Wisconsin NewsLocal, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Tracking down sex offenders online- July 8, 2008 MADISON - As many as 50 of Wisconsin's "most wanted" sex offenders will soon find their pictures highlighted on a state Web site.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/tracking-down-sex-offenders-online?fromrss=1 Wis. hopes lower tax spurs sales to Illinoisans- July 8, 2008 Some counties in northeastern Wisconsin are hoping lower sales taxes will lure in shoppers from Illinois.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/wis-hopes-lower-tax-spurs-sales-to-illinoisans?fromr... Committee To Review, Streamline Wisconsin Disaster Statutes- July 8, 2008 A new state committee will begin meeting this week to streamline Wisconsin's disaster statutes.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/committee-to-review-streamline-wisconsin-disaster-st... Doyle: Republican party ads are "height of hypocrisy"- July 7, 2008 Responding to a TV ad that began running over the weekend in Wisconsin and other batleground states , Gov.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/doyle-republican-party-ads-are-height-of-hypocrisy?f... State of Drinking: Alcohol a heavy player in justice system- July 7, 2008 It figures into divorces and child-custody disputes. It informs disorderly conduct cases, domestic battery, theft and worse.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/state-of-drinking-alcohol-a-heavy-player-in-justice-... Commerce chief, aide run up travel bills- July 7, 2008 At a time when Gov. Jim Doyle has limited the travel of state employees, Commerce Secretary Jack Fischer has been dining on $80 dinners and staying at hotels that cost as much as $555 a night during overseas ...http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/commerce-chief-aide-run-up-travel-bills?fromrss=1 This is Wisconsin, and we drink here, but is that a problem for our state- July 7, 2008 Today the Wausau Daily Herald, along with other Gannett Wisconsin newspapers, runs the first in a series of stories about alcohol in Wisconsin -- the ways it shapes and affects culture here.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/this-is-wisconsin-and-we-drink-here-but-is-that-a-pr... Study bears out biologist's suspicion- July 6, 2008 MADISON -- Mike Gappa long suspected Wisconsin's black bear population was being underestimated by the Department of Natural Resources.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/study-bears-out-biologists-suspicion?fromrss=1 Wisconsin Democrats Look To Win Control Of Assembly- July 6, 2008 Four months before the November election, Democrats say they are in a good position to win control of the Wisconsin Assembly for the first time in 14 years.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/wisconsin-democrats-look-to-win-control-of-assembly?... Alcohol series will help focus on 'No. 1 issue'- July 6, 2008 For better or worse, there's a sudsy stream of alcohol flowing through Wisconsin, and even if you never take drink, you're wading in it.http://www.topix.net/state/wi/2008/07/alcohol-series-will-help-focus-on-no-1-issue?fromrss... |