MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - The regional transit authority in southeast Wisconsin is hiring former Acting Governor Martin Schreiber to lobby for higher taxes, and more authority to pursue a new commuter rail line. The transit panel has approved an $18,000 contract to have Schreiber lobby for the project through ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - The state Legislature’s top privacy advocate admits there’s not enough support to pass a bill to limit public access to the state’s popular Internet court records. But Assembly Democrat Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids said it will happen sometime, once lawmakers realize the access ...More
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAU) - The Democrats’ top candidate for governor says Chicago’s shipping canal should be closed if it would keep the Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett joined the mayors of Kenosha and Cudahy at a news conference today – before Jim Doyle and other Midwest ...More
MADISON, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - Wisconsin National Guard soldiers are about to enjoy what they missed last fall – deer hunting. The DNR is matching up soldiers with farmers who own deer damage permits. So far, 95 guard members who are just home from Iraq or Afghanistan have signed up for the ...More
STANLEY, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - Authorities are trying to determine how 2 inmates escaped at the state prison in Stanley last month, by showing false paperwork to staff members. The 2 men were back in custody a day or two later. And Police Chief Roy Frederickson tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...More
VILAS COUNTY, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - At least 16 people have died in Wisconsin snowmobile crashes this winter – 3 fewer than on this date a year ago.
The two most recent victims were killed in far northern Wisconsin. Vilas County authorities said 26-year-old Dustin Thomas of Bloomingdale Illinois died after his ...More
MADISON, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - Parents who have money in Wisconsin’s college savings program made more than expected last year. All 12 investment options in the EdVest program had gains ranging from three-tenths-of-one percent in the conservative Wells Fargo Money Market Fund to 79 percent in Legg Mason’s aggressive ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) We could learn more about Tommy Thompson's political future this week. He's scheduled to give a speech on Thursday at the Wisconsin Forward Award luncheon. It's an award that honors excellence in business management.
Thompson said last year that he 'thinks he has one good ...More
MADISON (WSAU) The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, which oversees high school sports around the state, would be subject to open meeting laws in a bill being considered by the state legislature.
The W-I-A-A is a private organization, and isn't subject to open meeting rules now. But the bill would ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) While the governor is in Washington, D.C., for a summit on the Asian carp, local Wisconsin officials are working up a plan if the predator fish arrives here.
Asian carp can drive out local species by eating all the food in the water. The Department of Natural ...More
