Republican lawmakers have introduced a Koch brothers-backed bill that would fully repeal the state’s prevailing wage law, which sets minimum pay requirements for companies that are chosen for state building projects.The measure follows a successful 2015 effort by the GOP-controlled legislature that eliminated the prevailing wage for local public works projects beginning on Jan. 1, 2017, and .... Read More
A circuit court judge yesterday found probable cause to order Darrick E. Anderson, 23, to stand trial for first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of Andrew Nesbitt, a popular Madison gay man.Nesbitt died as a result of 70 knife wounds to his head, neck, torso and extremities, according to testimony presented by the Dane County medical examiner at yesterday's preliminary hearing.P.... Read More
On behalf of the State Governing Board and the more than 12,000 members and activists of Common Cause in Wisconsin, we respectfully request that the Wisconsin Supreme Court consider and adopt Rule Petition 17-01 on recusal, submitted to you in January by 54 retired jurists, including two former members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Rule Petition 17-01 requests that the Court amend t.... Read More
Twenty years of back issues in Jim Stroschein’s attic attest to his love of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ publication. Since 1919, the DNR magazine has featured stories and photos highlighting Wisconsin’s natural splendor, from where to hunt, fish, hike and camp to what it’s like to a own a north woods cabin.If Republican Gov. Scott Walker gets his way, this will be.... Read More
Wisconsin residents who love Irish butter will soon be able to buy it in America's Dairyland, thanks to a creamery’s workaround to a 1953 state law.Old World Creamery of Sheboygan announced March 6 that it would import Irishgold butter, process and package it — then have the company’s five state-licensed butter graders rate it. That will allow the butter to be sold legally in Wisconsin.... Read More
This week, a total of three multi-millionaires have lined up to try to unseat Tammy Baldwin in her reelection to the Senate seat held by Wisconsin Senator Bob Lafollette. These millionaires, each attempting to forward their own special interest agenda, see Baldwin as the final barrier to total control in Wisconsin.First, Eric Hovde is a real estate mogul that lived in DC until he decided he want.... Read More
Superintendent Tony Evers easily won a third term as Wisconsin’s top education official over a conservative opponent dogged by questions over whether he broke state law by using a public school account to send campaign-related emails.The win keeps Evers in place as the only Democratic-backed statewide official in a meaningful office. Even though the race is officially nonpartisan, Evers had .... Read More
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the stabbing death of Andrew G. Nesbitt in his downtown Madison apartment.Nesbitt had moved to Madison after surviving a previous attack outside an Oshkosh gay bar. His roommate found his body on March 27, Nesbitt’s 46th birthday.Darrick E. Anderson, of Columbus, was charged April 3 with first-degree intentional homicide, as well as two counts of m.... Read More
Tomorrow we choose Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction, the person who will determine what our state's educational landscape will look like for the next four years.Let that sink in.We'll also cast a vote for a Supreme Court Justice, Court of Appeals Judge (in Districts 1, 2, and 4) and various members of our local governments.Do not sit this election out. Make sure you ar.... Read More
A man currently held at the Dane County Jail for suspected retail theft could be charged Monday with the homicide of Andrew G. Nesbitt, a gay man who was stabbed to death at his downtown Madison apartment on his 47th birthday.Nesbitt had moved to Madison after surviving a hate-motivated attack outside an Oshkosh gay bar.At a March 30 press conference, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval sai.... Read More
