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New Research Tracks the Declining Use of Milwaukee’s Municipal Court

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By John Johnson
| Marquette University Law School Verified
Over the past 20 years, the number of cases processed by Milwaukee’s Municipal Court fell dramatically. In the late 2000s, the court’s annual caseload fluctuated between 130,000 and 160,000, but during the past three years, the annual number of cases has remained well below 40,000. Cases fell by 72% for adults and 94% for children between 2006 and 2025.
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New Milwaukee data shows steep drop in policing quality-of-life offenses

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By Mike Gousha, John Johnson
| Yahoo Verified
In 2006, Milwaukee Police wrote 91 tickets for spitting in public. It may have been a minor offense with few obvious victims. But the enforcement of a little-known city ordinance was emblematic of a crime prevention strategy that changed policing in America and Milwaukee. At least for a while. It was known as "broken windows." The idea was that aggressive enforcement of quality-of-life offenses would create and maintain a sense of order and stability in neighborhoods.
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How Democrats Swept Wisconsin Up and Down the Ballot

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By John Johnson
| Marquette University Law School Verified
Yesterday, Democrats ran the table in Wisconsin. They won every statewide race–Governor (+8), Attorney General (+9), Secretary of State (+5), and Treasurer (+4). They flipped both competitive Congressional seats. Rebecca Cooke took down incumbent Derrick Van Orden by a 7-point margin. Mitchell Berman defeated Bryan Steil by 4 points. I was especially interested in the state legislative races where, for the first time in 16 years, control of both chambers was truly up for grabs.
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