$45 million federal check not in the mail

Gov. Scott Walker's administration has conceded that it will not receive a $45 million windfall from the federal government that the administration was counting on to help close a budget shortfall in the state's health plans for the poor. The acknowledgment came after one of President Barack Obama's cabinet appointees made clear late last week that the federal money is unlikely to materialize, meaning the state could have to find that much money or more to preserve those medical services over the next two years. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/31)