Posted: 10:08 AM New estimates show Wisconsin's transportation fund is headed for a $63.5 million deficit by mid-2015.

Updated: 5:52 PM UPDATE: Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill passed by an Assembly committee.

Posted: 11:28 AM A state appeals court is urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take a case brought by two unions challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

Updated: 10:42 AM Only a dozen out of 58 non-fiscal policy items identified in Gov. Scott Walker's budget are being removed by Republicans who head the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

Updated: 3:45 PM UPDATE: A group of state lawmakers are putting forward a plan to help fund startups and companies that are growing in Wisconsin.

Posted: 11:14 AM Republican state Rep. Dean Kaufert says he will not call for a vote to revoke a $250,000 grant given to help build a Native American cultural center.

Updated: 11:01 AM UPDATE: Democrats on the state Assembly's natural resources committee are questioning the need for a bill that would create a woodchuck hunting season

Updated: 11:24 AM Unions challenging Gov. Scott Walker's law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers are asking a court to issue an injunction to stop implementing portions of the law found to be unconstitutional.

Posted: 3:08 PM UPDATE: A Madison judge has rejected a request to stay a police union's lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's polarizing collective bargaining law.

Posted: 10:29 AM Gov. Scott Walker says he won't push for more extensive background checks for gun owners in Wisconsin following inaction in the U.S. Senate on the issue.

Posted: 11:28 AM UPDATED: Civil rights attorneys are trying to convince a federal judge the state's Capitol access policy is unconstitutional.

Updated: 10:16 AM UPDATE: Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a proposal to allow residents to stay on the state's do-not-call list permanently, without having to re-register.

Posted: 2:02 PM The newest Republican member of the Wisconsin state Assembly has been sworn into office.

Posted: 12:18 PM A new report shows that supporters of the private school voucher program have spent $10 million over the past decade driving their agenda in Wisconsin.

Posted: 11:13 AM The Ginseng Board of Wisconsin has signed a 10-year, $200 million deal with one of China's largest medicine companies.

Posted: 10:49 AM Gov. Scott Walker's spokesman Cullen Werwie is leaving the position he's held for more than two years for another one within the administration.

Updated: 12:53 PM UPDATE: The state Senate has approved a bill that would expand definitions in state law of what constitutes illegal food stamp trafficking in Wisconsin.

Updated: 6:57 PM A new Wisconsin bill would give parents a tax break on back-to-school shopping.

Posted: 2:20 PM Gov. Scott Walker says he'll remain governor of Wisconsin "as long as people want me to be governor."

Updated: 10:47 AM Two pivotal senators have announced a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. The agreement could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence.

Posted: 12:11 PM A Republican state senator who has drawn the ire of others within his party for siding with Democrats on major issues will face a primary challenger should he seek re-election next year.

Updated: 11:33 AM Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is planning to launch a series of videos featuring people who he says have been harmed by government intrusion or red tape.

Posted: 11:50 AM Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he's open to the idea of tuition tax credits for families that send their children to private schools in Wisconsin.

Updated: 11:44 AM UPDATE: Hundreds of people are attending the first public hearing on Gov. Scott Walker's two-year budget proposal.

Posted: 11:40 AM Spending on television advertising in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Justice Pat Roggensack topped $1 million.