Wisconsin News

Wisconsin health officials have expanded the group that can receive vaccination for swine flu to include all school-aged children and young adults up to age 24.

Tax reciprocity with Wisconsin, which has been eliminated to help with Minnesota's budget deficit, may be back in play.

A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

Share + Nov 22, 2009 9:23 am US/Central 1 of 1 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has harvested a 44-foot tree for the front lawn of the Governor's mansion.

Madison a ' State Division of Motor Vehicle Offices will close Friday so employees can take their fourth furlough day this year.

If Wisconsin and Minnesota lawmakers can reach agreement on a tax reciprocity dispute lawmakers in Wisconsin may call a special session to enact the deal.

The agency that manages Wisconsin's pension fund has tightened its travel policy to discourage employees from taking expensive business-class flights, a practice that had become routine in recent years.

A former Wisconsin teacher's aide was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy.

A spokeswoman for Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker says talks are ongoing but Decker is committed to calling the Senate into session if a deal can be reached.

Wisconsin environmental officials said that they'll begin enforcing new ballast water regulations on Great Lakes vessels in February.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Watch from 12:30 a.m. Saturday through 11:59 p.m. Monday.

Like many state offices, all Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed for business on Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, as DMV staff complete the fourth of sixteen unpaid days required over the next two years.

Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.

Federal authorities found a fugitive in a massive Wisconsin cocaine case after he was sentenced to prison in Florida under a false name.

If you want to know what universal health insurance coverage looks like, just look around the next time you go to the grocery store or mall, to church or a movie.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says most road construction projects in the state are done for the year, which should ease travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.

A new survey finds that Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

The state Department of Transportation says in its 20-year plan released this week that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs.