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Madison - Gov. Scott Walker issued Executive Order 45 today, calling the Wisconsin State Legislature into a "Back to Work Wisconsin" special session. The session will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. Legislation in the special session includes items to improve access to capital...

Telemarketers cannot talk to Wisconsinites who are on the state's do-not-call list. Now a Republican lawmaker says those sellers shouldn't be sending text messages either. State Sen. Van Wangaard of Racine is drafting a bill to include text messages in the no-call law. He says many...

Deciding which candidate to vote for in next year's elections just got harder for St. Croix and Pierce County residents. First they must figure out if they're living in the same congressional, Wisconsin Senate or Assembly district as last election. For the majority, the answer to...

Gov. Scott Walker will sign a bill Wednesday that gives up to 13 more weeks of jobless benefits to Wisconsin's long-term unemployed. A late afternoon ceremony was planned at the state Capitol. It will take three or four days from when the bill is signed to start processing retroactive...

Voters can watch the 10th Senate District recall forum live Thursday morning from any of the five Wisconsin Rivertown Newspaper Group websites. The forum will also be recorded so readers may view it later through the websites. The forum, broadcast from UW-River Falls, will begin...

Voters can watch the 10th Senate District recall forum live next Thursday morning on any of the five Wisconsin Rivertown Newspaper Group websites. The forum, broadcast from UW-River Falls, will begin at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, July 28. To watch, readers may simply click on the link...

With barely three weeks until the 10th Senate District recall election, details are being worked out on three proposed forums or debates that will allow voters to compare and contrast incumbent Senator Sheila Harsdorf, a Republican, with her Democratic challenger, Ellsworth teacher...

Campaign finance reports filed with Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board show that recall candidate Shelly Moore has raised more money since April than incumbent Sheila Harsdorf, though only by about $13,000. Of the almost 9,800 contributions to Moore's campaign, over half...

When the unofficial results were totaled Tuesday night, recall candidate Shelly Moore won Wisconsin's 10th Senate District primary 3,000 votes ahead of the opponent who didn't campaign. With votes from all five counties in the district tallied, Moore had just under 54% of the 35,790...