Overheard in Madison Feb. 22 - March 2
Feb. 23, 2010Look for your posts in print March 2 on Page 2!
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Gov. Jim Doyle praised President Barack Obama for his health-care and job creation efforts Monday at the National Governors Association meeting.
Another Republican joined the 2010 lieutenant governor race Monday and kicked off a six-city tour to promote his campaign.
The City of Madison Planning Commission unanimously approved the construction of a new Target store Monday.
Former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann became the first of the three major gubernatorial candidates to air a television advertisement Monday.
A UW-Madison engineering professor was elected into the National Academy of Engineers, one of the highest recognitions an engineer can receive.
A UW-Madison Faculty Senate committee released a report Monday opposing any separation of graduate school education from research in response to a recent restructuring proposal from UW administrators.
The Dane County automated non-emergency phone system went live at 7 a.m. Saturday. The implementation of the technology has generated legal issues between the city and the county over parking enforcement disputes.
After a tough loss at home against the Big Ten Champion Ohio State Buckeyes last Thursday night, the Wisconsin women's basketball team had no easy task going on the road to Ann Arbor. With just three games left including this one, the Badgers know that every contest is now more important than ever.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced nearly $2 million in loans for Wisconsin companies Friday.
Political figures from both sides of the aisle are coming out against Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed global warming legislation.
The Associated Students of Madison approved their 2010-'11 internal budget of $1,118,205 at the conference committee meeting Sunday.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an animal rights organization, wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking him to further investigate several animal research laboratories across the nation for alleged animal abuse, including those at UW-Madison.
The city of Madison will sue Dane County to prevent it from moving ahead with changes to the 911 nonemergency dispatch system, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Thursday.
After many months of debate, the long-awaited Edgewater vote at the Common Council meetings next week may finally seal the fate of Hammes Co.'s proposed redevelopment project.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council and Student Services Finance Committee included several increases for staff stipends in their proposed 2010-'11 budgets, with the highest increase at $3,000.
The Madison Downtown Coordinating Committee discussed possible train station locations Thursday night for the high-speed rail set to connect Madison to Milwaukee and potentially to the Twin Cities.
A bill banning public access to recordings of 911 calls was reviewed by a state Assembly committee Thursday.
In one of the coldest places on Earth, UW-Madison scientists are building the world's largest telescope to search for some of the universe's smallest particles.