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Medicaid enrollment in Wisconsin has declined by 19,348, or 2.6 percent, as a deadline nears for Gov. Scott Walker 's plan to add thousands of uninsured adults to the Medicaid rolls, but state officials say they anticipate a last-minute surge of signups to get closer to Walker's goal.

Freshman Lydia Collins, 19, looks out from her dorm building at Tufts University in Medford Thursday, March 13, 2014.

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Currently, injectable or infused chemotherapy is covered by insurance once the deductible is met.

Facing the potential for decades in prison, Jones skipped town -- but never, apparently, got on the straight and narrow.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development released unemployment estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Thursday morning, showing state unemployment had dropped to 6.1 percent, the lowest it has been since November 2008.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Senate voted Wednesday to end weekend voting before statewide elections and allow lobbyists to make political donations earlier in the election cycle.

The coal-fired units at the J.P. Pulliam Plant in Green Bay will be closed as a result of an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to repower, refuel or retire older units that produce high emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.

Proposals to rewrite Common Core academic standards, require increased reporting of private schools in the voucher program and limit regulations on sand mining in Wisconsin appear unlikely to pass as the Legislature reaches the end of its session.

In 1887, many years before Babcock Hall - the dairy plant and store that bears his name - was built, Stephen Moulton Babcock arrived on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

"When you know that your child isn't going to live, you learn to take every second and cherish it."

"When you know that your child isn't going to live, you learn to take every second and cherish it."

This last year has seen almost constant threats to Wisconsin's openness laws. We've had local law enforcement agencies suppressing drivers license information, a state senator claiming immunity from civil suits to evade the open records law, and attempts to deny public access to records of circuit court cases and university research.

Election reform is underway in Wisconsin. The state Senate on Wednesday passed a number of changes that Republicans call essential, while Democrats are up in arms.

Has MH370 finally been found? Search teams flock to spot of suspected crash site after China releases satellite image of debris in the South China Sea... where rescuers first started looking Teen boys accused of killing Chris Lane laugh in court as witness claims one boy confessed they tried to shoot several people before fatally hitting the ... (more)

These past few months were a critical time for conservative members of Congress to stand firm behind their promises to get runaway government spending under control.

A man suspected of shooting his wife and then killing himself may have been motivated by mercy, new details show.

Received this e-mail from gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke's campaign today regarding marriage equality in the Badger State: I love Wisconsin and want to see it thrive, but backwards policies like the same sex marriage ban are hurting our friends, neighbors and families and harming our economy.

Pupils from Charsfield, Sproughton and Birchwood schools take part in national grow you own potatoes day at Trinity Park, Ipswich Did you know that the potato was introduced to England by Sir Walter Raleigh? These were just some of the potato-related facts that children learnt about at a morning of workshops in Ipswich.

The Wisconsin Film Festival is coming soon. From April 3 to April 10, Madison will host 150 films.