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Wisconsin colleges and universities are set to receive millions of dollars in federal funding as part of a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill that gained final approval in the Senate on Sunday.

Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit speaks to LGBT elected and appointed officials at the recent International Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference.

Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis talked at last weekend's International Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference about LGBT bills that are making their way through Congress.

WASHINGTON - How area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Dec.

When members of Congress play the market, they typically fare better than average Americans.

Dec. 11, 2009 11:49 a.m. Milwaukee Public Schools had two schools and the Racine Unified School District had one school that made U.S. News and World Report's latest Best High Schools list .

Dane County sheriff's deputies had to shoot a runaway steer in the village of Black Earth on Thursday.

Brookfield police seek driver who struck officer Dec. 11, 2009 1:34 p.m. Brookfield - A Brookfield police officer who was on foot on W. North Ave.

Ten members of Congress have written the Food and Drug Administration to reexamine its ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.

Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:19 a.m. Vote 0 Votes A group of around 50 protesters marched silently down State Street Wednesday in a symbolic memorial of the casualties from the war in Afghanistan, demonstrating their opposition to President Obama's call Tuesday for the deployment of 30,000 more U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

The U.S. House is ready to approve two pro-gay bills, openly lesbian Wisconsin Representative Tammy Baldwin said Saturday at the 2009 International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference sponsored by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

I have been taking pictures at GLBT events since the early 80a TMs. One of the events I covered in 1986 was the second Gay Lesbian Leadership Conference in Washington, DC where I was living at the time.

Two of Congress's three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass bills to provide health coverage for the same-sex partners of gay federal workers and to protect all gay and transgender employees from job discrimination.

John Stossel. [Source: Nashville Scene] The lobbying firm Americans for Prosperity , which is heavily involved in so-called "Astroturf" protests against health care reform , announces it will hold three town-hall style meetings in Wisconsin on August 26 and 27.

Conservatives are surging in popularity. But can they win a statewide race? Marc Eisen on Thursday 12/03/2009 What an interesting state of affairs.

Hundreds of LGBT elected and appointed officials from around the world will meet in San Francisco this weekend for an annual conference aimed at bolstering the gay community's political leadership.

By Mary Lazich Dec. 3, 2009 3:08 p.m. Over a year ago, I wrote the following blog, "Pro-choice, but not about light bulbs": "There is great concern about the safety of fluorescent light bulbs given that the United States is phasing out the use of traditional, incandescent light bulbs and mandating the use of fluorescent bulbs.

Karen Nook of Milwaukee protests President Barack Obamaa s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan during a rally Wednesday at the Reuss Federal Plaza.

Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville: Troubled by Obama's decision to publicly announce a time limit dictating troop withdrawal.

The short answer: No . Over the weekend, Rod 2.0 updated the growing international backlash against Uganda's latest and most extreme, anti-gay proposal: The proposed offense of "aggravated homosexuality" where an HIV-positive gay men has sex with another man.