Posted: 3:27 PM Wisconsin's budget surplus is projected to be higher than previously estimated.

Posted: 1:54 PM A dozen members of the state Assembly plan to tour a potential mine site in far northwestern Wisconsin.

Posted: 2:30 PM Gov. Scott Walker plans to deliver his budget address to the state Legislature on Feb. 20.

Updated: 6:47 PM UPDATE: Members of a bipartisan task force recommending a series of tax and fee increases to pay for the state's transportation needs says the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker must take a serious look at its proposal.

Updated: 6:21 AM A rally is expected outside the Capital building on Saturday to take on the state's controversy new mining proposal.

Updated: 6:49 PM UPDATE: A Senate Democrat has introduced his own legislation to rework the state's regulations as rival Republicans try to persuade a company to open a huge iron mine near Lake Superior.

Posted: 2:45 PM Gov. Scott Walker is revealing more details about what his two-year spending plan for the state will look like, including the target size of an income tax cut and how aid to schools will be tied to performance.

Posted: 2:38 PM Gov. Scott Walker says he is developing a new way to measure Wisconsin's employment needs.

Posted: 2:16 PM Gov. Scott Walker is shedding more light on his plans for tying aid to schools based on performance.

Posted: 10:45 AM Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are scheduled to meet with state lawmakers at a joint meeting of legislative committees that deal with the judiciary.

Updated: 3:21 PM The public is being asked for their thoughts on which state rules and regulations need to be tossed aside or refined.

Posted: 12:04 PM President Barack Obama has begun his second term by declaring that the nation's "possibilities are limitless."

Posted: 8:57 PM Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he'll commit an additional $100,000 to help support Hispanic-owned businesses.

Updated: 4:26 PM A federal appeals court has upheld Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights. UPDATE: The ruling is leading to a call for the state to pass a right to work law.

Updated: 3:26 PM Wisconsin Rep. Steve Nass says the results of a recent audit suggest that a top official with the University of Wisconsin System doesn't deserve to be retained.

Posted: 11:19 AM Republican state Senate President Mike Ellis says he will oppose any expansion of school vouchers in Wisconsin unless local residents are first required to vote on such a move.

Updated: 2:29 PM President Barack Obama is taking 23 executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence that don't require congressional action, including measures to encourage schools to hire police officers, increase research on gun violence and improve efforts to prosecute gun crime.

Posted: 2:06 PM Qualifying for unemployment insurance could become more difficult under a series of recommendations being pushed by Gov. Scott Walker.

Updated: 11:13 PM UPDATE: Gov. Scott Walker said during his State of the State speech that he's doubling down on efforts to meet his 2010 campaign promise to create 250,000 jobs over four years.

Updated: 2:55 PM UPDATE: Republicans who control the state Senate have approved new rules barring disruptive spectators from watching floor debates and committee hearings.

Updated: 5:42 PM UPDATE: The Wisconsin Supreme Court has again refused to review a Madison judge's ruling striking down Wisconsin's voter identification law.

Posted: 2:06 PM As other Republican governors stake out their legislative goals this year, Gov. Walker has decided to lay low.

Posted: 10:51 AM The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has certified which candidates will appear on the spring ballot.

Updated: 10:45 AM The board that oversees elections in Wisconsin will pick a new chairman at its meeting Monday

Posted: 10:02 AM No challenges have been filed to signatures submitted by candidates running for offices to be elected in April.