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Gov. Jim Doyle disagreed Thursday with fellow Democrats who criticized President-elect Barack Obama's plan for a middle class tax cut.

Making first offense drunken driving a crime in Wisconsin will cost at least another $8.3 million a year.

Staring at a state budget deficit of $5.4 billion, Gov. Jim Doyle said that cuts in state spending will be his first choice in balancing the budget, but there will also be tax hikes.

Wisconsin wildlife officials might remove trumpeter swans and ospreys from Wisconsin's endangered and threatened species lists.

A union is challenging state agencies' routine use of "gag orders" to keep employees from discussing misconduct investigations.

State Sen. Russ Decker said he and a colleague plan to reintroduce the Healthy Wisconsin reform bill this legislative session, despite challenges of a projected $5.4 billion budget shortfall and the economic ...

Search and rescue crews in Colorado have found twin brothers from Green Bay, Wis., who were missing since Sunday.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Hundreds in Wisconsin have been injured in falls on ice, including an elderly man who died, authorities said Tuesday.

There will be two candidates on the ballot in the state Supreme Court race to be decided by voters April 7. One is a former public defender who's been a judge for 10 years.

Central Wisconsin soldiers will be leaving for training this week ahead of the Wisconsin National Guard's largest deployment since World War II.

The elected members of a rural Wisconsin town board would be subject to drug and alcohol testing under a program being considered by the board.

MADISON - Wisconsin Democrats had Monday to savor their takeover of both houses of the Legislature, a dream they've chased since 1987.

Idaho police say they have apprehended a sex offender who eluded Wisconsin authorities for 14 years.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Monday the number of traffic deaths in 2008 was the latest in 64 years.

State traffic deaths in 2008 also were down 148 - approximately a 20 percent reduction - from 2007 when 737 people died and 185 fewer than the five-year average of 774 deaths.

Killings dropped by a third in Milwaukee last year, making Wisconsin's largest city among the nation's most successful in tackling its 2008 murder rate.

FRANCIS CREEK - The state is facing a possible multi-billion dollar budget deficit.

Five people are vying to become the next superintendent of education in Wisconsin, a position that will help shape education policy in the state for the next four years.

Democrats will take control of the state Assembly for the first time since 1994 when the new Wisconsin Legislature is sworn in Monday.

MADISON - A case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court could have a major impact on the power of corporations and their relationships with unions, banks and vendors.