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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blocked because of a ruling in a separate case.

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A second Wisconsin judge on Tuesday blocked parts of laws that Republicans passed in a lame-duck session limiting Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers, handing Democrats another legal victory in their battle against the legislation in less than a week.

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A judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats.

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