http://www.yourstreet.com/news/madison-wi YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin taxpayers have paid $38,000 in legal bills to the state Democratic Party that Republican state Sen. Dan Kapanke said he would cover. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744037/kapanke-says-he-intends-to-pay-for-lawsuit Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:00:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 12, 2009 5:45 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin and Minnesota state lawmakers will send a joint letter to Govs. Tim Pawlenty and Jim Doyle asking them to save a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744065/minnesota,-wis-lawmakers-meet-to-discuss-taxes Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:45:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 12, 2009 5:45 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin and Minnesota state lawmakers will send a joint letter to Govs. Tim Pawlenty and Jim Doyle asking them to save a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744114/minnesota,-wis-lawmakers-meet-to-discuss-taxes Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:45:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 12, 2009 5:15 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin taxpayers have paid $38,000 in legal bills to the state Democratic Party that Republican state Sen. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744067/wis-senator-says-he-intends-to-pay-for-lawsuit Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:15:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 12, 2009 5:15 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin taxpayers have paid $38,000 in legal bills to the state Democratic Party that Republican state Sen. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744116/wis-senator-says-he-intends-to-pay-for-lawsuit Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:15:08 -0700 MADISON, Wisconsin (WXOW) - A hearing Tuesday looks into a proposal to raise the state's beer tax for the first time since 1969. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744043/hearing-tuesday-on-beer-tax-increase Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:52:08 -0700 MADISON, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Governor Jim Doyle expresses disappointment over Chicago not being chosen for the 2016 Olympic games. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6735924/gov-doyle-reacts-to-failed-chicago-olympic-bid Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:27:08 -0700 by madhorror (Posted Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:02:50 GMT) The Madison Horror Film Festival is being held on Saturday October 3rd and Sunday October 4th at the Market Square Cinema located at 6604 Odana road in Madison, WI. The festival spotlights short and feature films in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734110/madison-horror-film-festival-updates Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:02:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 21, 2009 12:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers want to know if any state money was going toward troubled community organizing group... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728058/2-wis-lawmakers-ask-for-audit-of-acorn-funding Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:55:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 21, 2009 12:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers want to know if any state money was going toward troubled community organizing group... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728078/2-wis-lawmakers-ask-for-audit-of-acorn-funding Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:55:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 21, 2009 12:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers want to know if any state money was going toward troubled community organizing group... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728124/2-wis-lawmakers-ask-for-audit-of-acorn-funding Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:55:08 -0700 By SANDRA BAKER The group that owns the historic Electric Building in downtown Fort Worth, which includes Fort Worth billionaire Robert Bass, has sold the residential building to Atlas Properties, a Fort Worth-based real estate investment and management company. Bass... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728555/atlas-properties-buys-the-electric-building-in-fort-worth Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:35:08 -0700 By SANDRA BAKER The group that owns the historic Electric Building in downtown Fort Worth, which includes Fort Worth billionaire Robert Bass, has sold the residential building to Atlas Properties, a Fort Worth-based real estate investment and management company. Bass... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728563/atlas-properties-buys-the-electric-building-in-fort-worth Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:35:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 21, 2009 12:15 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle says China wants Wisconsin's help with dairy production. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728060/wis-gov-china-wants-dairy-help Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:15:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 21, 2009 12:15 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle says China wants Wisconsin's help with dairy production. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728080/wis-gov-china-wants-dairy-help Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:15:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 21, 2009 12:15 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle says China wants Wisconsin's help with dairy production. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728126/wis-gov-china-wants-dairy-help Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:15:08 -0700 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - If new climate predictions are correct, Wisconsins winters will get noticeably warmer over the next 40 years. Thats the word from scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who reviewed more than 50 years of data. The researchers scoured... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728114/study-predicts-wisconsin-will-have-warmer-winters Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:57:08 -0700 There is a special corn maze in Iowa that is designed to take guests to Paris! Eight years ago, owner Bryn Pangburn attended a three-day seminar in Madison, Wisconsin on how to design corn mazes. Since then it has become a passion. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728047/take-a-walking-tour-of-paris-at-an-iowa-corn-maze- Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:39:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 13, 2009 1:25 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is devoting its semester-long fall lecture series to the scholarship and art of hip... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6717204/university-of-wisconsin-studying-hip-hop Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:25:08 -0700 Associated Press - September 13, 2009 1:25 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is devoting its semester-long fall lecture series to the scholarship and art of hip... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6717234/university-of-wisconsin-studying-hip-hop Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:25:08 -0700