Issue: July/August 2021 In this issue: Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds DNR’s Broad Statutes Provide “Explicit” Authority to Take Challenged Actions; Dissent Decries “Calamitous Decision” Supreme Court Signals that Government Agencies Should Be Very Wary of Denying Exceptions to Regulatory, Licensing and Contracting Requirements that Burden the Free Exercise of Religion PSC Dismisses Complaint Challenging Extraterritorial Sewer Service “License Fee” Read More
Issue: May/June 2021 In this issue: COVID Local Fiscal Recovery Funds May Impact Levy Limits Legal Nonconforming Use Survives if Use Continues in Any Way, Even if Owner Promised to End the Use Public Service Commission Launches Road Map to Zero Carbon Investigation Boardman Clark Welcomes Storm Larson Read More
Issue: March/April 2021 In this issue: Local Governments Need to Plan for COVID Relief Funds Under the American Rescue Plan Act Court of Appeals Upholds Rezoning as Consistent With Comprehensive Plan Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms Subdivision Authority as Separate and Distinct From Zoning Authority, Even Within Areas Subject to Shoreland Zoning Is the United States Supreme Court Signaling a Change in Its Treatment of Qualified Immunity? Read More
July/August 2019 In this issue: ABCs on CBD Wedding Barn Alcohol Licensing Update: Evers Administration Not Requiring Wedding Barns to Hold Alcohol Licenses Wisconsin Legislature Considers Senate Bill 105 to Exempt Municipalities From Fair Dealership Law Metadata is a Public Record: What Does This Mean for Municipalities?
May/June 2019 In this issue: Supreme Court Allows Town to Proceed with Broad Challenge to Annexation Ordinance A Comparison of the First Three Approved Financial Assistance Programs for Private Lead Service Line Replacements Municipalities Lose the Right to Raise the Notice of Claim Statute as a Defense if Not Plead as an Affirmative Defense
March/April 2019 In this issue: What Constitutes a Quasi-governmental Corporation Subject to Wisconsin Public Records Law? Each Concert at a Public Park was a Separate Event for Purposes of Providing Notice of a Private Nuisance Claim Against a City The FCC's Small Cell Order: The Down and Dirty
January/February 2019 In this issue: New Supreme Court Case Expands the Known Danger Exception to Governmental Immunity Do Wedding Barns Need Alcohol Licenses? Conflicting Analyses at Issue in Lawsuit Towns Are Not Obligated to Construct Roads to Standards Set Out in Wis. Stat. §82.50
November 2018 In this issue: City of Madison Finalizes 100% Renewable Plan City Railroad Ordinance Preempted by Federal Law ADEA Applies to Local Governments Regardless of Their Size
September/October 2018 In this issue: Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms There is No Compensable Property Right to Visibility in Billboard Case Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of Municipal Smart Meter Program Public Service Commission Approves First Financial Assistance Program for Private Lead Service Line Replacements
July/August 2018 In this issue: The End of Deference to Agency Interpretations of Law in Wisconsin Court of Appeals Rules for City in Town’s Challenge to Annexation Ordinance U.S. Supreme Court Decision Impacts Public Safety Union’s Dues Deductions Wisconsin Supreme Court Extends Building Permit Rule to Land Court of Appeals Clears the Way for Badger Coulee Project
May/June 2018 In this issue: New Laws Modify Requirements for Publishing Legal Notices PSCW Sets New Focus on Energy Funding Parameters Discovery Law Changes: What You Need To Know OEI Launches Energy Innovation Grant Program