Gov.-elect Tony Evers on Friday nominated Craig Thompson, the head of a group that has advocated for raising taxes to improve the condition of in state roads, to be the next secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

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Gov.-elect Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he's chosen four prominent Milwaukee leaders, including a former campaign manager to Mayor Tom Barrett and a 30-year veteran of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, for top-level Cabinet positions.

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The federal guarantee of health-insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions is too politically popular to be eliminated, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said on Tuesday.

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The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin returned to federal court on Monday, three days after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a new limit passed during a lame-duck legislative session.

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His voice nearly gone following all-night negotiations, Robin Vos stood on the floor of the Wisconsin Assembly just after sunrise and calmly made the case for legislation meant to take power away from the incoming governor.

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Gov. Scott Walker was prepared on Friday to sign sweeping Republican-written legislation that would restrict early voting and weaken the incoming governor and attorney general, brushing aside complaints that he is enabling a brazen power grab and ignoring the will of voters.

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With a recent federal approval, developers are moving closer to taking a chance on a new Ho-Chunk Nation casino and resort in Beloit. The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs recently filed a draft environmental assessment for the project, which would ...

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Gov. Scott Walker has repeatedly said that his biggest regret from his first year in office was that he didn't spend more time explaining his union restrictions to the public.

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Gov. Scott Walker plans to make what he's calling a "major economic development" announcement at the Kimberly-Clark factory in northeast Wisconsin.

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Gov.-elect Tony Evers said on Sunday that he's not optimistic that outgoing governor Scott Walker will veto bills the Republican-dominated state Legislature approved to limit the new governor's power.

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