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Protesters gathered Saturday to take part in a "Bury the Bill" rally and march. More>>
Gov. Scott Walker says in his State of the State speech that Wisconsin is headed in the right direction, even though opponents have mounted a historic effort to toss him from office less than midway through his term. More>>
A Wisconsin judge has ruled in favor of two workers in a case involving the state's new collective bargaining law. More>>
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne has asked the state Supreme Court to reopen his lawsuit challenging the state's collective bargaining law. More>>
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne says he may ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to uphold the law that restricts collective bargaining rights for most public workers. More>>
Voters in Dane County can weigh in on collective bargaining rights in April this spring. More>>
A number of protesters gathered in front of the Governor's Mansion Sunday to mark one year since a similar demonstration in 2011. More>>
A former chairman of the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board told 27 News more investigation into Madison teachers submitting fraudulent sick notes is needed. More>>
Democrats say Gov. Scott Walker is out of touch with how most people in Wisconsin are feeling. More>>
Gov. Scott Walker will sit down with Capitol Bureau Chief Greg Neumann for a one-on-one interview Friday afternoon to discuss his tumultuous first year in office.Gov. Walker is facing a recall effort against More>>
Governor Scott Walker's administration has released plans to cut $123 million statewide. More>>
A state official said the state medical examining board will consider investigating additional physicians who provided sick notes to teachers during mass state capitol protests.
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Madison Teachers, Inc. and Milwaukee's AFL-CIO Local 61 together asked that a Dane County Circuit Court rule the stripping of collective bargaining rights to school district employees violates the Wisconsin Constitution. More>>
A Dane County judge has ordered the Madison School District to release more than 1,000 sick notes submitted by teachers during the protests at the state Capitol over collective bargaining. More>>
The state Medical Examining Board will decide Wednesday if six local doctors should be disciplined for handing out sick notes during the Capitol rallies in February. More>>
Republicans in Dane County showed their support for Governor Scott Walker on the first official day of the recall campaign against him. More>>
The vandalism of a coffee shop on Madison's east side appears to be motivated by the recall effort. More>>
Democrats kicked off the official effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker very early Tuesday morning—at 12:01 a.m. to be exact.
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Governor Scott Walker released the first ad Monday night to counter the recall effort against him. More>>
Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers and other school officials pointed to data on educational job losses from a survey of school administrators as proof of the harm of Governor Walker's budget cuts to schools. More>>
Capitol police say Governor Walker received an on-line death threat Monday morning. More>>
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is ramping up its national fundraising efforts to recall Governor Scott Walker. More>>
The city of Madison will be reimbursed for security costs related to the protests in February. More>>
Courtesy Michael Tercha, Chicago TribuneProtestors interrupt a speech at the Union League Club in Chicago. More>>
In an exclusive interview with 27 News, Governor Scott Walker said he is looking forward to launching a recall campaign over the next three months so he can explain to voters how his changes in state government are working. More>>
Volunteers gathered for training to help collect signatures in the recall effort against Gov. Scott Walker, but not before a pep talk from some Democratic leaders in the community. More>>
Under Wisconsin's campaign finance laws, individuals are limited in how much money they can donate to any one political candidate.
