Wisconsin and 10 other states have reached a deal with the communications companies T-Mobile and Sprint to settle litigation challenging the companies’ merger, Attorney General Josh Kaul said Thursday.

Tagged with: broadband Josh Kaul

The Legislature's budget committee approved three legal settlements Wednesday under Wisconsin's new lame-duck laws.

Tagged with: 2012 Construction Law Josh Kaul lame-duck University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh UW-Oshkosh

Republican lawmakers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss settling three lawsuits after the defendants in those cases agreed to make the terms of the deals public.

Tagged with: Alberta Darling John Nygren Joint Finance Committee Josh Kaul lame-duck University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh UW-Oshkosh

Wisconsin Democrats trying to undo laws that Republicans passed just before Gov. Scott Walker left office suffered another setback in court when a judge threw out their federal lawsuit.

Tagged with: Gov. Scott Walker Gov. Tony Evers Josh Kaul lame-duck

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says hundreds of millions of dollars could be at stake in lawsuit settlements that can't be approved without the state Legislature's assent.

Tagged with: Josh Kaul lame-duck

Gov. Tony Evers said on Thursday he doesn't fault Republicans for not wanting to sign confidentiality agreements as requested by Attorney General Josh Kaul, but said both sides need to find a way to move ahead on settling lawsuits with millions of dollars at stake.

Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Joint Finance Committee Josh Kaul

Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers sued the Democratic attorney general Thursday, arguing that he’s not complying with laws passed during a lame-duck legislative session in December that limited his and the incoming governor’s powers shortly before they took office.

Tagged with: Josh Kaul lame-duck state Legislature

Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court on Friday upheld lame-duck laws limiting the powers of Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, handing Republican lawmakers a resounding victory.

Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Josh Kaul lame-duck

The Wisconsin attorney general says he most likely would defend in court the state law that effectively stripped public employees of collectively bargaining rights.

Tagged with: Act 10 collective bargaining International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 Josh Kaul

The Wisconsin Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging restrictions Republican lawmakers placed on Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers during a lame-duck legislative session last year.

Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Josh Kaul lame-duck Misha Tseytlin Richard Niess