INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – If you know the name Aaron Kennedy, it’s most likely because he earned a graduate degree at UW-Madison in the late 1980s and five years later started Noodles & Co., an upscale fast-food chain that boasts one of its first stores on...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Six weeks ago in the art-conscious town of Santa Fe, N.M., a somewhat eclectic group of technologists, architects, city planners, fabricators and artists of all persuasions got together to talk about the future of art and how it can...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Good political pollsters are quick to issue warning labels when it comes to head-to-head matchups between candidates in an election. Every poll comes with a statistical margin of error that could break either direction depending on size of...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – As a study by the nation’s largest computer technology association affirmed this month, Madison is one of the top “tech towns” in the United States. It ranked 14th on a list of 20 cities, mostly much larger metros, released by the...

Thirty-five states, including Wisconsin, have submitted a total of 13 “expressions of interest” to become the new home of two U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities, the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. A joint Wisconsin...