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Joe Kelly

Joe Kelly

Joe Kelly is a writer and reporter based in Milwaukee. He has covered Wisconsin's courts, government, elections and other areas of state and local intrigue for Courthouse News since 2018. Born in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in Milwaukee, Kelly graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 2013, then went on to earn an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans in 2018. He previously interned for UWM's literary journal, Cream City Review, and freelanced for Urban Milwaukee and Gambit, a New Orleans alternative weekly.

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Latest Articles by Joe Kelly

Wisconsin Supreme Court justices reconsider ban on ballot drop boxes

The court's conservative majority banned drop boxes two years ago. Its new liberal majority seems open to reversing that decision.

Wisconsin judge denies bid by voters to toss absentee ballot witness requirement

Nothing in state law, federal law or U.S. Supreme Court precedent bars states from requiring a witness to certify absentee ballots, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

Kenosha trafficking victim pleads guilty to reckless murder of her trafficker

Chrystul Kizer was set to go to trial in June before Thursday's plea deal was unexpectedly announced.

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