
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Private Schools File Wis. Supreme Court Suit Against Racine’s Health Department
Suit could set precedent for local health officials’ authority over private entities.
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Bizarre Rainbow Analogy May Be What Sinks Wisconsin’s Mask Order
One Wisconsin Supreme Court justice uses a bizarre analogy in oral arguments over Wisconsin’s coronavirus safeguard, while another notes the Legislature could be a partner with Gov. Evers but has not met.
