Wisconsin Politics News

The Legislature's budget committee signed off Tuesday on a plan to spend $47.1 million for two train sets without a competitive bid. But both Republicans and Democrats on the Joint Finance Committee criticized Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle over the deal, saying he had kept the Legislature out of the loop.

Thousands of state employees who get paid by federal or private funds will need to take 16 days of unpaid time off, according to the Office of State Employee Relations.

Attorney Robert Henak is trying to force state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman off a case, arguing that his tough-on-crime election campaign last year denigrated criminal defendants.