Posted: 5:15 PM Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week.

Posted: 12:05 AM A legislative committee has voted to slash the University of Wisconsin System budget, venting its anger after learning the system raised tuition for six straight years even though it's currently sitting on a surplus of $650 million.

Updated: 6:21 PM UPDATE: The Legislature's finance committee has deleted provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would create a solicitor general's office within the state Justice Department.

Posted: 2:17 PM The Legislature's finance committee has voted to reduce the handgun purchaser background check fee by $3.

Posted: 2:05 PM The state's troubled economic-development agency has hired its fourth chief financial officer in two years.

Posted: 12:06 PM The Legislature's finance committee is set to consider provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would allow judges to order GPS monitoring as part of a restraining order.

Updated: 5:46 AM UPDATE: The Legislature's budget-writing committee is expected to approve Gov. Scott Walker's plan to freeze University of Wisconsin System tuition for two years and slash a planned spending increase for system schools.

Updated: 6:19 PM UPDATE: 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.

Updated: 1:34 PM UPDATE: A bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin from using drones unless they have a search warrant or legitimate reason is up for a hearing Wednesday.

Posted: 6:14 PM Wisconsin's budget-writing committee has approved pulling money from the state's environmental management fund to cover sand mining inspections.

Updated: 2:49 PM UPDATE: The Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee has approved Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to allow for the sale of public properties including power plants, prisons, University of Wisconsin dormitories and highways.

Updated: 1:42 PM UPDATE: State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Legislature's budget committee.

Posted: 1:39 PM Government workers who are collecting retirement benefits would have to wait longer before getting rehired under a proposal approved by the Legislature's budget committee.

Posted: 11:36 AM Wisconsin election officials have decided to ask the Legislature to make a number of changes to Wisconsin's absentee voting regulations.

Posted: 3:13 PM A proposed work requirement for food stamps recipients in Wisconsin is projected to knock half of the people off the program.

Updated: 11:22 AM Democrats say a move to standardize erosion control rules for commercial construction sites is simply another Republican effort to take away local authorities' power.

Posted: 5:21 PM The cost of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to reject federally funded Medicaid expansion and instead tighten income eligibility for the program has gone up.

Updated: 12:41 PM Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill creating a program that gives employers an alternative to laying off employees when work slows.

Updated: 12:34 PM UPDATE: Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill benefiting the military-style amphibious vehicle known as the Wisconsin Duck.

Posted: 11:20 AM A tea party group says the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in efforts to verify signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Updated: 11:14 PM If the Marketplace Fairness Act becomes law, Gov. Walker says he'd like to use the additional revenues to offer a tax cut for middle-class families.

Posted: 2:22 PM Wisconsin's unemployment rate for April was 7.1 percent, unchanged from the previous month.

Updated: 12:32 PM An administration official says President Barack Obama will name a new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service this week to replace ousted commissioner Steven Miller.

Updated: 10:46 AM UPDATE: A group of Democrats and an immigration rights organization which sued the state over redistricting have dropped their efforts to determine why Republicans failed to turn over records in the case.

Posted: 10:41 AM Gov. Scott Walker's administration is reporting that Wisconsin added more than 32,000 private sector jobs last year.