Updated: 05/23/2013 - Governor Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year. But the Wisconsin Republican's actions suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize -- the presidency in 2016.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - The Legislature's budget committee is poised to decide whether to create a solicitor general's office within the state Justice Department.

Posted: 05/22/2013 - Unemployment rates improved in nearly all 72 Wisconsin counties last month.

Posted: 05/22/2013 - Public safety workers could collectively bargain over their health insurance premiums but not other costs of their plan under action taken by the Legislature's budget committee.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - It would be harder to recall a local Wisconsin elected official from office under a proposal up for a hearing before a legislative committee.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - A wide-reaching change that would allow the state to sell off properties ranging from prisons and power plants to University of Wisconsin dormitories and state highways is up for approval before the Legislature's budget committee.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - A new report says the sand mining and natural gas industries have given Wisconsin candidates nearly $758,000 since 2007, with contributions spiking last year as sand mining took off in the state.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - A proposed work requirement for food stamps recipients in Wisconsin is projected to knock half of the people off the program.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Democrats say a move to standardize erosion control rules for commercial construction sites is simply another Republican effort to take away local authorities' power.