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Court Watch: No Unemployment Benefits For Worker Making Homophobic Remarks
Court Watch

No Unemployment Benefits For Worker Making Homophobic Remarks

Appeals court rules Meijer store employee fired for cause for derogatory remarks.

Court Watch: Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Abortion Protester
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Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Abortion Protester

Protester's threats against clinic employee constituted harassment, court rules.

Court Watch: 80% of State’s Judicial Races Uncontested
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80% of State’s Judicial Races Uncontested

39 of 49 judges in state’s circuit and appellate courts face no opposition.

Court Watch: Drug Searches Target Cocaine, Pot, Heroin
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Drug Searches Target Cocaine, Pot, Heroin

Police found drugs in 67% of home drug searches in county in 2019, report finds. Final story in series.

Court Watch: 75% of Home Drug Searches Target Blacks
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75% of Home Drug Searches Target Blacks

90% of Milwaukee County searches in 2019 were in the city. Second in a series.

Court Watch: Most Home Drug Searches By Police Use No-Knock Warrants
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Most Home Drug Searches By Police Use No-Knock Warrants

77% of all searches by MPD in 2019, report finds. First in a series.

Bill Could Terminate Prisoners’ Parental Rights

Bill Could Terminate Prisoners’ Parental Rights

Courts could take away parental rights of anyone sentenced to at least four years in prison.

Court Watch: High Court Considers Juvenile Shackling
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High Court Considers Juvenile Shackling

Judges call for banning shackling in courts. State Supreme Court seeks public comments on issue.

Court Watch: What Covid Did To The Courts
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What Covid Did To The Courts

Huge backlog of cases could take years to clear. Big numbers in Milwaukee and biggest counties.

Court Watch: County Courts Short of Staff
Court Watch

County Courts Short of Staff

Not enough deputy court clerks, court reporters, interpreters and defense lawyers for indigent, chief judge says.

Court Watch: Judges Ask High Court to Limit Judicial Shackling
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Judges Ask High Court to Limit Judicial Shackling

'Every weekday, children ages 10 to 17 are brought into juvenile courtrooms in shackles.'

Court Watch: Court Upholds Milwaukee Cop’s Firing
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Court Upholds Milwaukee Cop’s Firing

Erik A. Andrade was fired for racist and demeaning social media posts.