The union representing most of Madison Area Technical College's full-time workers has agreed to amend its contract in order to mitigate layoffs and to help the school plug a budget hole heading into 2012-13.
The Ride the Drive event -- which closes off some major streets to motorized traffic -- will feature a north side route in 2012 in addition to the traditional downtown course.
Opponents of plans to build a big-box grocery store on the far east side of Madison upped the ante today by filing a petition with the City Clerk's office that could require a super majority of the City Council, and not just a simple majority, to approve the controversial project.
My column this week focused on the gap between Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Dan Nerad and Urban League President Kaleem Caire over how to combat the achievement gap in the city's public schools.
The "Saskatchewan Screamer" snow storm hitting the Chicago area was expected to pick up speed overnight and leave anywhere from 2 to 7 inches on the ground, snarling the morning’s commute. >> Watch radar weather
A federal jury will be allowed to hear a bartender’s allegation that Chicago police officers practiced a “code of silence” to protect a fellow officer caught on video brutally attacking her at the Northwest Side bar where she worked.
1 employee arrested, accused of threatening to return with gunTwo employees of the Cook County medical examiner's office have been fired in connection with a review of possible "misconduct or malfeasance" at the morgue, a spokeswoman for County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said.
The Chicago Bears coach said today the team should have had a better contingency plan in place last season when quarterback Jay Cutler sustained a significant injury.
President Hamid Karzai today blamed a U.S. soldier for "ignorantly" burning copies of the Koran at a NATO base, an accusation that could trigger more protests across Afghanistan.
The Illinois Commerce Commission voted today to give customers of Commonwealth Edison a $36.7 million refund. The decision stems from the appeal of a 2008 rate case.
The retailer's shares soared Thursday despite a fourth-quarter loss, as it announced moves to cut costs and inventorySuffering retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said it plans to spin off its small-format hometown dealer stores and outlets and sell 11 stores to raise cash and shore up its money-losing retail business.
Mitt Romney often refers to his father, George Romney, in his campaign, but he also learned much in a close relationship with his mother, Lenore, who ran for a United States Senate seat.
Mental health experts say that dark postings by adolescents should not be hastily dismissed because they can serve as an early warning system for timely intervention.
The decision marks the first time that federal immigration prosecutors have established that a top-ranking foreign military commander can be deported based on human rights violations under a 2004 law.
The census found significant gains in college education for all demographic groups, but blacks and Latinos not only continue to trail far behind whites, the gap has also widened.
Facing the election-year peril of surging fuel costs, President Obama sought to blunt attacks on his efforts to wean the United States off imported oil.
The California Republican Party, which begins its three-day convention in Burlingame today, is in a bind at a moment when it is trying to broaden its appeal. A Saturday appearance by presidential candidate Newt Gingrich...
Before he was the subject of back-to-back Sports Illustrated cover stories, a "Saturday Night Live" sketch and a worldwide craze, Jeremy Lin was the subject of good-natured ridicule from his high-school buddies. The...
With the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in increasing disarray, Democratic President Obama has significantly strengthened his hand in California, where his margin over his strongest GOP challenger,...
California has assembled a police force to protect about 1,800 of its most vulnerable patients - men and women with cerebral palsy, severe autism and other mental disabilities who live in state institutions and require...
Oscar Luna didn't want to leave the city where he'd spent the past 20 years, but after his wife gave birth to their second child a little over a year ago, the family outgrew the studio they rented in San Francisco's...
San Francisco's binding deal to host the America's Cup regatta lurched fitfully toward final approval on Wednesday. Following hours of pointed, dense and passionate discussions, a Board of Supervisors committee voted...
Less than three weeks after his fifth trip to the Super Bowl, Tom Brady returned Thursday to the place where his football life began. The New England Patriots quarterback was the main attraction Thursday night at a fundraising dinner at his alma mater, Serra High School, where he once rose from backup on the freshman team to varsity star.
San Carlos Mayor Andy Klein detailed the external forces working against the city's budget in his state of the city address Thursday, promising residents 'we'll get through these times together.'
New Orleans police officers and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigators seized $180,000 worth of high-grade marijuana this week from a Gentilly home. Three 20-year-old men, Tyler Self, Frank Bruno Jr. and Vincent Hirstius, were charged with possession with intent to...
The White House unveils a "bill of rights" for web users, calling for stronger privacy protections amid fears that online browsing habits are not secure.
Barely surfaced from a mostly unedifying televised debate in Arizona that veered from peevish to personal, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney yesterday accused each other of failing the test of conservative consistency.
To paraphrase Martin Luther King – here at last, here at last, here at last. Almost a century after the idea was first mooted by black veterans of the Civil War and almost half a century after the leader of the civil rights movement delivered his immortal "I have a Dream" speech, an African American museum is finally about to rise in the heart of W […]
After years of stonewalling what they regard as the liberal elite media, Sarah Palin's closest associates have decided to use America's mainstream press to mount a pre-emptive strike against a new film chronicling the former vice-presidential candidate's rise to political stardom.
Terrifying video footage of American daredevil, Jeb Corliss, crashing into a cliff after jumping off Table Mountain, Cape Town, has appeared on YouTube.
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