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Legal Aid Lawyers: Dump Eviction Court Records After 1 Year
Landlord could use court records to refuse renters, and legal aid lawyers want records dumped after each year.

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Landlord could use court records to refuse renters, and legal aid lawyers want records dumped after each year.

A shortage of workers and transportation costs have cut quality of food in Milwaukee schools, school officials said.
Refusing to leave an unlawful assembly was already prohibited by state law, the Wisconsin governor said.
Wisconsin's manure runoff is driving large-scale farms to monitor groundwater quality as the state runs out of space for droppings.
The Assembly Speaker's failure to turn up election review records was a "disregard for the Court's order," a judge said.
“We want to have a voice in our workplace to enact sensible policies,” a store employee said.
Disabled voters were disheartened and worried about being able to vote without breaking the law, a disability rights advocate said.
Culture war targets like masks and age-appropriate books distracted from important school board policy decisions, one parent said.
Ron Johnson's name is on the April 5 ballot, giving him a stake in the drop box brief, one dissenting judge said.
Wages are going up faster than the overall cost of business, the chief state economist said.
One child care center owner said she wouldn't be surprised if she had to close again over COVID-19 spread despite warmer weather.
The board rejected management's appeal to block a union forming at Colectivo outlets in Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago.
The legislative maps will go back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court after being rejected by the higher court.
Girls of color going to Kenosha schools don't feel safe after an off-duty cop working security kneeled on a girl's neck, a therapist said.
Voters can return absentee ballots at their clerk's office, at their local polling station or in the mail. The spring election is April 5.
People should continue to get tested if they experience COVID-19 symptoms, as health officials watch for a surge, officials said.
Litigation over the WI Supreme Court decision to accept Gov. Tony Evers' redistricting maps caused implementing maps to miss the time limit.
Phones taken from a shooting victim's car could play a role as "critical evidence" for his family's case, a lawyer said.
Decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips was progress to curb the rate of overdose deaths, a Milwaukee County administrator said.
Wisconsin's Assembly leader claimed there was "widespread voter fraud" after clashing with a man who wanted to decertify the 2020 election.