Wisconsin News

A day after the parade, police returned the flag and the man's protest - over a liquor license - continued.

Tuition will rise 5.5 percent on most University of Wisconsin System campuses but low-income students will be shielded from the impact.

MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday tossed out a $200,000 award to a father who watched one of his twin sons die during birth in 1998.

MADISON - Wisconsin offered $195 million in state and local incentives to lure General Motors Corp.'s new small car plant to Janesville, officials who worked on the failed bid said Tuesday.

A Minneapolis biotech startup company says it's moving to Wisconsin. VitalMedix is negotiating leases in Hudson or New Richmond and expects to move within 90 days.

Thanks to the new state budget, same sex couples in Wisconsin will be able to apply for certain benefits married couples have been receiving for years.

Tuition will rise 5.5 percent on most University of Wisconsin System campuses, but low-income students should be shielded from the impact under a budget approved Thursday.

Eric Dunning, chief of the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Department, recently graduated from the 10-week FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.

A state bill up for a hearing Thursday would require Wisconsin public schools to teach the history of organized labor and the collective bargaining process in the U.S. Labor unions support the requirement.

MADISON - Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a law renewing the Green Tier Program designed to streamline state regulation of environmentally responsible businesses.

A northern Wisconsin district attorney is hosting news conferences Wednesday in Wausau and Hayward in which he is expected to announce a run for Congress.

A Republican state lawmaker is criticizing a new statewide business group, saying it's nothing more than a front for Democratic Gov.

A state lawmaker is proposing that prisoners not be counted as part of the census when Wisconsin redraws its political maps.

An Assembly committee is considering whether University of Wisconsin System regents should be required to come from all parts of the state.

Governor Jim Doyle and State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster today announced $1.3 million in Recovery Act funds for Wisconsin schools and residential child care institutions to purchase equipment to improve food service operations.

The Obama administration's failure to deliver real change for our immigration laws , has not stopped states from enacting proactive policies to improve the lives of immigrant families.

BOSCOBEL -- The man convicted in one of northern Wisconsin's most sensational murder cases continues to fight the legal system -- as well as prison staff members and other inmates -- 22 years after a family's massacre.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to decide whether the former owners of a manufacturing firm must pay millions in damages for enriching themselves while the company couldn't pay its bills.

MANITOWOC - As crowds began to gather around the leaderboards on Friday evening to scan the big catches of the 35th annual Northeastern Wisconsin Salmon Derby's opening day, there were a select few who were convinced that the names at the top were there to stay.

Wind has become the nation's most viable renewable energy option, and industry experts see plenty of potential in Wisconsin as policymakers demand that a larger percentage of energy come from clean-energy sources.