Madison Schools will be Closed Again Monday (Defy orders of State Union President)

Madison public schools will be closed Monday for the fourth straight day, amid major demonstrations at the Capitol. So many teachers have called in sick in recent days, to protest GOP Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill, that Madison schoolchildren were told to stay home last Wednesday through Friday. Numerous districts around the state, including the state's largest, the Milwaukee Public Schools, also were closed at various points last week. Teachers, other public employees, and their supporters are outraged by the measure in Walker's bill, which would strip public workers of most of their collective bargaining rights. They call...