Gov. Jim Doyle headed to Mexico Sunday to begin his third foreign trade delegation as governor.
Doyle will spend all week south of the border, where he will attempt to increase the state's exports to the country. After Canada, Mexico is the second-largest export market for Wisconsin, at $1.06 billion. In 2004 Doyle led trade delegations to Japan and China, the state's third- and fourth-largest exports markets.
Doyle will meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox and tour both a farm in Guadalajara and a Harley-Davidson dealership in Mexico City, the Associated Press reported Saturday.
Five Democratic presidential campaign staffers pleaded not guilty Friday over an incident in Milwaukee last November involving the slashing of tires on vans used by Republicans.
The five, including the sons of U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, and former Milwaukee City Council President Marvin Pratt, allegedly slashed tires in the early-morning hours of Election Day on vans rented by the GOP to get out the vote.
The five are facing felony charges of vandalism.
Wisconsin's oldest state legislator is leading the charge to require more testing for elderly drivers.
Seventy-seven-year-old state Rep. J.A. Hines, R-Oxford, claims current regulations are too lax, as they only demand license renewal every eight years for all adults, including seniors.
Under his new legislation, 75- to 85-year-old individuals would renew their licenses every three years and undergo a vision test. Those 85 years and older would have to renew their licenses and take vision and traffic-skills tests every two years.
Hunters across the state will be asked to vote next month on whether cats should be hunted.
A La Crosse man who hunts and traps wants to make free- roaming domestic cats an \unprotected species"" that could be shot at will by anyone with a small-game hunting license.
Mark Smith's suggestion will be placed before hunters April 11 at the Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearings in each of the state's 72 counties. Smith, a 48-year-old firefighter for the city of La Crosse, said any cat not under its owner's direct control, or which does not have a collar, should be considered fair game.
""If I'm in the woods and see a cat that doesn't have a collar, then I could shoot it,"" Smith said. ""It gives people some leeway if they want to remove cats.""
