APNewsBreak: Softer lights, more toiletries: Wisconsin to make improvements for worst inmates Life is getting better for some of Wisconsin's most dangerous and worst-behaving prisoners.

Stimulus Vote Has Feingold on the Run Wisconsin Democrat Russell Feingold's possible Senate seat foe says the high-speed rail line being financed by stimulus funds is a waste of money

Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile in Wisconsin MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Wisconsin public health officials are reporting the first mosquitoes of the year to test positive for the West Nile virus.

Wisconsin Public Service donates $105,000 to Brown County United Way Wisconsin Public Service donated $105,000 to the Brown County United Way Thursday as part of a month-long effort by the company to raise funds for the local nonprofit.

Wisconsin to receive $180 million in federal education money Wisconsin will receive nearly $180 million to save and create education jobs this school year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Wednesday.

Wisconsin election officials push for absentee ballots WASHINGTON Wisconsin election officials are negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department to try to ensure that American troops and civilians overseas are able to vote in the November midterm election, a spokesman for the state Government Accountability Board said Wednesday.