Posted: 5:53 PM The Legislature's budget committee has approved reducing wolf hunt license fees.

Posted: 5:53 PM The Legislature's finance committee has quietly left a provision that would ban night wolf hunting in Gov. Scott Walker's budget.

Updated: 5:49 PM Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee have proposed dramatically scaling back the Department of Natural Resources' ability to borrow to buy land through the state's stewardship program.

Posted: 2:02 PM The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending nearly $2 million in federal money to set up private deer hunts.

Posted: 1:56 PM The Legislature's budget committee has voted to remove the last meaningful duty of the state treasurer, giving the obligation to manage unclaimed funds to the Department of Revenue.

Posted: 1:34 PM Activists are planning a training session on how to stop a giant iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin.

Posted: 11:47 AM Two Wisconsin congressmen are proposing changes to the nation's crop insurance program that they say will save the federal government $11 billion over the next 10 years.

Posted: 11:24 AM A Republican state senator says he has concerns about adding more workers to collect delinquent taxes because he says Wisconsin Revenue Department workers are "mean and heartless."

Updated: 4:28 PM UPDATE: The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that would exempt from taxes military income for a soldier killed in combat.

Updated: 3:35 PM A new Marquette University law school poll says two-thirds of Wisconsin voters favor increasing funding for public schools.

Updated: 2:56 PM UPDATE: The state Assembly has passed a bill that would allow drivers to show proof of insurance electronically.

Updated: 2:19 PM UPDATE: The state Assembly has passed a Republican bill that would ensure repeat drunken drivers spend time behind bars.

Updated: 1:54 PM UPDATE: The state Assembly has approved a Republican bill that would allow bars and liquor stores to sue underage patrons or their parents for $1,000.

Posted: 1:24 PM A Marquette University law school poll released Tuesday says 51 percent of respondents approve of the way Gov. Scott Walker is doing his job, while 45 percent disapprove.

Posted: 1:04 PM A Marquette University law school poll released Tuesday says three-fourths of Wisconsin residents support a tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin.

Posted: 1:00 PM A Marquette University law school poll released Tuesday said 48 percent of respondents would like to see Wisconsin's voucher program expanded statewide or at least in larger districts with some underperforming schools. Forty-four percent want it frozen or ended altogether.

Posted: 11:18 AM Gov. Scott Walker says the IRS's screening of conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status is "more than just a political scandal."

Updated: 10:59 AM UPDATE: Gov. Scott Walker says he has no problems with a new residency requirement added to the state budget by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

Updated: 10:49 AM A former Waupun City Council member is seeking the Republican nomination for Wisconsin secretary of state.

Updated: 4:26 PM UPDATE: The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Updated: 3:48 PM UPDATE: The Legislature's budget committee wants to see more details from the Department of Corrections about its plan for hiring additional staff before handing over the money.

Updated: 2:44 PM UPDATE: Unemployed people in Wisconsin would have to double their searches for work from two to four a week or lose their benefits under a proposal approved by the Legislature's budget committee.

Updated: 1:04 PM A Republican member of the Legislature's budget committee says he doesn't know if he's convinced enough of his colleagues to reject a proposal freeing rent-to-own businesses from Wisconsin's consumer protection act.

Updated: 11:55 AM UPDATE: President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow.

Posted: 10:17 AM The state Natural Resources Board is scheduled to vote next week on a scope statement for rules implementing Republican changes to Wisconsin's mining regulations.