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Recalling Republican senators in the coming months would give Democrats their best hope of controlling the Senate next year - a task that would be all but impossible if Democrats focused only on the regular November elections.

A bill that would allow criminal charges against people who hide murder weapons, stolen loot and other evidence for relatives on the run is moving again in the Legislature after it was stalled over whether domestic violence victims could be exempt.

Should the sins of political aides be visited upon their bosses? Gov. Scott Walker used to think so - when he was a candidate running for the office he now holds.

Students and families continued to flood into Campbellsport High School to share their grief on Sunday after learning that nine students had been involved in a horrific SUV crash Saturday morning, and as word arrived that a third girl had died.

Bond has been set at $3 million for a suburban Chicago man accused in stabbings at a bar that left an elementary school teacher from Brown Deer dead and injured two other men.

Wisconsin taxpayers could find themselves digging through more receipts than usual this tax season as the state Department of Revenue makes another effort to collect taxes on out-of-state purchases.

With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests as main rival Newt Gingrich brushes aside any talk of abandoning his White House bid.

A City of Milwaukee affiliate has secretly purchased downtown's Sydney Hih building, a move that could pave the way for Kohl's Corp. to move its headquarters from Menomonee Falls to the Park East redevelopment area.

Everyone tells me they liked David Carter, and they wished him well when he announced he was heading out to New Mexico to live and work. Except he never went.

Police, prosecutors and judges across Wisconsin would get greater access to juvenile court records under a bill pending in Madison, eliminating a potentially dangerous blind spot in the criminal justice system.

Nearly 200 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers celebrated the opportunity they will soon have to figure out what they're made of.

The Bucks fell behind quickly to the Bulls, trailed by 24 at the half and never really had a chance in falling to Chicago at the Bradley Center. Drew Gooden led Milwaukee with 24 points and Tobias Harris had a career-high 19.

Sometimes the most interesting contrasts in a campaign year are between politicians in the same party. Take Scott Walker and Tommy Thompson, the GOP’s last two elected governors, one facing a likely recall election, the other running for U.S. Senate.

Two people were killed and seven others were hospitalized after a one-vehicle crash that occurred at 3:34 a.m. Saturday on Beechnut Road north of Highway 67 in the town of Ashford, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.

Conflicting ideas over how best to spur development at a long-dormant site west of Marquette University has sparked a high-profile fight at City Hall.

Get updated scoring and stats in our box score as Marquette (19-4) visits Notre Dame (14-8) this afternoon.

According to police, Denis Bay, 46, shot and killed his wife, Michelle, 44; their daughter, Andrea, 14; and their son, Daniel, 10, and then turned the gun on himself.

Gov. Scott Walker has hired two experienced defense attorneys and will meet with Milwaukee County prosecutors about the John Doe investigation into his current and former aides.

The Aldi customer who shot an armed robber in the store Monday won't face any criminal charges, prosecutors confirmed Friday.

In a report that exceeded virtually all expectations, the nation's employers generated more than a quarter of a million new private-sector jobs last month and pushed the U.S. unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years.