May 14 Wisconsin judge says no legal basis to charge her with helping man evade immigration agents By Todd Richmond, Associated Press A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing that there's no legal basis for… Continue reading
May 14 20 states sue Trump administration over conditions placed on federal transportation and disaster-relief funds By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Democratic attorneys general say the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. Continue reading
May 08 Father of teenager who shot and killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school faces felony charges By Scott Bauer, Todd Richmond, Associated Press Wisconsin prosecutors on Thursday charged the father of a teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting last year with allowing her access to the semiautomatic pistols she used in the attack. Continue reading
Apr 30 Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities By Todd Richmond, Associated Press The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning at the county courthouse. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 6:54 Judge charged with obstructing immigration agents, escalating Trump’s fight with judiciary By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ali Schmitz The Trump administration escalated its battle with the judiciary and local authorities over the president's deportation agenda. FBI agents arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstructing immigration agents as they attempted to arrest an undocumented migrant at… Continue watching
Apr 25 Who is Hannah Dugan, Milwaukee judge who was arrested? By Mead Gruver, Associated Press A judge in Milwaukee is accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, a case that has immediately become a high-profile confrontation between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican administration's immigration policies. Continue reading
Apr 25 Read the full criminal complaint against a Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities By Alanna Durkin Richer, Devi Shastri, Corey Williams, Associated Press Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of escorting the man and his lawyer out of her courtroom through the jury door last week after learning that immigration authorities were seeking his arrest. The man was taken into… Continue reading
Apr 18 Wisconsin high court rules governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using veto By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The split ruling from the liberal-controlled court on Friday affirms the partial veto power of Wisconsin governors. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 7:59 GOP Sen. Johnson says Wisconsin bracing to see ‘how painful’ tariff fallout will be By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams Financial markets sank in the wake of President Trump's decision to impose tariffs on practically all goods being imported to the U.S. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is a member of the Senate budget and finance committees. His state of Wisconsin… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 8:33 What election results in Wisconsin and Florida tell us about voter sentiment By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens A trio of off-cycle election results show the president and his party losing political ground, even as they won two of the three races. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has a look at the message sent by voters in Wisconsin and… Continue watching