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Madison's source for news, opinion and cultural coverage since 1917. In print every Wednesday, published daily on . Host of Cap Times Idea Fest.

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Rebecca Bradley wants Janet Protasiewicz to abstain from cases that affect a campaign donor. In 2017, Bradley slammed such a restriction as unconstitutional.
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The Democrat said he would toss any bill placing restrictions on the lives of transgender Wisconsinites. “I’m always behind trans kids, trans adults,” he said.
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Madison-based Law Forward plans to file a lawsuit contending Wisconsin’s gerrymandered voting maps violate the state Constitution.
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Since Scott Walker's election in 2010, the GOP has turned Wisconsin from a shining light to a laggard on almost every quality-of-life issue.
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The Wisconsin Assembly speaker was so incensed when Gov. Tony Evers vetoed his tax cut for the rich that he interrupted his European vacation to vent.
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Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, along with GOP-aligned witnesses, admitted that Biden impeachment hearings have no basis.
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If chosen, Wisconsin could be one of at least five regions to get over $50 million in federal money. "It could be a real game changer," said Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
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Editorial: Republicans who gripe about rainbow flag embarrass themselves
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Campaign staffers for Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes have unanimously voted to unionize.
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Paul Ryan challenger @IronStache : "Working people want one of their own."
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After the 2010 elections, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker went after unions. Eight years later he was out of a job.
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The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has botched an ill-conceived effort to audit the state's 2020 election results with bizarre public appearances and outlandish statements.
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Unless Protasiewicz wins, Republicans will continue to trample reproductive rights, flout the will of the voters and potentially choose a president.
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. @Twitter What are we doing wrong 😭 Is it because we were founded in 1917? We may be old but we know how to tweet… Is it because we provide free and accessible journalism at and in print every Wednesday across Dane County, Wisconsin? That can’t be it…
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The Wisconsin Assembly speaker wants Justice Janet Protasiewicz to recuse herself on gerrymandering cases because she stated a fact.
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Republicans' votes against the Equality Act were reprehensible because, as Pocan explained, “a vote against the Equality Act is a vote for discrimination, plain and simple.”
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While Repubilcans engage in their debt cieling nonsense, Rep. Mark Pocan is focused on savings at a huge, out-of-control money pit: the Pentagon.
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Unlike Protasiewicz, conservative Dan Kelly was neither born nor raised in Wisconsin, and he's chosen to serve partisan interests instead of the public.
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Garrison Keillor calls @realDonaldTrump "the punk who would be president."
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The former U.S. Senate candidate’s hybrid PAC will oppose Ron Johnson and support six women running for state legislative seats throughout Wisconsin.
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The County Board will direct the sheriff to give a low priority to any future laws that restrict the rights of transgender or nonbinary residents.
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🗳️ @GovEvers and First Lady Kathy Evers vote at the Maple Bluff Village Center this morning in Madison, Wisconsin. 📷: @RuthieHauge
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. @NicholsUprising says the answer to Paul Ryan's health care plan isn't just "No." It's "Yes to Medicare for all."
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Polls suggest that the voters of Wisconsin are interested in replacing their crooked U.S. senator with Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.
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The Wisconsin Assembly speaker is using the UW System as a pawn in a cynical political game that features racist dog whistling.
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There’s a worldwide movement to ban the use of cluster munitions. The Wisconsin Democrat wants the United States to join it.
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BREAKING: @BernieSanders is coming to #CapTimesIdeaFest ! 🗓️ Friday evening, Sept. 22 The senator from Vermont will engage in a wide-ranging discussion of media, democracy and working-class politics at @UWMadison 's Shannon Hall. 🎟️ Get your tickets now: .
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🦩 There’s a new mural on the corner of Blount and Johnson. “Flamingo Swirls” is a collab by Triangulador and Oh Ya Studio. Design and labor was gifted by the artists as a way to give back to the Madison community. Materials were funded by Madison Public Art Project.
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Seen in Madison, Wisconsin, on #ElectionDay . This is a beautiful city. #VOTE Video taken by @RuthieHauge .
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Voters and statewide politicians have embraced the idea of paid family and medical leave, but GOP lawmakers dismiss it out of hand.
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On the @UWMadison campus this morning, @SJPuwMadison organized a protest calling for the university's divestment from Israel.
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"It is time, my people." Madisonians march in #BlackLivesMatter rally Friday. Read more: http://t.co/ElD3ItE8oh http://t.co/n7phOUHGrP
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The Madison City Council unanimously approved the plan to close the 400 through 600 blocks of State Street to motorized traffic as a test.
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A coalition of more than 100 Wisconsin small business owners on Monday backed Gov. Tony Evers’ reelection campaign.
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Kirby White Photography caught the northern lights over the city last night, and we're in awe 😍
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"The U.S. Department of Justice should move immediately to clarify that gunmen cannot cross state lines and shoot up protests."
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Calling politicians liars is not nice. So let's just call Rebecca Kleefisch and Timothy Ramthun stupid.
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All 22 Republicans voted against repealing the ban, marking the first floor vote on Wisconsin's 1849 abortion law since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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The lesson @JaneGoodallInst left the @UWMadison audience with tonight: "Never forget that every single day you live on this planet you make some impact. Every one of you."
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Congrats to @isthmus on being back in print. This is a huge win for local journalism.
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this @isthmus cover is the best damn thing this year (photo creds to photographer Brian Mesmer)
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Wisconsin is ranked the No. 1 state where young voters have an especially high likelihood of influencing the governor's race and No. 5 in the senate race.
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Ready to take on the GOP, the 30-year-old Assembly minority leader is the youngest in that role since 1943.
