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Catching Up: Ex-Rep. Black is now doing what he loves ? teaching

Longtime state Rep. Spencer Black has returned to his roots – in more ways than one. Black, 61, retired in January from the state Assembly after spending 26 years fighting though the maelstrom that is politics in Madison. These days, if Black is not in his garden (his biggest passion), he is teaching an urban and regional planning class at UW-Madison.