Rep. Nass is calling for a review of Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs' work at the Capitol following the protests earlier this year. More>>
Six months after some doctors at the University of Wisconsin wrote sick notes for opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to limit public sector collective bargaining, the school hasn't finished disciplining the doctors. More>>
Capitol Police arrested 13 people Thursday night for not leaving the Capitol when it closed at 6 p.m. The 12 adults and one minor will face unlawful assembly charges, and some will also be charged with resisting arrest and obstructing justice. More>>
State workers have been preparing, knowing cuts to their paychecks were coming this month. Thursday, that reality sets in as they see for the first time exactly how much they're now taking home. More>>
State employees will start paying the increased contributions for healthcare and pension. It's called for in the state budget passed earlier this year. More>>
Under the collective bargaining law, also known as Act 10, all public sector unions have to recertify each year. It's a new requirement under law, but one local union is opting against recertification. More>>
Two state Republicans defended their bill, which they say will prevent lawmakers from fleeing the state like the 14 senate Democrats did to prevent a vote on the collective bargaining bill. More>>
A new report shows state officials did not expect protests at the Capitol over collective bargaining to be so big, and they were not adequately prepared. More>>
The controversial collective bargaining law officially goes into effect today, after months of debate and protests throughout Wisconsin. More>>
Secretary of State Doug LaFollette published the law in the Wisconsin State Journal on Tuesday, and it's set to take effect Wednesday. More>>
The school board approved a one-year contract extension that nearly parallels concessions the state is seeking, but retains some collective bargaining language. More>>
The chief executive officer at Green Bay's Badger Sheet Metal Works where Walker originally planned to sign the budget on Sunday spent three months behind bars for six felony counts of income tax evasion in the 1990s. Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie says the governor had no knowledge of Gregory DeCaster's past legal troubles. More>>
Governor Walker will be in Onalaska. He's helping launch his Read to Lead Task Force. More>>
Today is the deadline for Republicans to finalize paperwork to run against Democratic Senators targeted for recall. Should primaries be necessary, they will be held July 19, with a general election to follow August 16. More>>
Several lawmakers react to the state Senate passing the budget bill. More>>
The Department of Administration says all eight ground floor entrances to the state Capitol will open Monday, June 27 and metal screening will be discontinued. More>>
The Republican-controlled state Senate passes the $66 billion state budget, sending it to Gov. Scott Walker's desk. More>>
Despite disruptions from protesters, lawmakers in the state Senate continue to debate the state's two year budget. More>>
After a day's delay, the state Assembly began a marathon debate Wednesday afternoon on Gov. Walker's proposed budget.
At 7 p.m. a Republican amendment was released. After a two hour caucus, lawmakers returned to the floor to continue debating the Democratic amendments. More>>
Joint Finance co-chair Robin Vos, R-Burlington, says Green Bay is out. He's referring to the removal of a provision in the state budget allowing vouchers for students in the Green Bay public school district. More>>
Secretary of State Doug LaFollette tells 27 News he will publish the bill on June 28th and it will become law on June 29th.
Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch says, "Based on initial discussions, the soonest that the change could appear on state employee paychecks is late August." More>>
Wisconsin Capitol Police say they aren't expecting this week's protests as the state assembly takes up Governor Walker's two-year budget plan to be as large as protests seen in February. More>>
The latest version of Governor Walker's union proposal would allow local government transit workers to retain their collect bargaining rights. More>>
Part of Governor Walker's plan to balance the biennial budget - is to cut $500 million from Medicaid programs. More>>
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Some good news in the fight against domestic violence. A bill to increase penalties for repeat offenders has passed the Senate and Assembly in Wisconsin. More>>
Displeased with the mining bill put forth by Assembly Republicans, Sen. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) and Sen. Robert Jauch (D-Poplar) announced the main ideas behind their substitute bill Tuesday morning. More>>
The legislation also involves mandatory medical examination of suspected high school concussion victims. More>>
Federal judges in Milwaukee are back to work on a case of whether the state's new election maps are constitutional. More>>
Governor Scott Walker will attend the bipartisan National Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C., from February 25-27. More>>
State Senate Democrats used a procedural move to delay a vote on a bill that would further mandate how a doctor determines if a woman is being pressured to have an abortion. More>>
The new poll shows Thompson leading Baldwin, 48 percent to 42 percent. More>>
Gov. Scott Walker's favorability rating has dipped this month, according to a new poll. More>>
It shows Obama leading former Sen. Rick Santorum, 51 percent to 40 percent, and leading former Gov. Mitt Romney, 53 percent to 38 percent. More>>
A bill that would help developers win wetland construction permits is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker. More>>
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