MILWAUKEE -- City officials say they are bringing the first lawsuit of its kind in Milwaukee. They are using the "bawdy house" ordinance as their primary evidence for taking a pair of south side ...

The city of Milwaukee is using an old law to fight an even older problem. The city has filed a nuisance complaint in circuit court using a so-called "bawdy house" law to target prostitution.

What happens when two laws that are both intended to protect people come into conflict with one another? Two such laws -- one, protecting young people who have made a mistake; the other, protecting ...

Last year, as incantations of "Black Lives Matter" and "I can't breathe" and "no justice, no peace" reached an apex, ideas of revolution were churning in Kathryn Sabir-Beach's mind. She — "a sexually ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The General Assembly passed measures this session repealing restrictions on sex before marriage, swearing in public and being a “habitual drunkard,” but Del. Mark Levine, ...

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