MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that new data on drug evidence submitted to the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories (WSCLB) since 2008 is available for the public’s review. View the interactive data dashboards. “This data can be a resource for those who are working to address substance abuse in Wisconsin,” said Attorney General Kaul. The WSCLB worked with the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Information and Analysis (BJIA) to publish interactive dashboards on the drugs identified by the Controlled Substances Unit. The Controlled Substance Unit at the WSCLB analyzes evidence for the presence (or

Contact: Andrea Gage-Michaels 920-432-4645 (work) 920-212-5269 (cell) alg@legalaction.org New All Rise for Civil Justice Website Features Legal Action’s Own Green Bay Managing Attorney Milwaukee– Legal Action of Wisconsin (LAW) is pleased to announce that All Rise for Civil Justice—a national website that tells the story of America’s broken civil justice system, the people it hurts, and those advocates who are working to make it better—recently launched with a feature story on our own Andrea Gage-Michaels, the managing attorney of LAW’s Green Bay office. In addition to her managing duties, Attorney Gage-Michaels is a practitioner with the Elder Rights Project (ERP), a joint collaboration between LAW

Contact: Charles Nichols (608) 257-4765 Neubauer Failed to Recuse Herself from Cases Involving the Financial Interests of Clients   [Madison, WI] – Yesterday, it was revealed that Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer failed to recuse herself more than 100 times from cases involving the financial interests of her and her husband’s business clients. This new information creates significant concerns over Judge Neubauer’s ethical standards and raises even more questions about her decision to hide these same business clients from her state ethics filings. In nearly 80% of these cases, Judge Neubauer ruled in favor of her family’s clients. This new information

Contact: Jordan Dunn Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) yesterday introduced companion legislation that would limit the size of the Supreme Court of the United States to nine justices. The House legislation was co-sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), while the Senate version was co-sponsored by Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Todd Young (R-IN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). “Few schemes are as dangerous to the rule of law as court packing,” said Rep.

 Contact: Neil Albrecht March 26, 2019                                                                                                    (414) 286-3491 Residents have opportunity to vote early until Saturday, March 30 MILWAUKEE— With one full week of early voting still to occur, Milwaukee’s early voting numbers have already surpassed numbers from previous Spring Elections. As of Sunday, March 24, over 1,500 people had early voted in the City of Milwaukee, exceeding Spring Election numbers from last year and a comparable election in 2015.  In 2015, 882 people voted early in Milwaukee.  In 2018, just under 1,500 people early voted. “Greater access to voting equals increased voter participation, which is great for democracy,” said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett,