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Why Wisconsin’s education superintendent race is important
It might be overshadowed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, but the contest for education superintendent deserves attention.
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Photos courtesy Kinser and Underly campaigns
Why Wisconsin’s education superintendent race is important
It might be overshadowed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, but the contest for education superintendent deserves attention.
Mar 24, 2025
What to do in Madison this week: Steep Canyon Rangers, 'We Want the Funk!' and more Isthmus Picks
Picks for March 24-27 also includes a conference on local arts hosted by Create Wisconsin; 'A Case for the Existence of God' is the latest from Forward Theater.
Mar 24, 2025
Dane County Executive Melissa Agard does have an opponent
Incumbent County Executive Melissa Agard and two-time Assembly candidate Stephen Ratzlaff face off April 1 to be Dane County’s next executive.
Mar 21, 2025
Liam Beran
Madison postal workers protest push to privatize
Privatization of the USPS could hurt rural Wisconsin communities, who benefit from the agency’s requirement to deliver to every address in the nation.
Mar 20, 2025
Freepik
Who’s really hurting the UW?
Why was Joe Gow stripped of his tenure but LaVar Charleston allowed to return to teaching?
Mar 20, 2025
School board chair Nichelle Nichols runs unopposed for reelection
Nichelle Nichols is running in an uncontested race to retain her school board seat.
Mar 20, 2025
Kristine Drake
What to do in Madison this weekend: Andrea Potos, Tubal Cain album release and more Isthmus Picks
Picks for March 20-23 also includes a talk on a new book on marine fishes by Joe E. Meisel; the WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament.
Mar 20, 2025
Ali Muldrow runs for Madison school board reelection unopposed
Ali Muldrow is running in an uncontested race to retain her school board seat.
Mar 19, 2025
Meet the candidates running for Madison’s contested school board seat
Bret Wagner and Martha Siravo are facing off for the seat previously held by Laura Simkin.
Mar 18, 2025
Community Shares of Wisconsin Backyard Hero: Janie Ocejo
Each month Community Shares of Wisconsin presents the Backyard Hero Award to organizations and people making change happen in our community. This month’s hero is Janie Ocejo.
Mar 17, 2025
Robin Shepard
Hazies and an ESB top the list
While stouts and bocks dominate spring seasonals, IPAs remain super popular.
Mar 17, 2025
Schimel: Coburn Dukehart / Crawford: Joe Timmerman
Supreme Court race repeats party labels, cash
The April 1 election for 10-year term on the state Supreme Court between Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford has a Groundhog Day quality.
Mar 17, 2025
Liam Beran
Trump administration cuts threaten UW-Madison ag studies, state farmers
At the center of UW-Madison’s agricultural research is the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences or CALS. The college employs nearly 250 faculty and has about 4,000 students.
Mar 14, 2025
11:15 AM
Liam Beran
Congress considers axing tax-exempt municipal bonds
A congressional proposal would remove the exemption, in place since 1913, to fund Trump’s $4.5 proposed trillion tax cut.
Mar 13, 2025
2:15 PM
Jason Joyce
One dish: the shrimp cake eggs Benedict at Gates & Brovi
Do you hate brunch? Gates & Brovi may force you to reconsider.
Mar 13, 2025
8:00 AM
CVERVO
What to do in Madison this weekend: La Rosa Noir, 'A Little Night Music' and more Isthmus Picks
Picks for March 13-16 also includes a pair of shows by jazz luminary Terell Stafford with UW-Madison ensembles; 'Scammed!' is a new play by Danielle Dresden at TNW Ensemble Theater.
Mar 13, 2025
5:03 AM
Tommy Washbush / Freepik
Wisconsin Supreme Court race is about more than abortion
The case on Wisconsin’s abortion law will likely be settled before the new justice is seated.
Mar 12, 2025
4:30 PM
Liam Beran
Witzel-Behl placed on leave three weeks before spring election
The City Clerk’s Office left 193 ballots uncounted in November, an error Maribeth Witzel-Behl did not communicate to the city until mid-December.
Mar 12, 2025
10:35 AM
Submitted photo
Sculpting the ideal studio
Sculptor Thanasi Papapostolou built an ‘atelier’ in his own backyard.
Mar 12, 2025
10:00 AM
Join the Isthmus staff in our first ever Community Newsroom
We’d love to hear what’s on your mind and answer any questions you might have about our coverage.
Mar 11, 2025
3:00 PM
Beau Meyer
Upcoming at the UW-Madison School of Music: Sondheim and Bach
Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is a perfect choice for the Opera’s spring production. And upcoming in April the School of Music welcomes cellist/composer Andrew Yee.
Mar 11, 2025
2:00 PM
Matthew Norman
Evers proposes to hike funding for municipal services payments
Lawmakers have steadily cut funding for the municipal services payments program over the past two decades.
Mar 11, 2025
6:00 AM
Kent Sweitzer
Two orchestras, two choirs, one massive ‘Passion’ from Madison Bach Musicians
“Technically, the Passion should fall apart, but it doesn’t,” says Trevor Stephenson, Madison Bach Musicians’ artistic director.
Mar 10, 2025
8:00 PM
Spring 2025 Isthmus voter guide
Isthmus breaks down the candidates and races in our Spring 2025 voter guide.
Mar 10, 2025
1:00 PM
In the March issue
Supreme Clash
Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has labeled rival Brad Schimel a 'right-wing extremist.” Schimel, in turn, has pegged Crawford as “a radical in a robe with an extreme and dangerous agenda.'
The Wisconsin Film Fest settles into Flix Brewhouse and other venues
Flix Brewhouse, UW Music Hall, the Bartell Theatre and the Barrymore stay on the roster of Wisconsin Film Fest venues.
Testing norms, teaching civics
The president of the United States is aggressively testing the limits of his executive power and other political norms. How to teach civics in this moment?
Tony Robinson, 10 years gone
Reflections on how the fatal police shooting of an unarmed, Black teenager changed Madison
Behind the Isthmus cover: March 2025
Cover illustrator Lauden Nute is an abstract, lowbrow artist who specializes in weirdness and texture,” says Isthmus art director Tommy Washbush. And Tommy means that in only the very best way.
A Case for the Existence of God
Forward Theater: a conversation about a loan becomes something else, 3/27-4/13, Playhouse, at 7:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday and 2 pm Sunday, plus 2 pm, 4/5 & 12.
Mar 27, 2025
7:30 PM
