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An automotive report says rising gas prices are prompting more people to buy fuel efficient cars — but not the ones you might expect.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will close 4 of its 27 clinics by this July. The move was prompted by past budget cuts in the state's family planning program.

Citizens upset over Governor Walker's decision to forgo additional federal funding for Medicaid are taking their case to lawmakers to expand BadgerCare. Gretchen Gilham from La Crosse has no health insurance and gets care from free clinics. She says taxpayers fund the governor's salary and health care, and he should in turn provide it to to them.

Thursday, lawmakers heard from the state agency that oversees foster care. A Dane County foster care agency is alleged to have used million of dollars in taxpayer money for cars, boats and vacations.

Governor Scott Walker is rejecting a full expansion of Medicaid. Instead, Wisconsin will tighten up eligibility for the program. The expectation is that 87,000 current Medicaid recipients will get private insurance on a federal exchange.

A Washington policy analyst has told a Wisconsin business group that opposes health reform that efforts to undo the legislation will continue. That's despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act.

Governor Walker is taking steps to prevent a shortage of doctors. Part of his proposed budget includes millions to train medical students.

The head of a national education association told the UW Board of Regents that the future of colleges and universities may look very different from today. Institutions of higher learning are trying to adapt as they get less money from the state, investments and donors.

Three areas of the state are now offering free bus passes to disabled veterans. Dane County is starting a program similar to those found in Green Bay and Superior.

Two lawmakers, both Democrats, are calling on Governor Walker to expand the state's Medicaid program, saying it will save the state money. If the governor doesn't include changes to Badgercare in his budget, Democratic lawmakers will try to pass a bill ... in a legislature controlled by Republicans.