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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.
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Read More »Cases worth millions in limbo due to lame-duck law
Nearly a dozen lawsuits that could net the state millions of dollars are in limbo thanks to a dispute between Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul and Republicans who passed a lame-duck law giving them final say over settlements.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans sue Democratic attorney general
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.
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Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds GOP’s lame-duck laws
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.
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Read More »Wisconsin justices to hand down lame-duck ruling
The state Supreme Court is ready to hand down a ruling in a lawsuit challenging Republican’s lame-duck laws limiting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ and Attorney General Josh Kaul’s powers.
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Read More »Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments (UPDATE)
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.
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Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court to take lame-duck lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to consider a legal challenge to Republican-backed laws passed in a lame-duck session last year that limited the powers of the state’s newly elected governor and attorney general.
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Read More »Groups ask state Supreme Court to take lame-duck case
Liberal groups are asking the state Supreme Court to decide whether Wisconsin Republicans legally convened a lame-duck session last year to weaken Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul.
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Read More »GOP asks court to let lame-duck appointees return to work
Republican legislators want a state appeals court to force Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to let 15 GOP appointees return to work.
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Read More »Walker appointee tries to return to work after court stay
One of former Gov. Scott Walker's appointees is trying to go back to work after a state appellate court stayed a ruling invalidating her appointment and dozens of others.
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