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Madison, Wis. – A complaint has been filed with the Wisconsin Judicial Commission against Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz for her violations of Wisc

The Wisconsin National Guard could see changes to how it reports incidents of sexual assault and harassment as part of a slate of bills expected in the new legislative session starting in the new year.

A bipartisan study committee of the Wisconsin Legislature has drafted a series of bills addressing National Guard sexual misconduct.

The Wisconsin Legislature has announced the special study committees for 2022. State Bar members with expertise in the topic areas under study are encouraged to apply as a valuable service to the people of Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Legislature has announced the special study committees for 2022. State Bar members with expertise in the topic areas under study are encouraged to apply as a valuable service to the people of Wisconsin.

But agency recommends reforms regarding alcohol consumption and romantic relationships between Guard members

View Comments Responding to an investigation by the Cap Times and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a key Congressional leader says she will hold hearings this summer to address the chronic problem of sexual assault in the National Guard.  “I am very troubled by the fact that we don’t have any oversight of the National Guard when U.S. taxpayer money is being spent, and we have women in the National Guard who are being physically, sexually abused,” said U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, a California D...

Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. April 19, 2021. Editorial: Wait and see right approach on Foxconn Monday’s announcement that Gov. Tony Evers had negotiated a new deal with Foxconn wasn’t entirely a shock. The state had long expressed dissatisfaction with the company’s follow through on the original 2017 deal, and there had been strong signals it would be significantly altered. According to Evers, the new agreement “works for everyone.” That’s an optimistic ...

Legislators need to act on sexual assault reforms to protect National Guard troops Perhaps not since the civil unrest of the 1960s and early ‘70s has the value of the Wisconsin National Guard been more evident. Last year, the Guard found itself maintaining the peace on the streets of Kenosha and Madison. During the pandemic, Guard personnel helped augment seriously depleted ranks of poll workers, and they manned COVID 19 testing stations throughout the state. And lest we forget that units ...

By one of them, dean strand. and dean, thank you so much for joining me. oh, boy, i have 17 hours of questions for you, but i will start with some of the most significant developments since the series really started getting the traction, and that is that a juror has come out on the "today" show via the filmmaker saying that this juror was not comfortable, and did not think that steven avery was guilty, and felt coerced into i it, and they were trading votes in the jury room, and they feared for ...