Eligibility standards updated for first time in 20 years Senator Spencer Coggs hailed the signing of his bill, Senate Bill (SB) 263, which was signed into law earlier this week by Governor Jim Doyle. Now known as 2009 Wisconsin Act 164, the new law will allow more defendants to qualify for Public Defender representation at [...]

The Milwaukee Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union recently announced that Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) will keynote its upcoming annual meeting with her perspective on the status of civil liberties in America, the extent to which Congress has/has not defended our liberties, and what Congress is doing now to protect them. She may also [...]