(Undated) Finding news on the impending war with Iraq isn't difficult these days. Newspapers, T-V and of course public radio are filled with daily updates. Then there's the internet. Gil Halsted reports on a unique web page based in Madison that takes you directly to Baghdad for news of the war that you won't find in the mainstream media.

(Eau Claire) Lawmakers from the Chippewa Valley will use legislation to try and override a state agencies' decision to downsize the Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled. Mary Jo Wagner has this update.

(Madison) The Governor's negotiators on Indian gaming compacts found themselves on the hot seat at the capitol. A legislative committee grilled the Secretary of Administration on the new compact the state just signed with the Potawatomi. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Milwaukee) Wisconsin will ask a court to halt federal rules affecting permits for new sources of air pollution. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Milwaukee) The organic food market has grown 20% in each of the past five years. The industry is beginning to organize to assure it remains healthy. Sandra Harris reports.

(Milwaukee) Anti-abortion groups are cheering a U-S supreme court ruling in a case that involved abortion clinics in milwaukee. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Undated) Amnesty International says the citizens of Iraq are among the most oppressed in the world. But a representative says war might make things worse for the people there. Mike Simonson reports from Superior.

(Undated) Three-hundred-forty businesses in Southern Wisconsin have recently received letters from a gay civil rights organization. Action Wisconsin is asking the employers to extend health insurance to the partners of homosexuals. Patty Murray has more.

(Madison) Amnesty International is backing a bill criminalizing sex between Wisconsin prison guards and inmates. With that support plus 56 legislative co-sponsors, the authors of the bill hope for quick passage. Shamane Mills reports.

(Madison) A week ago, Governor Jim Doyle announced hundreds of state jobs at the Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled in Chippewa Falls would be eliminated. Wednesday he came to Eau Claire with a way to help a small technology business add new jobs. Mary Jo Wagner has more.

(Madison)A big change for Madison grocery shoppers is just one sign of a changing grocery business. That's according to one industry expert. Terry Bell reports.

(Undated) The Doyle Administration's tribal gaming negotiations are encouraging to one city that's been trying to land a casino. Chuck Quirmbach has the latest on a possible betting parlor for Beloit.

(Milwaukee) The latest Native American tribe to cut a new gaming deal with the state says it hopes to lure a lot more money from Illinois into Wisconsin. The Forest County Potawatomi also promise to put nearly one thousand more people to work at their Wisconsin casinos. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Madison) Milwaukee County government is again asking the state legislature to authorize plans for a smaller county board. Terry Bell has more.

(Milwaukee) Members of the State Public Service Commission met with a key backer of a proposed major Northern Wisconsin power line. Critics of the so-called Arrowhead-Weston transmission project say they want to know why those meetings took place. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Undated) One of Wisconsin's top industries is laying the groundwork for its longterm survival. The Wisconsin Paper Council is out with a report detailing what challenges it faces, and how government can help. Shamane Mills reports.

(Madison) Wildlife ecologists from U-W Madison have captured and radio-collared more than 25 deer in the Chronic wasting disease hot zone in the past month. The goal of this trap and release project is to learn more about how far and fast the fatal brain disease may spread. Gil Halsted went out to check the traps with a crew last weekend and filed this report.

(Washington, DC) Governor Jim Doyle is in the nation's capital, looking for budget assistance from the Bush administration. But Doyle says a meeting with President Bush Monday provided little optimism. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(La Crosse) Sisters in the upper Mississippi Valley are adding their voices to the call for restraint in Iraq. Sandra Harris prepared this report.

(Madison) Local AIDS experts are interested that a California drug maker has developed what may be a promising vaccine. Problem is, the preventive measure doesn't work as well in everyone. Shamane Mills reports.

(Madison) Safety is fresh on the minds of concert-goers after last week's deadly fire at a night club in Rhode Island. But firefighters have been working to keep shows at small clubs safe for a long time. Terry Bell reports.

(Green Bay) A major Papermaker could become the target of an environmental group's lawsuit. The Clean Water Action Council of Northeastern Wisconsin says it will sue Procter and Gamble if the company doesn't fix its dust collector. Patty Murray has more.

(Eau Claire) One of Wisconsin’s most high-risk, convicted sex offenders will be a free man on Tuesday. He’s from Rice Lake, but since he wasn't welcome in that community, he'll live in Eau Claire. Mary Jo Wagner has more.

(Undated) A proposal to reduce the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers is stirring debate. Mike Simonson reports that some think it will make roads safer, while others say it's a useless step that will only hurt bars and restaurants.

(Undated) The state has reached a tentative long-term gaming compact with the forest county Potawatomi. The Doyle administration announced Monday that it had signed the deal with the tribe last week. The announcement is touching off more concerns about expanded gambling. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Superior) About 130 people from northern Wisconsin will make the trip to Madison this week. Maria Maccioce reports on "Superior Days".

(Madison) The legislature went into emergency extra-ordinary session today in response to word the state has reached agreement with the Oneida nation on its gaming compact. Learning the agreements would last forever as negotiated by Governor Jim Doyle, legislators want some say in the talks. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Madison) Closing one of three state-operated centers for the developmentally disabled will save $2 million over the next two years. The savings are included in Governor Doyle's proposed budget. Mary Jo Wagner has more on what it means for residents at the Northern Wisconsin Center in Chippewa Falls.

(Superior) Ashland's wind sled arrived at the county sheriff's department this week, ready for action. Mike Simonson reports that the sled has already had more than its share of publicity.

(Madison) There's a new solution to the old problem of counties which foot part of the state's corrections bill. For Dane County, not housing state inmates would mean a savings of more than a million dollars a year. Shamane Mills reports.

(St. Paul, MN) Wisconsin isn't alone in its budget woes. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty this week proposed a budget that eliminates a projected $4.2 billion deficit without raising taxes. Unlike the budget proposed by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, Governor Pawlenty's proposal would increase state spending by about a billion dollars. But he would make deep cuts in aid to local governments and higher education, and rein in the growth in health and human services programs. Laura McCallum of Minnesota Public Radio reports.

(Hayward) The American Birkebeiner Cross Country Ski race celebrates it's thirtieth anniversary this coming weekend in northwest Wisconsin. Thousands of elite and citizen skiers from around the world will trek the 55 kilometer grueling, up and down, wooded course between Cable and Hayward. Nick Vander Puy of the Superior Broadcast Network prepared this report.

(Madison) It may come down to teachers vs. taxpayers as Wisconsin works to fix a budget deficit. Governor Jim Doyle announced his budget proposal on Tuesday. It includes a number of changes in public education funding. Mary Jo Wagner has reaction.

(Madison) UW-Madison students say they won't accept a tuition increase as high as the governor's budget would allow. The chancellor says they should, to help offset the university system's largest budget cut ever. And a lawmaker predicts a healthy debate on funding for the UW system. Shamane Mills reports.

(Madison) The governor's new budget bill was formally introduced today. The Joint Finance Committee accepted the package for consideration. But its republican co-chair has a billion-dollar problem with the Governor's budget. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Madison) The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard a case about alleged jury discrimination on Wednesday. Jury discrimination refers to manipulating the ethnic makeup of a jury. Some southern states have histories of denying fair trials to black people by making sure their juries were all-white. But cases like that are less common in Wisconsin. Benson Gardner has more.

(Madison) A deal between the state and the Oneida Indian Tribe could mean 'round the clock gambling. The Oneida tribe is the first to re-negotiate its gaming compact with the state. Tribes have called for longer compacts than the current five-year agreements. And Governor Doyle wants to increase tribes' gaming payments to 237 Million dollars over the next two years. Patty Murray has more.

(Madison) Judges Pat Roggensack and Ed Brunner will duel for a seat on the state Supreme Court this April. It looks like campaign finance may be an issue in the race. Benson Gardner reports.

(Madison) Governor Doyle released details of deep cuts in last night's budget address. He says his budget will cut nearly one-and-half billion dollars in state spending. There are deep cuts to government agencies, including nearly three-thousand jobs. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Undated) As more and more U-S troops head for the Persian Gulf, opponents of the impending war are also heading to the region. More than forty members of the Iraq Peace Team are in Bagdad now including some peace activists from Wisconsin. Gil Halsted reports.

(Madison) The next step in the dispute over state employee labor contracts could be back to the bargaining table. Gil Halsted reports.

(Stevens Point) Environmental groups from around the state meet this weekend in Stevens Point to set lobbying priorites for the year ahead. Gil Halsted reports.

(Madison) A big vote in the legislature last night has union workers poised to engage in more job actions. The committee on employment relations rejected the tentative labor contracts that cover thousands of state workers. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Madison) Six candidates who will square off in just five days have their last words on why voters should choose them to be Mayor of Madison. Shamane Mills reports.

(Madison) A partnership is growing between a Madison-based college group and some of the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which is designed to help both sides. Although the accident happened nearly 20 years ago, the Ukranian community is still feeling the aftereffects. Gil Halsted reports.

(Undated) Congress may make significant changes to the nation's air pollution laws this year. Wisconsin groups are getting into formation behind some differing plans. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Undated) Wisconsin's remaining astronaut is confident that NASA will continue the space shuttle program, but Colonel Jeffrey Williams says that doesn't mean space travel will be free of risk. Mike Simonson reports from Superior.

