Mark Neumann, candidate for Wisconsin governor, improperly avoided paying...
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann, Republican candidate for governor, cited an inappropriate exemption to avoid paying tens of thousands of dollars in real estate transfer fees on land deals in 2008.
View ArticleMan over monkey: UW researcher Dr. Paul Kaufman
If you talk with Paul Kaufman about animals for any length of time, sooner or later he's going to tell you about his turtle. He mentioned it in a meeting with animal rights activists early this year,...
View ArticleMark Neumann's transfer fee 'screw-up'
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann, Republican candidate for governor, cited an inappropriate exemption to avoid paying tens of thousands of dollars in real estate transfer fees on land deals in 2008.
View ArticleLet's talk about the animals
"This op-ed is referenced in an "Isthmus" cover story about Dr. Paul Kaufman. It was originally published in the February 10, 2006 issue of" Isthmus"."
View ArticleMayor Cieslewicz is wrong about Madison Central Library
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz blew a gasket over an article in last Saturday's State Journal suggesting that city plans for a fully rebuilt, three-story Central Library might be scaled back.
View ArticleNudes at the Wisconsin Capitol. Oh the humanity!
To read the police reports, you'd think the citizens of Madison had witnessed zombies cracking open skulls and feasting on the gooey mess inside. "It was disgusting," complainant Barbara B. told...
View ArticleDoyle's Dane County DA pick Ismael Ozanne was not clear fave
Who knows? Ismael Ozanne may yet prove to be an excellent Dane County district attorney. He worked in the office as an assistant DA for 10 years and has management experience as deputy secretary of the...
View ArticleJoel Winnig fighting for his rights in campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Madison lawyer Joel Winnig says he's running for Wisconsin Supreme Court because a new law aimed at improving the integrity of the process makes it possible for him to win. The only problem: An old...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court undercuts openess
It was like those legal dramas on TV. The judge, ruling from the bench, always starts out paying homage to some legal principle or perspective. Then there's a "but" and the judge shifts gears, coming...
View ArticleGOP warned UW-Whitewater College Republican about dissing Ron Johnson
A junior majoring in political science, Mitch Sands is chair of the College Republicans chapter at the UW-Whitewater. He says that on Sunday, July 19, he had an encounter with the presumed frontrunner...
View ArticleMayor Dave: In the money
All signs are that Dave Cieslewicz intends to seek a third four-year term as Madison mayor next spring. Besides launching campaign-related Facebook and Twitter pages, he's quietly building a campaign...
View ArticleMadison city attorney notices called improper
It may not qualify as the crime of the century, but Madison attorney Erik Guenther suggests it might be a crime. On July 14, Guenther's law firm colleague, Marcus Berghahn, was served a subpoena...
View ArticleDane County DA Ismael Ozanne speaks to appointment issue
Ismael Ozanne, Dane County's new district attorney, says he was not trying to evade "Isthmus"' questions when he failed to reconnect with the paper prior to its recent story on his appointment. And he...
View ArticleMore blood to spill at Capital Newspapers
Few Madison institutions have suffered more in recent years than Capital Newspapers, owner and publisher of the "Wisconsin State Journal", "The Capital Times" and other papers. Staff sizes have been...
View ArticleDid UW-Madison campus Hillel 'freak out'?
Steve Horn admits he was drawn to bringing in a Palestinian speaker to a campus-based celebration of Israel in part because he "didn't want to be part of propaganda." Horn, a UW-Madison junior majoring...
View ArticleDean Health Plan pays to settle lawsuit
Dean Health Plan, a Madison-based HMO, has settled a lawsuit alleging wrongful denial of an insurance claim. Andrew Erlandson, a local attorney who filed the suit on behalf of Joe "Kay," says the...
View ArticleWisconsin Attorney General race between Hassett and Van Hollen pivots on role...
There's a reason state attorney general is an elected partisan position: However much anyone tries to deny it, political ideology is key to how the job gets done. But oh, how they try to deny it.
View ArticleCity of Madison paid off man injured by cops
The city of Madison last year quietly paid $27,000 to settle an excessive-use-of-force claim against Madison police stemming from a 2006 arrest, "Isthmus" has learned. Yet despite this indicator of the...
View ArticleBartender: 'The police almost killed this guy'
On the night of the incident, Elissa Parker, a bartender at State Street Brats, called the Dane County Public Safety Communications [911] Center to report what she felt was unacceptable behavior by the...
View ArticleWhat else we learned about Madison liability payouts
Records obtained by "Isthmus" with the kind assistance of city risk manager Eric Veum show that, between Jan. 1, 2009, and July 31, 2010, Madison paid a total of $1,079,154 in 198 payments to liability...
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