Recently added articles from The Capital Times:
STATE STUCK IN MUCK OF STATUS QUO.(THE CAP TIMES)(PLAIN TALK)(Column)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dave Zweifel As we know all too well, as the Bob Dylan song tells us, the times they are a-changin'. Virtually nothing has been untouched by the rapid march of new technology. Businesses and individual workers have learned to adjust to a whole new world in ...
DEATH SHOWS WE MUST ACT ON HOMELESSNESS.(THE CAP TIMES)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dear Editor: Dwayne Warren, age 38, died on a park bench on the Capitol grounds recently. I knew Dwayne briefly. He had a sweet smile despite his dirty clothes. He always wore a knit stocking cap, even during warmer days. It's fitting that Dwayne died on the Capitol grounds. In ...
WHAT WE SAID ONLINE THIS WEEK: POCAN, MILLER GET BUDGET DONE ON TIME.(THE CAP TIMES)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2009 ... No matter what anyone thinks of the biennial state budget approved by the Legislature, it is a success by one very important measure. It was finished by the June 30 deadline, which hasn't happened for many years. State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, and state Sen. Mark Miller, ...
CITIZENS STEP IN AS FEMA PULLS OUT.(THE CAP TIMES)(FAITH & VALUES)(Column)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Phil Haslanger BILOXI, MISS. -- Thanh Thi Nguyen squatted down behind her almost-completed new home about two blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, washing her clothes in a couple of buckets. Just behind her was an empty space where her old home stood until Aug ....
GUTTING STATE'S FILM INCENTIVES FOOLISH MOVE.(THE CAP TIMES)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2009 ... An embarrassing display of ignorance characterized the arguments of those who had hoped to do away with Wisconsin's film incentives program - a drop in the ocean of a state budget that has yet to be fully analyzed for its economic impact. Of course, as those arguments were ...
STATE NEEDS RADICAL SHAKE-UP AT COMMERCE DEPARTMENT.(THE CAP TIMES)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Nichols Gov. Jim Doyle says he was "deeply disappointed" to learn last week that General Motors would locate new production in Michigan rather than at the Janesville engine plant that was shuttered late last year. The governor even took a shot at GM - an ...
NATURE 101 GETTING KIDS TO REDISCOVER THE GREAT OUTDOORS.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Byline: Mary Ellen Gabriel Special to The Capital Times Sticking out of a pile of dead branches at Glenwood Children's Park is a hand-lettered sign: "These materials may be used in the park for forts and other structures." "Yeah!" Eight grade-school boys ...
'DOSES OF NATURE'.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mary Ellen Gabriel Children with attention deficits concentrate better after a simple walk in the park, according to a study conducted by Andrea Faber Taylor, a child environment and behavior researcher. Taylor works for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's ...
JANESVILLE WORKERS LOSE A GAME WITH LOADED DICE.(THE CAP TIMES)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ed Garvey The governor of Wisconsin is not happy but the governor of Michigan, his fellow Democrat, is ecstatic. They played the GM game and Wisconsin lost. General Motors officials are also smiling. Taxpayer-owned GM, managed by President Barack Obama's pick ...
WISPOLITICS.COM STOCK REPORT.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Investors: Dems unhappy with the guv's proposed tax on "big oil" went looking for a way to drop it while also pumping a good chunk of change into the transportation fund. In the process, they decided to take a chunk out of investors to make their plan work. The compromise budget Dems ...
JOLENE STILL SHOOTING FOR HER GOALS BACK ON CAMPUS, UW'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER TALKS ABOUT HER FUTURE AND HER BADGER CAREER, INCLUDING THE TRANSFER RUMORS.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dennis Punzel dpunzel@madison.com When Jolene Anderson went off in pursuit of her dreams of playing professional basketball, she made a promise to her coach, Lisa Stone. She's making good on that promise this summer, as she has returned to the University of ...
PREP PROFILE: MARIO MINNAERT.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... School: Madison Edgewood Year: Senior Sports: baseball, basketball, football Baseball highlights: Minnaert was a two-year starter at second base for the Crusaders, who finished 25-4 overall and 10-2 atop the Badger South Conference this season and won the ...
PREP PROFILE: KENDRA LOCH.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... School: Madison Memorial Year: Senior Sports: soccer, swimming Soccer highlights: Loch was a three-year starter at forward for the Spartans, who won the Big Eight Conference title and advanced to the 2009 WIAA Division 1 state semifinals and Loch earned ...
SCHOOL'S IN FOR SUMMER HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EXTRA EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Byline: SAMARA KALK DERBY The Capital Times skalk@madison.com After getting gently scolded by his teacher for not knowing his ZIP code during a math exercise, Mauro Villegas Diaz, who is going into fifth grade at Leopold Elementary School on Madison's south side, proclaims that ...
WEEK AHEAD: TO BE REAL.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Cabell Gathman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral candidate who is doing her dissertation on how people present themselves on Facebook, will discuss her research in a free lecture Wednesday, July 1. Gathman is finding that, contrary to popular belief, people are sensitive to the ...
ENDING A DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP.(THE CAP TIMES)(BUSINESS BEAT)(Column)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Ivey Breaking up is hard to do but Wisconsin should say goodbye to GM forever. This is a bankrupt company that's been cutting jobs in Janesville for years with little regard for either the impact on working families or the state's dwindling tax base. ...
THE WILL TO SURVIVE A STAR AT UW, BRANDON WILLIAMS IS STILL FIGHTING TO STICK IN THE NFL.(THE CAP TIMES)(MIKE LUCAS)(Column)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Lucas mlucas@madison.com Brandon Williams looked around the room and saw nothing but NFL success. There was Jim Leonhard, who signed a three-year deal with the New York Jets (believed to be worth around $2 million a year). There was Owen Daniels, who signed a ...
10 TOP STORIES CLICKED ON AT CAPTIMES.COM.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... 1. Suspicious visitor claims to be Dairy Queen delivery man 2. 'Gyrating' magazine salesman, co-workers cited for selling without a permit 3. Battle brewing over outdoor seating at east side Malt House 4. Madison toddler dies after being left in hot car in ...
WEEK IN REVIEW.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Friday, June 26 Bicyclist David W. Nieft dies after being hit by a car at East Wilson and South Baldwin streets, in a stretch of the Capital City bike trail that runs on a city street. Saturday, June 27 Larry D. Caraway, 19, of Madison dies after being hit ...
SUMMER SET TO RETURN THURSDAY.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Although Wednesday will remain cool and cloudy, warm weather will be here on Thursday and stick around through the holiday weekend. Wednesday is expected to start out with a 30 percent chance of showers before 7 a.m., then remain mostly ...