After rotating between the two coasts, The Freedom From Religion Foundation returns to Wisconsin for its annual convention beginning tonight. The gathering last took place in Madison in 2007 and Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor says they meet on their home base every three years now.
Popularity of home gardening, canning is growing
October 29, 2010 By
There’s been a recent boom in gardening, and Donna Gilson at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection attributes that popularity to both the weak economy and to the nation’s First Lady. “It started, I think, with the recession when people needed to tighten their belts a little bit and then when Michelle Obama entered the White House.” [Read more...]
Walker focuses on factories in campaign stops
October 29, 2010 By
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is hoping campaign appearances, like the one he made in Fond du Lac Thursday, will open the door to the Governor’s mansion for him. So it seems appropriate that his stop was at a company that makes doors, Combination Door. Walker told the gathering of about 75 that if they want to see things improve they need to put him in the Governor’s office.
Quad/Graphics to add 1,300 jobs
October 29, 2010 By
Quad/Graphics Inc. will restart operations in Wisconsin which will result in as many as 1,300 new jobs over the next 11 years. The Sussex-based printer is looking to fill 420 full-time and part-time jobs immediately according to a press release from Governor Doyle’s office.
The positions range from production to managerial and administrative.
Poll access improving for disabled
October 29, 2010 By
Voters with disabilities have all too often been disenfranchised from the polls but that has been improving, according to Alicia Boehme of Wisconsin Disability Vote Coalition. She credits the establishment of the state Government Accountability Board and the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.
