Gambling

TOMAH -- The second-in-command of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was to tour the V.A. Medical Center in Tomah Friday. Undersecretary Carolyn Clancy is the lead agency's lead investigator into the reported over-prescription of opiates, and retaliation against whistle-blowing...

WAUSAU -- School officials are expected to release a report Jan. 3rd summarizing a two-month investigation into a school Christmas music controversy. The report was due out by now -- but officials held it back to give rank-and-file school employees named in the report a chance to...

MADISON -- It appears that Wisconsinites will not have police, teachers, or anyone else carrying guns at school. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' office said Wednesday that the lower house would not vote on a bill to let retired, off-duty, and out-of-state police officers carry concealed...

MADISON -- Hundreds of postal workers rallied at several locations in Wisconsin Sunday as part of a nationwide campaign to save Saturday mail delivery. In Madison, the state's newest congressman - House Democrat Mark Pocan - promoted a bill he's co-sponsoring to maintain six-day-a-week...

Casino gambling revenues are expected to go down in Wisconsin for the first time in 16 years. The Madison Capital Times says analysts project a nearly 5 percent drop in Indian casino revenues this year, and a relatively small gain of 3 percent next year. And it's not just the...

At least some people who've lost their incomes are trying to win them back at the casinos. There are no firm statistics on this. But the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling is still getting a slight increase in calls for help, after a record 38 percent increase in 2008. And...

A federal judge wants an arbitrator to decide if the Ho-Chunk Indians must pay the state millions in gambling profits. Judge Barbara Crabb of Madison has ordered a second arbitration into the long-running dispute. The first was in 2005, when the terms of state's gaming agreement...