Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank is leaving the Obama administration to serve as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A candidate for state superintendent of schools says he is not blacklisting five reporters in Wisconsin, despite a memo from a former staffer that said he would not grant interviews with those on the list.

An affidavit filed in federal court says documents were deleted from state redistricting computers last year even after lawmakers' aides were told to preserve all records.

Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a measure that removes the secretary of state's power to publish bills.

A Wisconsin appeals court has refused to put on hold a judge's decision repealing major parts of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

Four public hearings by the Legislature's budget committee are in the works to give people a chance to comment on Gov. Scott Walker's two-year state spending proposal.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he plans to seek re-election in 2016.

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior's leader says the tribe plans to immediately begin raising money for a possible lawsuit challenging Republicans' polarizing mining changes.

Wisconsin's senators are invading Minnesota.

The state Assembly is preparing for what's shaping up to be the last legislative debate on Republicans' polarizing mining legislation.

Gov. Scott Walker says he challenged his fellow governors to join him for a motorcycle ride when the National Governors Association meets in Milwaukee this summer.

House and Senate Democrats want to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than a dollar higher than President Barack Obama proposed in his State of the Union address.

Wisconsin's Democratic Party spokesman has been removed from his position after comparing Republican Gov. Scott Walker with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Assembly Republicans are preparing for what promises to be the last, brutal debate on their divisive mining bill this week.

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a supporter of gun control for a decade in the House, has shied away from talk of a proposed ban on assault weapons, disappointing some gun control advocates.

State Senator Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon) announced today that his legislative website will now include pages translated into Hmong to assist in providing access for Hmong speaking people in the 29th Senate District.

Even with massive federal spending cuts impending, Wisconsin officials say they need to know more before deciding how to deal with it.

The Republican president of the state Senate is proposing an alternative plan to Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would allow public school spending to increase $150 more per student in each of the next two years.

A secret investigation into Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's former aides and associates has closed without any charges being filed against Walker.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he enjoys being mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 because that means he's doing a good job as governor.

The federal sequester is less than 24 hours away and with no deal between Republicans and Democrats in sight, across the board spending cuts will take affect as early as Friday. This news has many organizations in our community bracing for cuts.

Gov. Scott Walker says he will support legislation requiring that private voucher schools be included in the same accountability system that applied to public schools, including annual report cards rating performance.

The state Assembly has approved a bill that would set out $15 million for job training grants over the next two years.

Anti-smoking advocates say a $50-a-month health insurance surcharge for state workers who smoke is the wrong approach to getting smokers to quit.

Republican lawmakers are proposing a pair of sales tax holidays in Wisconsin in August and November.