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 …
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UW Law’s State Democracy Research Initiative Newsletter Showcases Resdistricting & State Constitutional Law Expertise, State Supreme Courts Research
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. …
Hein Completes Indexing of WI Sessions Laws from Inception (1836-2019)
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. …
Researching Local Law – Municipal & County Legislation, Tracking, & Legislative History
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 …
WisconsinEye Subscription Now Required for On-Demand Legislative & Supreme Court Video Archive
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 …
UW Madison Libraries Features Law Library’s Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project
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 …
UW Law Library Receives IMLS Grant to Improve Access to Tribal Laws
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 …
US Sup Ct Holds that Annotations in Official State Code Ineligible for Copyright Protection
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 …
Supreme Court hears Oral Argument re Copyright Status of Official State Code
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 …
WisconsinEye Adds Online Transcription Tool – Cool but Not “Official Transcripts” Level Cool
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 …