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Police Chief Edward Flynn on Friday blasted the Legislature's budget committee for what he called "gratuitous" decisions that killed a community policing grant for his department and set in motion the departure of the state crime lab from Milwaukee.

MADISON Stephanie Walker starts June 17th as the fourth chief financial officer in two years for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

Early Tuesday morning before a gathering of Milwaukee's civic and business leaders at the Italian Conference Center, Mayor Tom Barrett touted the future of his city by the lake.

"Things are looking much better for us," said Cullen, president and chief executive officer of J.P. Cullen & Sons, the Janesville construction company that now includes a fifth generation of family members and last week issued 574 paychecks.

There were plenty of recriminations Thursday night, as the legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted on a budget amendment for the University of Wisconsin System.

West Des Moines, Iowa - Amid growing speculation that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is testing GOP presidential waters in Iowa and elsewhere, progressive activists warned Thursday at a rally here that a Walker presidency would be "terrifying" and disastrous to middle-class families.

A fishing tradition in the Badger State is about to get better just in time for the extended holiday weekend.

Yes, you heard that right . It's one of dozens of non-budget related extremist measures he's neatly tucked inside his must-pass budget.

A proposal from Gov. Scott Walker to allow statewide GPS tracking for those under restraining orders was scaled back by the Legislature's budget committee Thursday as the panel took on a slew of criminal justice provisions.

At about 11:30 a.m., crews responded to the Hilltop Place apartments in the 3400 block of Hilltop Way.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele came together to help break ground on a new business center in the city.

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.