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Buddy Program supports parents who have children with food allergies
The Food Allergy Association of Wisconsin connects parents with newly diagnosed children to parents who have dealt with allergies for a while to help them learn to cope.
Companies turning to ‘reverse mentoring’ to tap millennials’ knowledge
MINNEAPOLIS — Mentorship is getting turned on its head in today’s multigenerational workplace. Technology has flipped traditional roles, and the younger workers now have a thing or two to teach the veterans.
Garden calendar | For the week of Aug. 28
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.
New labeling law and a study on GMOs aim to end consumers' confusion
GMO proponents hope consumers use science instead of emotions to form opinions
The Red Zone podcast: Breaking down the season's 1st depth chart and previewing the Badgers' wide receivers and tight ends
Jason Galloway's position preview series continues with the wide receivers and tight ends. Then, The Zone's Zach Heilprin joins the podcast to discuss the biggest surprises from the Badgers' first depth chart of the season.
'We are failing': Need overwhelms patchwork of homeless service providers
Despite immense goodwill and new initiatives, Madison's service network is strained if not overwhelmed, hampered by a lack of leadership, organization and resources.
State spent $9.7M on merit bonuses, retention and pay equity payments in last year
More than 4,600 state workers received the awards.
DNR delays raises doubts about vow to fend off more cuts
DNR officials said they would complete a reorganization by June to help fend off more GOP budget cuts, but the plan is postponed.
Hands on Wisconsin: Hunters whine about the wolf population
Gray wolves were wiped out by Wisconsin hunters decades ago and only reemerged in the last couple of years. Now hunters are complaining of unsatisfying deer hunts, because the wolves are killing so many deer.
Out of work, into the woods: Life in a tent in Madison's urban forest
With no options, Brannon Prisk and Adria Mackesey built an encampment in the woods, enduring frigid and sweltering temperatures.
Progress made, but housing remains most critical gap for homeless
The Dane County Homeless Services Consortium's new 21-page community plan to prevent and end homelessness sets first-time housing benchmarks.
From the hospital to the streets: Madison's homeless need health care, respite, hospice
Some don't access care until illness or dental needs become acute. Mothers with newborns and those recovering from surgery can be discharged to the streets. The terminally ill may have no place to die with dignity.
State ethics panel gets first big vote wrong
OUR VIEW: Members show they’re more interested in playing politics than settling disputes fairly or holding leaders accountable
Chris Rickert: Ron Johnson and the politics of the War on Poverty memes
Admittedly, it's a savvy bit of political triangulation.
On View | 'Close Reading: Sewn Works by Katherine Kuehn'
Tuille and grosgrain ribbon sounds like the makings of an elegant Victorian ball gown. Printer Katherine Kuehn did not create a ball gown, but instead used the ribbon as a foundation for an art piece in her exhibit “Close Reading:…
Badgers volleyball: UW adapts on the fly for hard-fought sweep of Arizona
HONOLULU – So much for scouting.
Another bad rap for Wisconsin startup activity draws both jeers and grim affirmation
Entrepreneurs respond to the latest study by the Kauffman Foundation.
Prep sports: Madison Memorial girls, Madison West boys run to titles at Glenn Herold Invitational
Behind senior Izzy Owca’s record-setting performance, the Madison Memorial girls cross country team opened the season with a narrow — but satisfying — victory in the Glenn Herold Invitational on Saturday at Watertown.
Brewers: Jimmy Nelson can't hold four-run lead in loss to Pirates
Pittsburgh scores five runs off the right-hander in the fourth inning.
