State Supreme Court hears dispute over DOJ’s handling of settlement money under lame-duck law

This image shows the entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chamber in the state capitol building.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers. Photo by David Wise, State Affairs Pro-Wisconsin, WisPolitics.

Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley challenged a Department of Justice attorney’s argument that the department is sticking to a 2018 lame-duck law by putting settlement money into agency appropriations rather than handing it over to lawmakers to dictate how it’s used. Assistant Attorney General Hannah Jurss during oral arguments yesterday said the Legislature still has to give the DOJ permission ...

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