Yesterday, a Midwest-based environmental advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission. That’s the agency in charge of regulating public utilities. The lawsuit challenges the commission’s approval of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission line. The Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission energy line would run through southwest Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa. Yesterday, two environmental groups filed a […]
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Opera Singer Holds “Master Class” for MMSD Students
Michelle Johnson is a soprano singer who made her Madison Opera Debut last year as Santuzza, the lead character of Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, or Rustic Chivalry. Earlier today, she held a “master class” with in classical singing with students at James C. Wright Middle School. Johnson says that even though she wanted to be […]
Wisconsin Republicans Push Limited Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill...
In 33 states and DC, marijuna can be prescribed as a part of medical treatment. It’s used to treat patients with chronic pain, cancer, epilepsy, and several other ailments. But in Wisconsin, marijuana is not a legal treatment–despite efforts by Governor Evers and Democratic state lawmakers. Two Republican lawmakers today announced legislation that could legalize […]
Wisconsin DNR Receive “OK” to Draft Manure Spreading Regul...
In response to the contamination of drinking water in Kewaunee County last year, the Department of Natural Resources created restrictions for the spread of manure in northeast Wisconsin. Yesterday, the Natural Resources Board, which oversees the DNR, voted to allow the agency to go ahead with rules that would put further restrictions on manure spreading. […]
Madison in the Sixties – the death of Otis Redding
Madison December 10 1967 Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the Monterey Pop Festival in June, and in October dethroned Elvis Presley as the year’s top male vocalist in a poll by the British music magazine Melody Maker. Now he’s coming to Madison for his first Wisconsin appearance – two shows at Ken […]
Lockdown Continues at Columbia Correctional Institution
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, a union that advocates for people who work while incarcerated, said in a statement today that one person had died in the Columbia Correctional Institution. They said that the death was rumored to be by suicide. The prison, located in the city of Portage, entered a state of lockdown in […]
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