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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Legislature's finance committee say they're going to reject Gov. Scott Walker's cuts to Wisconsin's popular SeniorCare program.  Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal calls for cutting $97 million from the senior citizen prescription drug discount program. It also would require participants to first sign up for the federal Medicare Part D drug program and use SeniorCare for any additional coverage.  The finance committee […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's finance committee has approved a host of changes to Gov. Scott Walker's floundering job creation agency, including removing the governor as chairman, dramatically reducing its reserves and eliminating a proposed $55 million in grants to fund regional loans.  The governor has called on legislators to reform the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's operations after years of problems at the agency. Issues have ranged from failing […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker missed his first-term job-creation promise by about 121,000 jobs.  Walker promised during the 2010 campaign that if elected, Wisconsin would add 250,000 private-sector jobs over his four years as governor.  But job numbers Walker released for 2014 on Thursday show that only about 120,000 private sector jobs were created.  Walker reiterated his job-creation campaign promise during his 2012 recall, but it was clear […]

For a second straight month the Wisconsin housing market grew at a very strong  pace.  That according to the latest housing market analysis by the Wisconsin Realtors Association.  Marquette University economist Dave Clark says existing home sales were up 16.8 percent compared to April of last year and median prices rose nearly 11 percent compared to April 2014.  Sales were up in both Dodge and Fond du Lac counties, while […]

AAA projects 37.2 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says that’s a 4.7 percent increase from the 35.5 million people who traveled last year and the highest travel volume for the holiday in 10 years.  In Wisconsin nearly 781,000 people will be traveling for the holiday weekend, a 4.9 percent increase from 2014.  While gas […]

The National Weather Service says rain and thunderstorms threaten to put a damper on Memorial Day barbeques around Wisconsin.  National Weather Service meteorologist Justin Schultz says the holiday weekend will get off to a nice start with sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s Saturday.  Schultz says a low pressure system moving into the state brings a chance of rain later into the weekend Sunday and on Memorial Day.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the leaders of the Legislature's finance committee says his colleagues are pondering imposing a new tax on new bike sales.  Rep. John Nygren, a Marinette Republican, is co-chairman of the committee. He told said Thursday that Republicans on the panel are looking into inserting language in Gov. Scott Walker's two-year budget plan that would create a tax on the sales of new bikes with […]

WFDL news has learned an arraignment hearing  for a Kenosha man charged in the cold case slaying of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du Lac County has been postponed.   The hearing scheduled for Friday was postponed after the attorney for Dennis Brantner requested a judge substitution.  The case was being heard by circuit  judge Richard Nuss.  A  hearing date will be re-scheduled after a new judge is assigned the case. […]