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WI Tax Index & Appeals Commission Decisions Available on Wisconsin.gov

Posted on May 5, 2022

I recently discovered that Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission Rulings and Orders are now available in full text on Wisconsin.gov.  The Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) is an independent state agency that was created by the Wisconsin …

Posted in Courts, Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

UW Law’s State Democracy Research Initiative Newsletter Showcases Resdistricting & State Constitutional Law Expertise, State Supreme Courts Research

Posted on December 13, 2021

Interested in UW Law School’s new State Democracy Research Initiative?  Sign up for their free newsletter for news on the latest research, happenings, and events.  Issues will be published at the end of each semester.  …

Posted in Courts, Legislation & Regs

Hein Completes Indexing of WI Sessions Laws from Inception (1836-2019)

Posted on September 29, 2021

As a legal historian, I’m a big fan of Hein’s Session Law Library which contains the session laws of all 50 U.S. states as well as Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and the D.C. …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Researching Local Law – Municipal & County Legislation, Tracking, & Legislative History

Posted on July 30, 2021

When researching a legal issue, local laws are an often overlooked resource.  Municipal and county governments pass ordinances on a variety of topics, including administrative procedures, standards of conduct, and zoning.  Although many of these …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

WisconsinEye Subscription Now Required for On-Demand Legislative & Supreme Court Video Archive

Posted on February 16, 2021

According to an email sent to registered users, WisconsinEye is implementing subscription-based access for all users of on-demand content effective February 22nd.  Although legislative and Supreme Court content will still be available live and for …

Posted in Courts, Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

UW Madison Libraries Features Law Library’s Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project

Posted on September 10, 2020

The UW Law Library recently received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant to improve access to tribal laws.  A recent news article from the UW Madison Libraries …

Posted in Legislation & Regs, Libraries & Librarians

UW Law Library Receives IMLS Grant to Improve Access to Tribal Laws

Posted on July 27, 2020

Last week, the Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced that the University of Wisconsin Law Library was awarded a three year National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant in the amount of $239,087 to …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

US Sup Ct Holds that Annotations in Official State Code Ineligible for Copyright Protection

Posted on April 29, 2020

Earlier this week, in a 5 to 4 decision, the US Supreme Court held that the annotations in an official state code are ineligible for copyright protection. In Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc., the Court affirmed …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Supreme Court hears Oral Argument re Copyright Status of Official State Code

Posted on December 5, 2019

On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Georgia v. Public.Resource.org regarding the copyright status of the state’s official legal code including annotations written by LexisNexis. From SCOTUSblog The problem is that the …

Posted in Intellectual Property, Legislation & Regs

WisconsinEye Adds Online Transcription Tool – Cool but Not “Official Transcripts” Level Cool

Posted on November 8, 2019

I noticed today in WisconsinEye’s Morning Minute email that they have introduced a transcription tool for their archived programming. According to WisconsinEye, “the online transcription tool allows users to read and follow a transcript while …

Posted in Legislation & Regs, Tools
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