Richard "Dick" Sweet, a widely respected attorney with the Wisconsin Legislative Council for 36 years, died in April from melanoma.

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RICHARD "DICK" SWEET, A WIDELY RESPECTED ATTORNEY WITH THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for 36 years, died in April from melanoma. He was 65. During his years with the council he specialized in health law, veterans' issues and administrative rules and was assistant director of the administrative rules clearinghouse. Sweet served on NCSL's Legal Services Staff Section, made significant contributions in updating NCSL's separation of powers website and worked on the Health IT steering committee. He received NCSL's...