Court Watch

• No Unemployment Benefits For Worker Making Homophobic Remarks

  May 17th, 2022 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Abortion Protester

  Mar 13th, 2022 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• 80% of State’s Judicial Races Uncontested

  Feb 20th, 2022 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• Drug Searches Target Cocaine, Pot, Heroin

  Feb 8th, 2022 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• 75% of Home Drug Searches Target Blacks

  Feb 6th, 2022 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• Most Home Drug Searches By Police Use No-Knock Warrants

  Feb 3rd, 2022 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• Bill Could Terminate Prisoners’ Parental Rights

  Dec 19th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• High Court Considers Juvenile Shackling

  Dec 16th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• What Covid Did To The Courts

  Nov 14th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• County Courts Short of Staff

  Nov 1st, 2021 by Margo Kirchner and Gretchen Schuldt

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

• Judges Ask High Court to Limit Judicial Shackling

  Sep 20th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt

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

• Court Upholds Milwaukee Cop’s Firing

  Sep 6th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt

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