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
Issue: January/February 2021 In this issue: Divided Court Agrees With Kenosha: Property Not Actually Used for Ag Purposes May Be Assessed as Residential Municipal Prosecution Cost Saving Tips Governor’s Climate Change Task Force Sees Prominent Role for Local Government Read More
Issue: November/December 2020 In this issue: Can Employers Require Employees to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine? Possibly, but Legal and Policy Questions Remain. Village of Plover Wins Tax Case; Dark Store Argument Fails City Cannot Appeal Reduction in Assessed Value by Board of Review Municipalities Must Give New Unemployment Insurance Notice to Employees Read More
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
March/April 2018 In this issue: Seventh Circuit Rules against City in Zoning-Related Disability Discrimination Case PSCW Considers Making Energy Innovation Grant Funds Available to Local Government Update on Options for Providing Financial Assistance for Private Lead Service Line Replacement
January/February 2018 In this issue: Legislature Approves Options for Providing Financial Assistance for Private Lead Service Line Replacements Court of Appeals Addresses the Disciplinary Process for Police and Fire Commissions New Law Exempts Religious Organizations from Paying Property Taxes when a Church Burns Down