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Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind recalls being in Berlin when the Wall fell on November 9, 1989, and the emotions he felt then and still carries with hi ...

Madison a ' There was at least one person Wednesday who didn't ask Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett if he was ready to run for Wisconsin governor.

WASHINGTON - Ashland County prosecutor Sean Duffy has impressed national Republican campaign officials with his early fundraising in his bid to unseat Rep.

The announcement last week that Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton would not seek the governor's seat next year was a surprise to most Wisconsin politicos, not least because Lawton announced her intention to run in 2010 pretty much immediately after Gov.

One year and a day shy of the 2010 gubernatorial election, the race for Wisconsin governor has taken unexpected twists.

Ashland County prosecutor Sean Duffy has impressed national Republican campaign officials with his early fundraising in his bid to unseat Rep.

What, no Democrats want to be governor? There is Jared Christiansen. He's 18 and a declared candidate.

In March, food safety looked like a major congressional priority. After a year of high-profile disease outbreaks and food purity scares, the new Democratic-controlled Congress was eager to overhaul federal regulation of the food supply.

In 15 words, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton's bid for governor ended Monday. There was no press conference, no interview.

Oct. 26, 2009 10:23 p.m. The Jackson Village Board on Monday halted its unpopular discussion of a possible police services contract with the Washington County Sheriff's Department and decided to keep its 12-officer police department intact.

Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton has dropped out of the race for Wisconsin Governor. Lawton announced Monday in a letter to her supporters that she will not run for Governor in 2010.

Mayo Clinic's push to change how the government pays for health care scored a major victory on Thursday on Capitol Hill.

Oct. 25--Wisconsin's senators broke party ranks to vote against a measure that would have increased Medicare payments to doctors by about $250 billion over the next 10 years.

House leadership and a group of Representatives from low-cost states made news with a deal Thursday that will deliver their support for a public option which would pay providers according to rates based on Medicare.

Jerry Disterhaft thinks historians have shortchanged the 1673 exploration by Father Marquette and Louis Joliet of the Fox River Valley on their way across Wisconsin.

Members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation hailed an agreement Thursday that they say could result in higher Medicare payments for some of the state's health-care providers.

WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Kagen had been in office just a few days in 2007 when a government worker presented him with what he calls "a cafeteria" of health insurance options.

Medicare no longer would penalize Minnesota, Wisconsin and other states that provide high-quality, low-cost health care under a House agreement announced Thursday in Washington by U.S. Rep.

Rep. Ron Kind says that through the current Medicare compensation system, the quantity of treatment is reimbursed and not the quality.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wants to open up to everyone the health care "exchanges" that most bills limit to small businesses or individuals without employer-based plans.