(Undated) Rape victims in Wisconsin would have greater access to emergency contraceptives under a bill introduced Wednesday in the state senate. Terry Bell reports.

(Undated) The loss of large, continuous blocks of forest in northern Wisconsin, used to just be of concern to wildlife and environmental groups. But now even paper companies are starting to feel the pinch from what is known as forest fragmentation. Chuck Quirmbach reports that one cause of the forest break-up is the growth in second homes.

(Lake Winnebago) Thousands of people are camped out in shacks on Lake Winnebago this week. They're waiting for the elusive sturgeon and a chance to spear one. This year marks the century point for Wisconsin's sturgeon management program. Over the decades the DNR has sought to protect the sturgeon from over-fishing. Patty Murray visited a registration station and has this report.

(Madison) Wisconsin Right to Life members say they hope to have more sucess in passing bills this session than last. That's because Republicans took control of the state senate in the fall elections and gained ground in the Assembly. Tuesday anti-abortion groups told legislators what laws they want on the books. Shamane Mills reports.

(Undated) A major bill to change campaign finance laws in Wisconsin gets a hearing Wednesday. One reason the measure is controversial is for something that would not change. Details from Chuck Quirmbach.

(Superior) In an effort to stop the so-called "brain drain" of young people leaving the community, one far northern Wisconsin community is making room for teenagers on its city council. Mike Simonson reports from Superior.

(Undated) Governor James Doyle says he will take a reasonable approach to increases in state fees and University of Wisconsin system tuition. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Madison) One state lawmaker has an idea to save the Wisconsin money in the face of a more than $3 billion deficit: cut the number of legislators in Wisconsin in half. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Undated) A new report finds cuts to the state's health insurance programs for the poor could hurt the state's economy. Melba Lara reports.

(Undated) There's a call for spending limits to prevent high priced, nasty campaigns in a race for one of the most respected and important elected state positions. Shamane Mills reports.

(Statewide) More National Guard troops from Wisconsin have been on active duty since the September 11th terrorist attacks than at any time since the Persian Gulf war. More than 12-hundred are on active duty at the moment. Terry Bell has more.

(Statewide) A growing number of state lawmakers are voluntarily giving up their pay raises. They come from all over the state and all over the political spectrum. Patty Murray has more.

(Statewide) The code used to gauge terrorist threats is now at the second highest level. Wisconsin emergency management officials say no specific preventive action has been taken so far. Shamane Mills reports.

(Statewide) More than two hundred state prison guards called in sick again. It's the second day in a row of what appears to be a job action to protest the legisataure's failure to vote on state employee labor contracts. Gil Halsted has more.

(Statewide) The U-S Interior Department says a change in the protected status of the timber wolf in Wisconsin is imminent. A wildlife group says the reclassification has been held up by wolf population questions in other states. Chuck quirmbach reports.

(Statewide) Hundreds of prison guards called in sick today as part of an apparent job action. The Governor says public safety is not at risk. But corrections officers who are on the job are working double shifts and managers are filling in. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Madison) Many schools are strapped for cash. But instead of relying just on bake sales or car washes, Madison is going about fundraising in a big way. The district is trying something not done anywhere else in the country. Shamane Mills reports.

(Eau Claire) Parents who are angry about decisions a school board makes often show up at meetings and write letters - this month, a group in Eau Claire will go further and try to recall three board members. But a state organization has plans to place limits on the recall law. Mary Jo Wagner has more.

(Milwaukee) When President Bush wants to build support for an invasion of Iraq, he sends his Secretary of State to the U-N. When anti-war protestors want to challenge the President's plan, they sometimes have to decide whether they can afford to charter a bus. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Undated) The price tag for the recent governor's race in Wisconsin is estimated at $23 million, nearly triple the record set in the last election. Sandra Harris reports.

(Racine) Wisconsin said good-bye to Columbia shuttle astronaut Laurel Clark Wednesday night. More than one-thousand people gathered in Racine for a tribute to Clark, who died in Saturday's shuttle explosion. Chuck Quirmback reports.

(Madison) It's being called a controversial move to try to reduce prescription costs in Wisconsin. Today a citizen action group hand-delivered thousands of letters to state lawmakers calling for support of the measure. Frederica Freyberg reports.

(Madison) The Department of Natural Resources is launching a new effort to kill more deer to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease. It involves thousands of pounds of corn and molasses and scores of government sharp shooters. Gil Halsted reports.

(Undated) The governor has told librarians not to expect all the funding state law says they should get in the next budget. But it's unlikely they'd expect that anyway. Sandra Harris reports.

