Wisconsin State Journal News

Cullen, Roys seek audit of freight rail program
Tue Feb 7

Cullen, Roys seek audit of freight rail program
Wisconsin State Journal
Two Democratic state lawmakers requested an audit of the state's freight rail grant and loan program, which has provided tens of millions of dollars to railroads to improve Wisconsin's rail lines. Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, and Rep.

Plan Commission OKs Catholic Center proposal
Tue Feb 7

Plan Commission OKs Catholic Center proposal
Wisconsin State Journal
The Madison Plan Commission unanimously approved a demolition permit and the rezoning of a property that will likely make way for a new St. Paul's University Catholic Center along Library Mall. The Plan Commission's decision will send the proposed ...

Massage parlor owner arrested in wake of raid
Tue Feb 7

Massage parlor owner arrested in wake of raid
Wisconsin State Journal
The owner of a Downtown Madison massage parlor was arrested Friday night after police searched his home as part of an ongoing prostitution investigation. Charles A. Prindiville, 58, of Middleton, was arrested Friday on a tentative charge of being a ...

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Talk to teens about horrible crash
Tue Feb 7

Talk to teens about horrible crash
Wisconsin State Journal
A 15-year-old watches intently during a driving lesson on Madison's West Side. One teenager is killed in a car accident every four days in Wisconsin. It's every parent's worst nightmare: A terrible crash involving teenagers — three dead, several more ...

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Seely on Science: Looking for the science in wolf debate
Tue Feb 7

Seely on Science: Looking for the science in wolf debate
Wisconsin State Journal
Ron Seely has covered science and environment for nearly 20 years at the Wisconsin State Journal. He also teaches science communication to students and scientists at the University of Wisconsin. Through this blog, Seely will be exploring and sharing ...

Michelle Heitzinger: Local Komen group will stay on track
Tue Feb 7

Michelle Heitzinger: Local Komen group will stay on track
Wisconsin State Journal
Thank you to the Komen South Central Wisconsin supporters, volunteers, patients and survivors for the concern and support shown during this past trying week. The South Central Wisconsin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is — and always has been ...

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Gene Camarata: State workers must face economic reality
Tue Feb 7

Gene Camarata: State workers must face economic reality
Wisconsin State Journal
I was saddened but not surprised by "A year of unrest," the Sunday article and side story about the struggling state worker, a thinly veiled denunciation of our duly elected governor. How sad that the state worker must now contribute $84 for a very ...

James L. Carney: Save prayers for those without care
Tue Feb 7

James L. Carney: Save prayers for those without care
Wisconsin State Journal
Regarding a Saturday letter titled "New law threatens right to freedom of religion," and the writer's promise to pray for anyone attending Catholic Mass who has an Obama sticker on his car, his prayer might be better aimed at those who oppose health ...

Charles Krauthammer: Time to oust Syria's Assad
Tue Feb 7

Charles Krauthammer: Time to oust Syria's Assad
Wisconsin State Journal
Imperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow, it prefigured the collapse of the Soviet Union itself just two years ...

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Joseph T. Leone: Law undermines US Constitution
Tue Feb 7

Joseph T. Leone: Law undermines US Constitution
Wisconsin State Journal
Like a lot of letter writers with an ax to grind against the Catholic Church, the author of Saturday's "Catholic Church takes an extreme stance" misses the point entirely regarding the Health and Human Services insurance mandate.