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

Michigan, Wisconsin to cooperate on climate change issues Michigan and Wisconsin plan to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine the best strategies to adapt to climate change as part of an effort to protect the Great Lakes region.

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.