UP: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Five journalists at the state's flagship paper win a Pulitzer for explanatory reporting for a series about attempts to use gene technology to save a boy from a rare illness. It's the third time in four years the paper has won the prestigious award. Oddly, Isthmus is snubbed again. Harrumph!
DOWN: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. The Wisconsin congressman's budget proposal - which calls for severe government cuts in the name of deficit reduction but gives away almost $3 trillion in tax breaks to the rich - passes the House on a mostly party-line vote but can't pass the Senate. And it's getting a lot of criticism from Dems, who say it gives them ammunition for the next elections.
