More than 11% of Wisconsin's residents - including one in seven children - lived in poverty in 2008, according to the second Wisconsin Poverty Report.
Democrats Fight Duffy With Negative Ads
Democrats' House campaign committee is starting its first advertising blitz of the fall election cycle Tuesday with a TV spot hammering Wisconsin GOP candidate Sean Duffy, one of several Republicans who are threatening to wrest an open Democratic seat.
Elderly Couple Dies in Crash
Police in east-central Wisconsin say a pickup truck has collided with a minivan, leaving an elderly couple dead and two people injured.
Walker errs on health care facts in debate
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker inaccurately described the state's health care program for the poor this week - saying it was originally a temporary program when in fact it never was, while his opponent, former Rep. Mark Neumann pushed a dubious plan for U.S. rail funds.