All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2014 // Wisconsin attorney general hopeful Susan Happ isn’t convinced criminalizing first-time drunken driving offenses would be the right move. Happ told a WisPolitics.com luncheon that first-time drunken drivers already...
May 6 2014 // New Berlin, Wis.-based risk management, insurance and business advisory firm, HNI, reported a number of personnel changes. Teresa Bundy, Pat Madden and Brittany Swinton have been hired as account managers, and Dominique...
May 1 2014 // Loggers spurred by the high price of walnut wood have been illegally cutting down trees on private property in southern Wisconsin, a sheriff said.Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden told Wisconsin State Journal this week...
Apr 25 2014 // After a 63 percent growth spurt over the past two years, Milwaukee, Wis.-based HNI, a non-traditional risk management firm, announced it is launching a sales and advisory development program to recruit and rapidly onboard...
Apr 23 2014 // Wisconsin-based M3 Insurance announced the expansion of its management team.Inge Lindeque joins M3 as director of sales – employee benefits, and Brian Meyer is the new director of risk management – employee...
Apr 17 2014 // A Wisconsin trucker who’s been driving for 35 years won a customized truck in Great American Insurance Group’s annual Big Rig Giveaway.Roger Lemírande was missing from the crowd at booth 69172 on Saturday,...
Apr 9 2014 // Wisconsin’s self-proclaimed lemon law king filed a lawsuit against direct-order car maker Tesla Motors, accusing the company of selling a defective electric sedan to a Franklin doctor.Tesla is currently fighting new...
Apr 3 2014 // Farmers wouldn’t be financially liable for the death of someone participating in an agricultural tourism activity under a bill that has cleared the Wisconsin Senate.Agricultural tourism is growing in popularity as...
Apr 2 2014 // Chemotherapy pills that cancer patients can take at home would be more affordable under a bill that the Wisconsin Senate passed on April 1 – the last planned meeting day of its two-year session.The oral chemotherapy...
Mar 31 2014 // Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed into law a bill that critics say would delay and deny justice to those who seek damages in court after falling ill from exposure to asbestos.The asbestos bill, which was introduced last...
Mar 28 2014 // Six companies, the city of Appleton and a sewerage commission have offered to pay a total of $56 million to help with the massive cleanup of contaminants in the Fox River in northeastern Wisconsin. If a federal judge...
Mar 24 2014 // A recently released BMO Harris Bank study found that the majority of business owners/executives in Wisconsin plan on investing in their business in 2014. Upgrading or purchasing new equipment, along with adding to their...
Mar 20 2014 // Veterans opposed to a bill affecting asbestos-exposure lawsuits in Wisconsin urged Gov. Scott Walker on March 17 to stop the measure, arguing that it would deny justice to asbestos victims.The heavily lobbied proposal...
Mar 14 2014 // A recently released BMO Harris Bank study found that the majority of business owners/executives in Wisconsin plan on investing in their business in 2014. Upgrading or purchasing new equipment, along with adding to their...
Mar 14 2014 // A bill that Democratic opponents say would slow asbestos-exposure lawsuits has cleared the Wisconsin state Senate.The measure passed would require plaintiffs to reveal how many businesses their attorneys plan to go after....
Mar 13 2014 // Parents of teen drivers who get into accidents would only be liable for up to $300,000 in claims under a bill that has passed the Wisconsin Senate.The Senate voted 17-16 to pass the bill on March 12, after Democrats used a...
Mar 3 2014 // If the vehicle you just bought turns out to be a lemon, you’ll have less time in Wisconsin to seek damages from the manufacturer and you won’t get as much money.The restrictions that went into effect on March 1...
Feb 28 2014 // Eight former bar owners in Racine, Wis., filed a lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of racially discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close.The federal lawsuit filed against Mayor...
Feb 24 2014 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against State Farm Insurance Co. in a case in which a policyholder who was in an accident in 2010 tried to apply uninsured motorist coverage from another vehicle they owned to collect more...
Feb 20 2014 // Farmers wouldn’t be financially liable for the death of someone participating in an agricultural tourism activity under a bill up for a vote in the Wisconsin state Assembly. Agricultural tourism is growing in...