Republican legislators have asked an advisory council to review a package of changes to Wisconsin's unemployment benefit rules, including linking eligibility to the state's unemployment rate, devoting millions in tax dollars to reducing federal debt and scaling back benefits during training in an effort to help the state recover from...

The University of Wisconsin System overpaid for health insurance premiums and pension contributions by nearly $33 million over the last two years, including $8 million for more than 900 employees who had already left their jobs, according to a report released Thursday.

When Wisconsin Democrats launched their recall drive against Republican Gov. Scott Walker last year, it was all about unions. They wanted Walker to pay with his job for pushing legislation that stripped almost all public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker established a program that has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in merit raises and bonuses to some state workers even as he preached cost-cutting and pushed through a law reducing most public workers' pay and eliminating their union rights.

Several dozen school employee unions have notified the state they plan to hold votes to see if they can continue to formally represent their members at the bargaining table.

The federal health care overhaul signed into law last year will drastically cut the number of uninsured Wisconsin residents by 2016 but will drive up premiums for some customers and could cause some companies to drop coverage for their employees, a report released Wednesday found.

Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Wednesday that clears the way for another 13 weeks of benefits for Wisconsin's unemployed.

After months of heated debate, ear-splitting protests and legal maneuvering, Gov. Scott Walker's divisive collective bargaining law is finally set to take effect.