A bill passed in 2017 allowed Wisconsin farmers the opportunity to grow hemp for the first time in nearly fifty years. The first round of hemp farmers have finished harvesting their crops, including Whilden Hughes of Hughes Farms in Rock County. He’s just one of two farmers in Rock County, and one of only 184 […]
Soglin Budget Proposal Wouldn’t Fund New Data Analyst Position f...
Last Wednesday, Mayor Paul Soglin proposed a $332,000,000 operating budget for 2019. Nearly $77,000,000 of that money would go toward the Madison Police Department, but not all of Police Chief Michael Koval’s requests were included. While Soglin’s budget meets Koval’s top priorities, it would not fund a data analyst position, which an MPD spokesperson says […]
Vice President Mike Pence Campaigns With Gov. Walker
Walker and Evers are locked in a dead heat, according to Wednesday’s Marquette University Law School poll. Walker leads Evers by a single point — 47 to 46 percent, well within the margin of error. Pence rallied to push Walker over that threshold today at his stop at a Golf Course and Country Club in […]
Madison in the Sixties: October – October 1960
High drama over high stakes for Monona Terrace, cheers for Fidel Castro, and applause for entertainers from South Africa, France, and Kenosha, and an iconic store branches out. Just some of the things going on 58 years ago this month. Madison, October 1960 October 1 – South African singer Miriam Makeba, who has become an […]
Wisconsin Book Festival Kicks Off Thursday
Book lovers will flock to the Madison Central Library starting on Thursday for the annual Wisconsin Book Festival. The event has four days of authors and writers lined up to give talks on works ranging from poetry to politics to science literature. WORT producer Nina Kravinsky caught up with book festival organizer Conor Moran to […]
Workers Allege Mistreatment from Asian Restaurants, Employment Agencie...
A new collaboration from the Chicago Sun-Times and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism delves into alleged mistreatment of Latino workers at many Midwestern Asian restaurants. Chicago-based employment agencies shuffle workers, many of whom are undocumented, to different Chinese buffets and similar restaurants across the Midwest. Workers say they’re often made to work long hours […]
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