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The state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee will consider a budget measure Thursday that includes up to $3 million for additional GPS monitoring over the next two years.

The vice chairman of the State Building Commission backed off Wednesday on a threat to withhold a quarter-million dollars in grant money for the Lac du Flambeau Indian tribe.

Opponents to the rent-to-own industry are making one last plea for the Legislature's budget committee to reject Gov.

North-central Wisconsin offers a lot of great restaurants. By popular demand, Newsline 9 visited four more of them, and we followed out viewers' suggestions as we search for the best places where the locals eat.

Scott Walker's campaign spokeswoman -- has begun serving a 20-day sentence behind bars in Milwaukee County on a drunken-driving conviction.

The Legislature's budget committee is poised to decide whether to create a solicitor general's office within the state Justice Department.

Tony Tagliavia of MPS said Rufus King International School was given the ACT's College and Career Transition Award for high schools Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The school was nominated by Gov.

Expansion of the voucher school program continues to be the single most contentious issue within the state budget process, and Democrats in the legislature are continuing to push back on the proposal.

Wednesday, state democrats delivered more than 16,000 petitions to the Governor and Republican leaders.

A substantial crowd, including second and third graders from North Elementary School, dodged potential showers for a Walk with Walker this morning.

West Des Moines, Iowa - Advocacy groups for progressives in Iowa and Wisconsin are holding "Scott Walker Truth Squad" in advance of the Wisconsin governor's appearance Thursday at a Polk County Republican Fundraiser, one of several of appearances before GOP activists that point to a possible presidential run in 2016.

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more The political right's top event of the year in this corner of America's "Left Coast" is the annual dinner of the Washington Policy Center, where guests have ranged from ex-Florida Gov.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year. But the Republican's actions suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize - the presidency in 2016.

The American Cancer Society says the day is meant to inspire people across the state to get involved in the fight against cancer.

Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.

Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.

Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.

MADISON Deadbeat parents in Wisconsin could soon be under more pressure to pay what they owe for child support.

MADISON Despite the uproar over massive spending cuts, Wisconsin public schools still received more money per student in 2011 than the previous year and the Badger State was still in the top-third of all states in per-pupil spending.

If, as the saying goes, "words are the clothes that thoughts wear," American politics has become a full-fledged masquerade ball.