In the recollections of the "Smart Table" at Lucy's Family Restaurant, the American diner in Lodi has changed hands and names several times over the years. Co-owners Duli and Rose Ibraimi, Albanian immigrants from Macedonia, took over in 2012 from Duli's brother, Nik, and last year renovated…
Six months in and with her first budget behind her, her priorities of affordable housing and better mass transit are intact.
Madison is paralleling Seattle to such an extent that a Cap Times Ideas Fest panel this year asked: "How does Madison not become Seattle?” One way is by keeping big money out of local politics.
A short-lived Lafayette County proposal to limit public information about water quality studies and “prosecute” media members who don’t print verbatim press releases would be funny if it weren’t so disheartening.
Is it just me, or did things even weirder in the state Capitol these last few days than is usually the case?
Abigail Becker joined The Capital Times in 2016, where she primarily covers city and county government. She previously worked for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and the Wisconsin State Journal.
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