Poor and Living in Madison

Edgewater free round up . . . CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MIASo, where is our Economic Development Commission, our Economic Development Director and city leadership?...

I was recently given the opportunity to sit down with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Mr. Trumka was very cordial and positive and had...

If your in education! Cross Posted @bloggingblue: I wrote earlier about Scott Walker's latest attack on teachers. This morning Katy Lounsbury was on SLY...

10 years ago, the leading reason cited for why landlords shouldn't have to take Section 8 tenants was that they are criminals. We...

Watched it on TiVo . . . wasn't feeling well so went home. So, you don't really get the same information as if...

Ok - so I heard about this from 3 or 4 people before it was in the newspaper and its been bugging me, but...

With Apologies to Bill Maher, I thought I would steal his famous segment. New Rule: You can't advocated...

Apropos of nothing, here are a couple of ideas that could make life better for the less well-off in Madison. It is by no means exhaustive, nor is it meant to be a list that solves all problems. Not everyone is going to like all of them, so it’s worth reminding folks that Brenda is not the only person who blogs here, so don’t go blaming her for these.

Do you see yourself being helped by what he lays out in his "speech"? Does this sound like the direction you want your...

So, when someone is getting evicted by the sheriff, it usually means one thing. They have no place to go or no resources...

So, the meeting planned for noon yesterday in the Mayor's office had to be moved from the Mayor's office to room 260 to accommodate...

Governor Scott Walker appears to have been correct when he said: "We're Broke and Can't Negotiate." Unfortunately the members of the legislature did...