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Its headquarters are in Madison, the state capital, with main offices in the Risser Justice Center in downtown Madison. The Attorney General of Wisconsin oversees the agency. The attorney general is Josh Kaul, who was elected to his first four-year term in November, 2018, and assumed the office on January 7, 2019. [1]
The attorney general is the chief law officer of the state of Wisconsin, and amongst other duties has charge and conduct for the state of all suits instituted for and against the government thereof, certifies all bonds issued by the state, protects the School Trust Funds managed by the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, and provides written opinions on questions of law to either ...
Since 1989, most of the secretary of state's duties have gradually been reassigned to other state agencies or outright eliminated. 1989 Wisconsin Act 338 transferred lobbying regulation to the Ethics Board, now known as the Ethics Commission. [25] 1991 Wisconsin Act 39 transferred publication of the session laws to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
It establishes the structure and function of state government, describes the state boundaries, and declares the rights of state citizens. The Wisconsin Constitution was written at a constitutional convention held in Madison, Wisconsin, in December 1847 and approved by the citizens of Wisconsin Territory in a referendum held in March 1848 ...
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Department of Justice is receiving $7 million in a federal grant for opioid and substance abuse treatment. The funds will go toward the Wisconsin Deflection ...
WAUSAU – The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation will be serving as lead investigator on the Sept. 22 removal of the absentee ballot drop box by Wausau Mayor ...
In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government.Each U.S. state's government holds legislative, executive, and judicial authority over [1] a defined geographic territory.
John McCray Jones, a policy analyst with the Wisconsin ACLU, said at a November news conference that Wisconsin needs to work to reduce the number of people it incarcerates but the legislation was ...