Posted: 9:04 AM The president of the state Senate is trying to gather support for a bill that would require the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take any lawsuit challenging state statutes directly and decide the matter within 150 days.

Posted: 2:23 PM State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has stepped out of a fading disciplinary case against fellow Justice David Prosser.

Updated: 12:22 PM Gov. Scott Walker says his executive budget will include about $11 million to for two domestic abuse shelters.

Posted: 9:12 AM Gov. Scott Walker is scheduled to speak about his state budget before a meeting of more than 1,000 business leaders across Wisconsin.

Updated: 9:28 PM The American public will get rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The speech will contain a heavy dose on the economy and play out against a visual backdrop dominated by the nation's current debate over guns.

Posted: 12:41 PM Gov. Scott Walker plans to announce on Wednesday his much-anticipated decision on whether Wisconsin will expand its Medicaid services as allowed under the federal health care overhaul law.

Updated: 5:21 PM The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment designed to prevent lawmakers from raiding money from the state transportation fund to pay for other items.

Updated: 8:43 PM The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker's administration alleging a police crackdown down on protesters in the state Capitol is unconstitutional.

Updated: 2:16 PM Two Republican legislators are trying to drum up support for bills that would toughen Wisconsin's drunken driving laws.

Posted: 8:49 AM Candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court and state superintendent of schools are required to file their latest campaign spending reports showing activity through Feb. 4.

Posted: 1:42 PM Gov. Scott Walker says his executive budget will implement a number of deer hunting changes, including new mini-hunts, money for mapping technology and new funding for chronic wasting disease surveillance.

Updated: 10:59 AM For more than one hundred years, Senate pages have served the United States Congress. Calvin Cottrell, a junior at D.C. Everest, recently had the opportunity to fill that role in Washington, D.C.

Posted: 6:13 PM Gov. Scott Walker is declining to weigh in on whether gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts of America.

Posted: 12:29 PM Environmentalists are re-cycling a television ad imploring the state Senate to kill a bill that would overhaul Wisconsin's mining regulations.

Posted: 9:38 AM All three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court are scheduled to appear at a public forum together for the first time.

Posted: 9:49 AM Wisconsin taxpayers are on the hook for a $60,000 legal bill in a state open records dispute.

Posted: 9:21 AM Former Republican top aide Karl Rove is expected to discuss last year's elections during an upcoming speech at Ripon College.

Posted: 9:22 AM A new report blames Wisconsin's aging population and lack of business start-ups for job growth that has lagged behind other states since the mid-1990s.

Updated: 6:36 PM A Stevens Point company may be forced to leave the state after the WI Department of Administration's decision to hire a Minnesota company to track student information.

Updated: 10:45 PM Republican backers of a bill to make it easier to open a new iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin say changes to their proposal will better protect the environment by taking into account concerns raised by Democrats and others.

Posted: 1:48 PM The board that oversees Wisconsin's pension funds has rejected a request from the head of Gov. Scott Walker's semi-private economic development agency to invest $200 million to help startup businesses.

Posted: 12:36 PM Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Vince Megna is calling on two others in the race to turn down any donations that come from outside the state.

Updated: 9:19 PM Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson calls the Wisconsin Department of Administration's decision to give a Minnesota company a $15 million education services contract over a Wisconsin company tremendously shortsighted.

Posted: 12:46 PM Gov. Scott Walker has transferred $40,000 of campaign donations into his legal defense fund, bringing the total deposited into the account to $200,000.

Posted: 2:05 PM Candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and state superintendent are reporting little fundraising activity so far heading into the April 2 election.