UNDATED (WRN) Proposed legislation at the state Capitol that would allow the governor to challenge deployment orders for the Wisconsin National Guard is drawing some concerns from lawmakers.
The bill from state Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison) would give the Governor the power to contest orders to deploy Guard troops overseas ...More
UNDATED (WRN) Tom Barrett is firing back at Republican criticisms of high speed rail. The Democratic candidate for governor say it’s a good thing Mark Neumann and Scott Walker weren’t around when President Eisenhower proposed an earlier transportation project. “With this line of thinking, we would have said ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsinites have been getting letters from the U-S Census Bureau, reminding them to fill out their Census forms when they arrive in the mail next week.
Officials say the economic downturn might make it harder to get everybody counted – especially homeless, college students, and non-citizens. Jim Accurso of ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) The mother of a New London soldier who reportedly misrepresented his injuries, rank, and unit in Afghanistan is still proud of his service.
Army Specialist Jordan Olson was greeted by 60 flag-waving veterans and supporters upon his return to the airport near Appleton over the weekend. According to ...More
MADISON (WRN) Wisconsin health care providers must disclose the average prices of their most popular treatments under a bill signed into law today.
Governor Jim Doyle says health care is the only product that folks are asked to buy before they know the price. And he says the new law ...More
MADISON (WRN) Wisconsin contributors dole out a record amount of cash to special interest groups.
A watch dog group says the so-called 527s have raised $1.53 million over the course of 2009 for campaign advertising.
“You know all that money came from just 452 contributors — wealthy individuals, corporations and ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) The defense will continue to make its case today in the murder trial of former Appleton fire-fighter Scott Schmidt. He’s accused of shooting his estranged wife Kelly three times at last April outside the home they shared – and he allegedly shot-and-wounded Kelly’s mother as she came ...More
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) The year is off to a busy start at Wisconsin’s largest airport. Milwaukee’s Mitchell International had a record January with over 697,000 passengers going in-and-out. That’s 43-percent more than the previous January, at a time when the number of passengers nationally dropped by four-tenths-of-a-percent ...More
NIAGARA, Wis (WSAU) A tire recycling company in northeast Wisconsin has agreed to pay 35-thousand dollars to settle claims that it took too many tires and ran an unlicensed facility.
The D-N-R said American Tire-and-Recycling accepted more than the 33,000 tires for which it was licensed at its plant ...More
UNDATED (WRN) There are efforts at the Capitol to find new ways to pay for transportation projects in Wisconsin.
For decades, the state has relied primarily on the gas tax and vehicle registration fees. But those sources of revenue have been declining, says Craig Thompson of the Transportation Development Association ...More
