by Bob Hague | Jun 30, 2011
The state budget goes into effect on Friday. Secretary of State Doug LaFollette, who waited the maximum allowable ten days before publishing a law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees, published the budget just four days after it was...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 30, 2011
Another threat on the roads besides drunk and texting drivers. A Wednesday crash on Madison’s east side is the second this week being attributed to drivers injecting drugs while behind the wheel. A Baroboo man, 29 year-old Todd Anderson, reportedly passed out...
by Bob Hague | Jun 30, 2011
Layoffs are going out to more than 500 staffers in the Milwaukee Public Schools. Superintendent Gregory Thornton announced the layoffs, after his request for pension contributions of up to 5.8 percent were turned down by the teachers union. “I asked for the...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 30, 2011
It remains a smoky mess in downtown Madison as firefighters battle the blaze at the Capitol Hill Apartments on Mifflin and Webster Streets. Lori Wirth with the Madison Fire Department said it’s a very stubborn blaze, “Fire is still burning. It’s...
by Bill Scott | Jun 30, 2011
The Milwaukee Bucks exercised the fourth-year contract option on guard Brandon Jennings and the third-year contract option on forward Larry Sanders. The 21-year-old Jennings appeared in 63 games last season, averaging 16.2 points, 4.8 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5...
by Bill Scott | Jun 30, 2011
Green Bay Packers players, coaches and other employees received their Super Bowl XLV rings earlier this month. Now, shareholders, season-ticket holders and other fans can join in. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, the Packers are unveiling an inventory of...
by Bill Scott | Jun 30, 2011
The Milwaukee Brewers announced a 4-year player development contract extension with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Midwest League through the 2016 season. The Brewers partnership with the Timber Rattlers officially began on Oct. 1, 2008. The Timber Rattlers...
by Bill Scott | Jun 30, 2011
The Milwaukee Brewers had designated Sergio Mitre for assignment earlier this week. Yesterday, they send Mitre back to the New York Yankees for cash. The Brewers acquired Mitre back in spring training from the Yankees for reserve outfielder Chris Dickerson. Mitre...
by Bill Scott | Jun 30, 2011
The New York Yankees scored four runs in the fourth inning and went on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 last night. Russell Martin delivered the key blow, a 3-run homer run in the frame. A.J. Burnett pitched into the eighth innings for the Yankees, who have won...
by Andrew Beckett | Jun 30, 2011
As protesters marched around the Capitol Square earlier this year, many lawmakers posted signs in their office windows to show their support. Now that the massive protests have ended, a state lawmaker wants his colleagues’ windows to stop looking like a...
by Jackie Johnson | Jun 29, 2011
Minnesota lawmakers are deadlocked on their budget and the state could experience a government shutdown on Friday, as the holiday weekend gets under way. Regardless of any shutdown of non-essential services in a neighboring state, our state wouldn’t think of...
by Bob Hague | Jun 29, 2011
A former UW Madison chancellor will serve in that post until a replacement is found for Biddy Martin. UW System President Kevin Reilly announced that Chancellor Emeritus David Ward has agreed to serve as UW-Madison’s interim chancellor following the departure of...
by Bob Hague | Jun 29, 2011
Dane County takes a new approach to dealing with drunk driving. County Executive Joe Parisi said it’s a huge problem: 2009 saw 451 alcohol-related crashes and 19 people killed. In addition, Parisi noted that 50 percent of the county’s jail inmates are...
by Bob Hague | Jun 29, 2011
It appears Republicans may try to push redistricting through before July’s Senate recall elections. It’s the first time in fifty years that redistricting has happened with a single party holding both chambers of the legislature and the governor’s...
by Brian Moon | Jun 29, 2011
US Senator Ron Johnson says in a time of a major deficit, it’s time for true fiscal discipline. “Our financial situation in this country is urgent, we don’t have years,” Johnson recently told reporters. The Oshkosh Republican also issued a...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 29, 2011
Waupaca’s former parks and recreation director will spend three years behind bars for stealing money from the city. That, along with five years extended supervision, was the sentence for 47-year-old Jim Ash that was handed down by Waupaca County Circuit Court...
by Bill Scott | Jun 29, 2011
These aren’t the banged up Twins anymore. Last night, the Milwaukee Brewers got roughed up in their series opener against the Yankees, 12-2 in New York. Ace Zach Greinke also suffered his worst outing since putting on a Brewers uniform, getting roughed up for...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 29, 2011
State and local officials are celebrating a new school for teenage girls who have gotten into trouble and the consolidation of a school for troubled teenage boys. Wisconsin will save $23 million a year by closing two juvenile facilities in Waukesha County and Racine...
by Andrew Beckett | Jun 29, 2011
Democrats in the state Senate maintain they did the right thing when they left Wisconsin earlier this year to block the Governor’s collective bargaining changes. The 14 Senators stayed in Illinois for nearly three weeks to prevent a vote on the bill, although...
by Andrew Beckett | Jun 29, 2011
After months of protest marches, court hearings, and marathon legislative sessions, Governor Scott Walker’s law that rolls back the ability to collectively bargain for many state workers officially takes effect today. It’s been a historic journey for the...
