Madison in the sixties – the third week of January January 18 1962 — The most important cultural and social institution in the Greenbush neighborhood celebrates its fiftieth anniversary of its founding — the Club Lavoratori Italiani Sicilia di Mutuo Sucorso e Beneficenza, more widely known as Italian Workmen’s Club. The club opened its fine brick building […]
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Republicans Attempt Veto Override
Last year, Republicans sent a bill to Governor Tony Evers’s desk that would have lowered the number of required training hours for nursing aides, but Evers vetoed it. This Wednesday, Republicans will convene to try overriding the veto and pass the bill. If they succeed, it will be the first veto override in Wisconsin since […]
Committee Hears About PFAS Regulations Process
Tonight, a City of Madison water quality committee heard about the State’s process for developing groundwater standards for PFAS, a toxic forever chemical, and other unregulated contaminants. During the meeting, the state health agency and the state department of natural resources will suggest standards to combat toxic chemicals in groundwater. , Adam DeWisse is the […]
What’s the Word: Blues
This week on “What’s the Word,” we thought we’d continue following up on the Majestic’s “Wisconsin Music Fest” taking place over these last few weeks. Today, Adam Schuster turns our attention to the blues, taking us through its origins in American music recording and challenging some of the preconceived notions we have about one of […]
Madison, the second week of January
Madison, the second week in January January 11, 1960 — The Madison Council of Parent- Teacher Associations stops sponsoring Saturday movies at the Strand and Eastwood because the children keep misbehaving. 140 January 14 1965 The city council ignores the advice from city attorney Edwin Conrad and adopts an ordinance, 14–7, barring the issuance of a […]
Officially English?
In 2013, then-Representatives André Jacque and Dave Craig introduced a bill that would have made English the official language of Wisconsin. The Republicans controlled the legislature at the time, but the bill didn’t receive a hearing. Now the bill’s authors are reviving the bill in the state senate. Their stated motives? To encourage non-English speakers […]
