NEWS
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Kristian Knutsen
Record number of election observers likely
Both the Republican and Democratic parties are working hard to line up election observers for the Nov. 8 election. Observers watch voters cast in-person ballots and election workers counting absentee ballots. Read more
Isthmus is hiring a staff writer
The ideal candidate is curious, passionate about storytelling and adept at breaking news as well as writing long-form stories and shorter news reports and features. Read more
Sep 30, 2022
Tommy Washbush
Wisconsin deserves ‘purple’ election-year label
Wisconsin has earned its reputation as an election-year “purple” state. Top-of-the-ticket candidates from either party can win. Read more
Sep 27, 2022
Dylan Brogan
Judges write new rules for the Nov. 8 election
A series of lawsuits have challenged how people can vote and how election officials can do their jobs. Read more
Sep 23, 2022
Judith Davidoff
‘Who ya gonna call?’
Scotty Rorek’s replica of the iconic Ectomobiles used in the popular Ghostbusters movies is his announcement to the world that he is a psychic, able to see and communicate with the dead. Read more
Sep 7, 2022
PETA
PETA seeks criminal charges against UW’s primate research center
PETA is asking a Dane County judge to issue criminal charges for officials at UW-Madison's Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. Read more
Sep 6, 2022
Isthmus Inside Stories Podcast: Jennifer Esperanza
Jennifer shares a story about what happened when she tried to pull one over on her immigrant mother and discusses what it took to get the story in shape for telling it in front of an audience. Read more
Sep 6, 2022
11:00 AM
Mary Langenfeld
Ready, willing, but not able
Dane County's median age in 2019 was 35.5 years, which means there are lot of millennials in the Greater Madison area. Many are ready to put down roots and become part of a community. But many are priced out of the housing market. Read more
Sep 2, 2022
10:00 AM
Behind the Isthmus cover: September 2022
With a back-to-school theme in mind for Isthmus’ September cover, art director Tommy Washbush turned to Andrew Mulhearn because of his “skill with landscape and architectural painting." Read more
Sep 2, 2022
6:00 AM
Gloria Reyes ‘seriously considering’ run for Madison mayor
No candidate has declared they are entering the 2023 race for Madison mayor Read more
Sep 1, 2022
12:59 PM
Work in progress
The referendum package approved by Madison voters in 2020 included $317 million in spending for capital projects and $33 million for operating costs. Read more
Sep 1, 2022
9:00 AM
Joe States / Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin’s ‘food deserts’
High-poverty areas are more likely to be food deserts — regardless of whether it is a rural or urban area. Besides dense urban areas, regions with higher minority populations are more likely to be food deserts. Read more
Sep 1, 2022
6:00 AM
In the paper
United against Ron Johnson. But who is the best candidate to beat him?
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson faces a reelection bid in one of the nation’s most politically divided states. History tells us Republicans should fare well in the upcoming midterms, but Johnson is unpopular and he’s running in a state won by Joe Biden. Read more
One Madison woman’s trip to Illinois for an abortion
On July 2, a 30-year-old Madison woman left her house to travel more than two hours to a clinic in Illinois to obtain a medication abortion to end her pregnancy. Since the Dobbs decision, she no longer has access to legal abortion in Wisconsin. Read more
Madison's Jacknife embraces an of-the-moment approach to fast-casual sushi rolls, bowls and salads
Jacknife is the fast-casual sibling of Red, one of the more innovative Japanese restaurants in town. So expectations were high when it opened in March. Read more
Wisconsin’s ‘honor’ system for removing guns failed Jesi Ewers
The conditions of his bail for domestic battery should have kept James “J.T.” Budworth from using his guns. They didn’t. Two months after being released from custody, Budworth used one of his guns to murder Jessi Ewers before taking his own life. Read more
The Dane County Farmers’ Market’s 50th anniversary cookbook is still looking to round out the collection
Do you have a yummy parsnip cake recipe passed down to you from your Eastern European mom-mom? This cookbook project is interested. Read more