(Undated) Like many states, Wisconsin was surprised when the federal government stopped a program that tracked mass layoffs by U.S. companies. The program gave money to the states. Benson Gardner has more.

(Madison) A Dane County judge today dismissed one of twenty charges against state senator, Chuck Chvala. The bulk of the felonies, including the extortion charges, were not dismissed as the senator's lawyers had asked. Frederica Freyberg has details.

(Madison) In a speech which sounded a lot like his State of the State address, Governor Doyle told county officials on Tuesday that a bleak financial situation requires spending cuts and shared pain. But Jim Doyle promised local aid to governments wouldn't be cut further. Shamane Mills reports.

(Milwaukee) The question of whether University of Wisconsin System Police should carry firearms is back on the table. That's after an incident Monday night in which a U-W Milwaukee Police officer shot and killed a man who was allegedly harassing people. Chuck Quirmback reports.

(Eagle River) The snow that's been falling over parts of northern Wisconsin over the last few days is starting to chase some of the blues from the tourism industry. Chuck Quirmback reports.

(Superior) Congress is considering spending up to 2-million dollars to continue a long-term study of widening and deepening the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Opponents want this idea nipped in the bud, saying an expansion of the Seaway will only mean more environmental trouble for the Great Lakes. Mike Simonson reports from Superior.

(Undated) Organizers of the first "virtual" school in the state hope they can expand their program. They have only one month to do so. That's because those who want to register for Wisconsin Connections Academy must do so under the state's open enrollment period - it started on Monday and runs through the 21st. But a teachers' group wants to stop the spread of this type of school. Mary Jo Wagner has more.

(Undated) A critic of pay day lenders says they are dragging Wisconsin's economy down. And there's concern that the number of centers offering quick, short term loans is growing here and across the nation. Shamane Mills reports.

(Undated) Efforts to hold prison guards in Wisconsin more responsible for sexual relationships with inmates are increasing. Wisconsin is one of only four states in the country where it isn't a crime. Terry Bell reports.

(Undated) Seven peace activists say they won't pay the court fines related to charges of trespassing at the U.S. naval facility in Clam Lake. Joe Hardtke reports.

(Madison) The space shuttle disaster could delay cutting edge plant biology research based at U-W Madison. That delay could hurt a local company that builds the greenhouses that make that research possible. Gil Halsted reports.

(Racine) On Monday morning, one Racine High School paid tribute to a fallen alumna -- Shuttle Astronaut Laurel Clark. Dave McGrath reports.

(Racine) Many schoolteachers may be talking with their students on Monday about the weekend space shuttle disaster. In racine, a lot of the discussion will focus on hometown astronaut Laurel Clark, who died in Saturday's mishap. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

(Undated) State lawmakers will debate mandatory car insurance this session. The issue comes up every few years. But Wisconsin remains one of only three states not to require drivers to have insurance coverage. Patty Murray reports.

(Undated) Consumer groups say the Free File program offered by the Internal Revenue Service could cost the government good will and prompt unwitting taxpayers to pay out lots of money. Shamane Mills reports.

(Undated) There are some clear patterns in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Benson Gardner reports on the three candidates' endorsement lists and some geographical factors in the election.

(Superior) An Ontario, Canada power company would like to see a high-powered transmission line built along eastern Wisconsin. This long-term plan is part of an idea that would include stringing a high-voltage line under Lake Superior. Mike Simonson has the story.

(Racine) Family and friends honored the memory of astronaut Laurel Clark at a church service in her hometown of Racine on Sunday. Gil Halsted reports.

(Milwaukee) A member of President Bush's cabinet was in Wisconsin Friday trying to promote the President's controversial tax cut and economic stimulus package. Commerce Secretary Don Evans toured a lighting products company that's owned by a wealthy industrialist. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

2/1/03 – "Blue Shirt" Artist Won't Give Up on Milwaukee

(Milwaukee) A New York City artist says he still hopes to get his so-called "blue shirt" sculpture put up at the Milwaukee airport. That's even though a Republican leader plans to cancel Milwaukee County's contract with the artist. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

2/1/03 – Doyle Wants Broad Input on Education

(Milwaukee) Governor Jim Doyle promises that a task force on education funding will be open to diverse views and reach decisions in the open. The governor announced the task force in his State of the State speech and promoted the idea Fridayat a Milwaukee school. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

2/1/03 – State Won't Pay Any More Legal Fees

(Madison) The state will stop paying the legal fees of lawmakers charged in connection with the legislative caucus scandal. The move is part of an agreement reached by legislative leaders and the attorney general. Melba Lara reports.