State News

Hudson police say a 19-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a recycling truck.

Gov. Jim Doyle is traveling to Italy and Tunisia for a series of business and government meetings.

Limited raw milk sales would be allowed in Wisconsin through 2011 under a bill that has advanced out of a Senate committee.

Over the past two years, the U.S. Department of Agricluture has cited at least 25 different animal research labs in 20 states for a total of 97 deaths in violation of the Animal Welfare Act, not including mice or rats, according to USDA records. The labs include:

Republican candidate for governor Scott Walker says Democratic leadership harmed the Milwaukee job market by agreeing to buy trains from a Spanish company rather than a local maker.

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow prosecutors to charge parents who refuse medical help for their children on religious grounds with child abuse.

Wisconsin's newspapers would no longer receive free copies of the state's official almanac of all things government known as the Blue Book under a proposal moving quickly in the Legislature.

Prosecutors in Northern California say they're waiting for a police report before deciding whether to file drunken-driving charges against Green Bay Packers tight end Spencer Havner.

A former state revenue official who owns a mortgage lending company has filed for bankruptcy protection.

A central Wisconsin man accused of killing his girlfriend during an argument has changed his plea to no contest in a deal with prosecutors in Marathon County.