Initially, I was cheered by this story: Yard signs welcoming immigrants to Madison are starting to appear on the snow-piled landscape..
The signs say “Immigrants Welcome” printed in English, Hmong and Spanish. The word “Welcome” also is handwritten in six languages: English, Hmong, Spanish, Norwegian, German and Arabic, by members of immigrant families in [...]
I must be missing something, because I don’t understand how this makes any kind of sense:
Eventually, Olson said he put up $2 million and got financing from Anchor Bank and First Business Bank, spending an average $250,000 per property and about $130,000 in each to convert them. The project, he said, was a [...]
How’s the weather in Madison, WI?:
Including today’s snow, it is the 37th time in the last 67 days — since Dec. 1 — Madison has seen measurable snowfall, according to weather service data. Madison’s normal winter snow total is about 49 inches, Kuhlman said, but the city is already well [...]
The city of Madison believes that if it limits your freedom it can truly make you safer. Next up on their agenda: plastic water bottles.
The city of Madison, enamored of bans on everything from smoking to phosphorus fertilizers, may be setting its regulatory sights on another target — plastic. In [...]
About two dozen Madison high school students courageously stood up for the right yesterday. They protested the Iraq war and President Bush in a city and county that have both overwhelmingly voted to impeach the president. What courage! What intestinal fortitude! What lack of concern for self and popularity!
Yawn. Give me a call when Madison [...]
The problem with eating only locally grown food is that locally grown food may not always be available.
Jai Kellum stands — stunned yet smiling — in front of a channel of dirty water, as she describes the catastrophe that destroyed Avalanche Organic farm, which she owns with her partner, Joel Kellum. [...]
Bad news from Madison. First of all, we’re suffering from lots of hungry mosquitos. Secondly, the Madison City Council is in session. Hold on to your wallets.
City Council backs RTA
The Regional Transportation Authority endorsement that the Madison City Council passed 18-2 at 2 a.m. today opens the door to an enhanced regional bus [...]
Madison family eats only items made within 100 miles of their home
A Madison family is shunning the SUV diet and thriving on the 100-mile diet. Although wistful for citrus, soy sauce and better bread flour, Jen and Scott Lynch and their daughter, Evie, pledged to stick to this diet for [...]
Allied Drive jobs program struggling
A local Madison jobs training program has been in operation since January. It was intended to help residents of the Allied Drive neighborhood find decent jobs.
The START program prepares people to take entrance tests for trade apprenticeships. It began in January and has been touted as one of the [...]
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Garbage collection is fine as a private service, but roads? What would possibly improve by letting individual profit-seeking companies control where and when you are allowed to drive?
It’s a simple answer. Individual profit-seeking companies only make a profit if you can drive when and where you want. Right now, only [...]