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“I want to tell my kids and grandkids I saw @StormyDaniels ,” said one attendee, who came to the club with her feminist book club. “If she’s the person who brings down the president — for $15 (a ticket), why not?” @jessieopie reports from Silk Exotic:
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A Dane County judge on Wednesday said she was “frankly amazed” that she had to order Assembly Speaker Robin Vos not to delete records.
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"Funny, isn't it, that Vos can't bring himself to help the hardworking Wisconsin taxpayers recoup some of the billions they send to Washington every year."
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🏳️‍🌈 "Raising the pride flag today sends a message for all those who have only ever wanted to belong, who had to find their own family, who've never known home: You belong here. You are family here. You are welcome here." — @GovEvers speaks at today's pride flag raising ceremony.
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11 degrees? No problem. Visitors walk the Lake Mendota ice on Saturday and welcome Lady Liberty back to Madison. The tradition has been part of the Wisconsin Union’s Winter Carnival since 1979. 🗽 📷: @jessieopie , who says, “It is COLD out there.”
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"There’s an argument that we should send every single world leader into space, and bring most of them back," said Brian Cox, who will be in Madison May 12.
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Starting Monday, the Cap Times will have its own site at , ending its partnership with the Wisconsin State Journal at .
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Long before she was the first woman to lead the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Wisconsin activist redefined federal policy toward Indigenous people.
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People with letters at the #RESPECTMYVOTE rally outside the State Capitol in Madison. Photo by Michelle Stocker
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The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate is hitting the road to talk about abortion access with Wisconsinites.
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UW-Madison students and staff made up 27% of total positive Dane County cases during the latest 14-day period.
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“It’s okay to have passions, but not here,” said Carl Dvorak, president of the 10,000-person Madison-area company, in a recording leaked Monday. “This isn't the platform to fight for your social cause.”
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When Waunakee-based cartoonist @muskrat_john learned last weekend that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — a former comedian and actor — gave voice to Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian-language version of the film, he knew just what he had to do.
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Johnson has taken every opportunity to deprive the non-rich of health care. So far, he has failed, but if reelected, he'll keep trying.
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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is backing Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in the crowded Democratic U.S. Senate primary, Barnes' campaign announced Tuesday.
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This spring, I’m going to rededicate the Minocqua Brewing Co. to leading with light and love instead of darkness and anger.
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Editorial: The Capital Times, founded in 1917 by progressive allies of anti-war Senator Bob La Follette, has a history of editorially favoring diplomacy over militarism. This week, the paper urged the Biden administration to support a #CeasefireForGaza .
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Gov. Tony Evers told the Democratic Party state convention that he is the only person standing between Wisconsin and what he calls a “radical” GOP agenda.
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. @FrancescaHongWI talks to @NicholsUprising and @RepKristina at #CapTimesIdeaFest about the damage gerrymandering does in Wisconsin
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A year after voting to unionize, workers at Wisconsin-based Colectivo Coffee finally have some closure, following last week’s ruling by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Gov. Evers' paid family leave proposal would help position the state as the best place to live, work and raise a family.
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I’ve learned that the inhumane treatment of animals and the mental health impacts for workers are standard across the industry.
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Dressed in a Santa costume, “Dancing Dave” jives outside of the Capitol all day to pop hits and Christmas tunes, bringing joy to passersby. 📷: @RuthieHauge
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Protesters get emotional during an anti-Trump rally on Nov 10, 2016 in Madison, WI. Photo by Saiyna Bashir #donaldt
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The proposal, from Madison Rep. Francesca Hong, a restaurant owner, and Milwaukee Sen. Chris Larson, would nix the state's tipped minimum wage, by which employers pay tipped workers as little as $2.33 per hour.
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In 2018, the Democratic governor’s election stanched Wisconsin’s lurch towards far-right autocracy. As Evers faces re-election in 2022, the stakes appear to be even higher.
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Dear Editor: I read the Wisconsin (annotated) constitution, which Chief Justice Annette Ziegler claims to have been violated by the majority.
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Bernie Sander's supporters gather at a campaign rally in Madison, WI on March 26, 2016. Photo by Saiyna Bashir #iph
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Tonight we celebrate @katelynferral and @jjoyce as they leave the Cap Times. We wish them nothing but the best for the future. 💚
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The failure of Sen. Ron Johnson and President Donald Trump to condemn the shooting deaths of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum in Kenosha and to defend their alleged killer — Kyle Rittenhouse — is deeply disturbing.
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When the fall weather hits just right, Madisonians Sara and Alex know exactly how to spend an evening: taking a walk with their two cats. 📷: @chelseywisco 📍 Eken Park
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Scott Fitzgerald has been a dysfunctional, and frequently destructive, force in Wisconsin’s Legislature.
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Shelia Stubbs becomes first African-American to represent Madison in Wisconsin Assembly
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“I lived in Madison. My parents taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a brief moment in time and I was five years old and lived in Madison, Wisconsin. I was a native.”
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"(This) has to rise above partisanship": @SenatorBaldwin calls for investigation into Trump's Russia ties.
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"Killing passenger rail was raw politics at its worst — a patented Walker divide and conquer scheme."
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. @NicholsUprising says Jeff Sessions lied to the U.S. Senate. If he won't resign, he should be impeached.
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Madison restaurateur Patrick Sweeney’s history of threats, verbal abuse, profanity and name calling was First Settlement’s worst-kept secret.
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AFSCME Council 32, a collection of public employees unions, endorsed Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary on Monday.
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A protest against Matt Walsh, organized by @UWBIPOCCo , is happening now outside of the Memorial Union. Read the full story about the reaction to the conservative speaker coming to @UWMadison :
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New mural spotted on Willy Street. 📷: @NatalieYahr #vote
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Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes brought in over $2 million during the second quarter of 2022 to help fund his bid to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
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