Wisconsin News and Sports
A Republican candidate for governor wants to create 300,000 jobs in the state over the next decade.
Former Congressman Mark Neumann is unveiling a plan that would focus on using the expertise available through University of Wisconsin campuses to attract businesses to state. His plan would create three “research triangles” across the state, connected by UW campuses. [Read more...]
Wisconsin has a new law against drunk driving coming on the books Thursday, but a state lawmaker says more needs to be done still.
State Representative Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) also says lawmakers missed an opportunity to do more when, earlier this year, they refused to kick out a colleague who had repeat OWI offenses. [Read more...]
The first people in line for tickets to see President Barack Obama during a town hall meeting on the economy at Racine’s Memoiral Hall waited a full 12 hours before the doors opened Tuesday morning.
Norris Johnson said he couldn’t give up the chance to see the president. “As an African American raised in the South, it’s a historic event for me,” said Johnson. “I just want to hear exactly what he’s got to say. This is his time speak, and whatever his views are, I just want to stand behind him.” Don Castleberry drove up from Beach Park, Illinois for tickets to the presidential event on Wednesday. For Castleberry, the economy is the number one issue. “The main concern for me is jobs . . . and the unemployment rate,” he said. “I think that’s the biggest concern for the country, other than the BP problem.” [Read more...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Is her confirmation hearing an exercise in “vacuity and farce”? Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl cited an often referenced article Kagan wrote more than a decade ago. “You said back then, when the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussions of legal issues, the confirmation takes on an air of vacuity and farce.” Kagan conceded she may have “gotten a bit of the balance off” in that article. [Read more...]
Derek Nussbaum-Wagler gets a frequent helping of something that most people only read about in Dr. Seuss, green eggs. He and his wife own an Americauna chicken which lays green eggs, a color specific to the breed. They also own Wyandot chickens which lay brown eggs. As far as taste, the first year chicken owner doesn’t feel there’s a definite distinction between the two breeds’ eggs but says any of them taste better than what is found in the grocery store.
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