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Truck driver sentenced for crash that killed student teacher

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 3:03am
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A truck driver from Montana has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for a crash that killed a student teacher in Dane County.

Prep sports: Nils Arneson, Emmet Herb lead Middleton golfers to fourth in Legend tournament

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:15pm
The second-ranked Middleton boys golf team finished a solid fourth in The Legend Invitational on Tuesday in Hartland.

Brewers: Zack Greinke silences Milwaukee to win career-best 10th decision

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:40pm
The Brewers' season-high three-game winning streak ends.

Prep track and field: Madison Memorial girls, Madison La Follette boys win City Outdoor titles

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:00pm
Madison Edgewood's Amy Davis breaks Katie Ishmael’s 34-year-old record in the 3,200 meters.

State budget committee votes to shut Dane County out of water quality decisions

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 7:40pm
Dane County would be silenced on its own water quality standards under a last-minute motion approved Tuesday by the state Legislature's budget committee.

Tom Oates: Brewers manager Craig Counsell wants players to become better teammates

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 7:30pm
Ask anyone who was around Craig Counsell during his major league career and invariably two things will come up in the conversation: He was a great teammate and a proven winner.

City staff recommends full, $30 million rehabilitation of landmark Madison Municipal Building

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 7:00pm
City Engineering Division analyses three options for the future of the Neo-Classical Revival-style structure.

Food stamp fraud is dog whistle politics -- Mike Pfrang

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:00pm
Having a platoon of well-paid state auditors going after a small percentage of error and abuse by low-income state FoodShare recipients is akin to going fishing with a bazooka. The successful …

Citizens should object to 'Don't Shoot' painting -- Phil Hubble

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:00pm
Saturday’s State Journal described a painting at the Central Library to which police labor groups object. All thoughtful citizens should join in objecting for several reasons.

Prevailing wage laws no longer racist -- Doug Thurlow

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:00pm
I administered many projects requiring prevailing wages during my career in government, and I'd like challenge the accuracy of the case being made by advocates of ending this law.

Elected officials should pass civics test, too -- March Schweitzer

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:00pm
Requiring a civics test to graduate from high school is a brilliant idea.

Repeal prevailing wage laws -- Chuck Weigel

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:00pm
Since the early 1930s, all levels of Wisconsin government have issued contracts under prevailing wage laws, which require the hourly labor rates paid under these contracts to be far above loca…

Badgers football: Kenzel Doe receives two rookie minicamp invites

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 6:00pm
The wide receiver will participate with the Patriots this weekend and is scheduled to be part of the Texans' camp the following weekend.

Sentence surprises truck driver convicted in crash that killed Wisconsin Heights student teacher

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 5:25pm
A judge imposes an immediate 10-month sentence for Gary Lammert, who rear-ended a car driven by Katie Binning in front of the high school in 2012.

Conservative legal group asks judge to void Madison teacher contracts

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 5:10pm
The school district and school board have said the contracts are legal because the district and its union Madison Teachers Inc. had been party to an unsuccessful lawsuit to overturn Act 10.

Bill replaces program that limits class sizes in low-income schools

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 4:35pm
The bill would allow -- but no longer require -- every school that receives funding to keep its K-3 classes at 18 students per teacher or 30 students per two teachers. 

Hands on Wisconsin: Food stamp reform is 'red meat'

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 4:30pm
Republicans want to limit what people using food stamps can purchase. The regulations, which need to be approved by the federal government, would forbid recipients from using food stamps to pu…

Scott Walker's political group hires South Carolina staffers

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 3:45pm
Our American Revival tells The State newspaper that it has made two hires a few days before Walker's second visit.

Owens, Randy Paul

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 3:30pm
MADISON / OREGON - Randy Paul Owens, age 67, of Madison, formerly of Oregon, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at home surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born on Feb. 7, 194…

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