Herb Kohl

A Wisconsin senator is calling on the U.S. International Trade Commission to reopen the 2007 trade case of NewPage Corp., which blames the shutdown of its Kimberly paper mill on illegal product dumping by China and Europe. Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl says...

Introduced by a worker from a paper mill being shut down in Kimberly, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama praised the record of organized labor but took out time Monday night to urge support for hurricane relief efforts in the South. He...

Teachers, business owners, a Clinton administration economist, even a former Milwaukee Bucks scout. You name them, they're running for the state Assembly. Voters will whittle down a swarm of wanna-bees when they go to the polls in Wisconsin's primary...

WASHINGTON -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In the case of...

Connecticut is entrusting most of its nursing home care to large for-profit chains, which have lower staffing levels and higher rates of serious patient-care violations than small chains and independently owned homes, an analysis of federal data shows....

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Friday to ratify a compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, quickly approving legislation sought by the region's governors worried that thirsty places would covet one of the world's largest...

As if the battle over the fate of Yahoo Inc. didn't have enough drama, a Microsoft Corp. executive Tuesday accused Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang of acknowledging during a private meeting that the company's Web search advertising deal with Google Inc....

WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Israel had just one question for tourists and lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday: Why do we vote on Tuesday? But after interviewing nearly 40 people in the last two days, Israel (D-Huntington) found only two who had a clue....

Under pressure from critics in Congress and elsewhere to curb expensive marketing to doctors, the leading drug-industry lobby recommended yesterday that companies stop treating physicians to restaurant meals and other handouts. The industry group,...

Congress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo Inc. yesterday, demanding to know whether the Internet company's advertising partnership with Google Inc., intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft Corp., raises antitrust...

| The reports just keep coming that consumers are still having difficulty paying their debts. One of the latest is from the Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin of the American Bankers Association. The bulletin found the percentage of home equity lines...

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Sunday that he will support a merger between the nation's sole satellite radio operators, XM and Sirius, a decision that could remove the last regulatory hurdle in the lengthy...