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The Minnesota Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to roll back salary increases for Gov. Mark Dayton's commissioners and freeze their pay until July, a move by majority Democratic senators to shield themselves from political trouble over an issue consuming the Capitol and stirring public frustration with government.

Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that he would be open to extending a tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System beyond the next two years as he is currently proposing, offering the idea as yet another option to help sell his reorganization plan to a reticent Legislature.

The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would allow judges to issue restraining orders against people in other states.

A new analysis by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction estimates how much money schools across the state could lose under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget.

Moorhead police say a vehicle spotted near where the body of a slain North Dakota State University student was found in September is not connected to his homicide investigation.

Nobody in Wisconsin matched all the winning numbers to win the big Powerball jackpot worth $564 million.

Wisconsin exports reached an all-time high in 2014, up 1.4 percent from the previous year.

To call Colorado’s first year of legalized recreational use of marijuana a learning experience would be an understatement, officials said.

The American Transmission Company and Northern States Power told the Wisconsin Public Service Commission they would prefer the northern route.

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A woman and dog were forced to jump from a burning multi-family building in Baraboo early Thursday morning.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said Eric Koula should not get a new trial. Koula was found guilty of killing his parents for money in 2012.

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