Woman accused of child enticement

EAU CLAIRE -- A New York woman is accused of developing an online relationship with a 15-year-old boy, then traveling to Eau Claire with plans to have sex with him.

Forty-four-year-old Tracy Taylor of Albany, N.Y., had bond set at $50,000 after the charges were filed Monday in Eau Claire County Circuit Court.

She is charged with

attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child and child enticement.

Police say she met the boy on a social networking Web site and had booked a room at an Eau Claire hotel where she checked in Friday.

Report: Private funds could help with roads

MILWAUKEE -- The federal government should consider tapping private funds to improve roads and ease congestion in cities such as Milwaukee, according to an independent research report released Tuesday.

The U.S. could lose its competitive edge if it fails to ensure that its infrastructure keeps up with commuters' needs, warn the authors of the 68-page report, produced jointly by the Urban Land Institute and consulting firm Ernst & Young.

The federal government has reduced its share of funding for national infrastructure, shifting the burden to state and local governments, the report said.

State employees union reaches tentative deal

MADISON -- The union representing more than 23,000 state employees says it has reached a tentative two-year labor contract with the state.

No details of the deal were released on Tuesday pending approval by members of the AFSCME union. Votes were to be counted on May 12.

AFSCME said in a statement that the deal covers five units of the Wisconsin State Employees Union.

Attorney general: Police can release DMV info

MADISON -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says police can release personal information they've obtained from motor vehicle records in public record requests.

Van Hollen issued the informal opinion in response to a request from newspapers and the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. They had asked Van Hollen to reconcile the federal driver privacy law with the state open records law.

Van Hollen said provisions in the federal driver privacy law permit the release of personal information in police records related to accidents, driving violations and driver status.

Commuter has rubella

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Waukesha woman kept riding a commuter bus to Milwaukee before she found out she had rubella, or German measles -- a respiratory viral infection that can be very dangerous to pregnant women.

The Milwaukee Health Department said Tuesday that nearly 700 riders on the Freeway Flyer service are being notified they may have been exposed from April 12 to 23.