Website for student tenant discussion still in progress
A proposed student tenant resource center was removed from the Associated Students of Madison’s budget last week, and ASM members will vote to finalize that budget Wednesday. Brandon Williams, chair of the ASM Student Services Finance Committee, said the $50,000 tenant resource center was removed from ASM’s budget because it was presented with no clear details to support it.
The city’s Plan Commission held a public meeting Monday regarding the controversial Edgewater Hotel development proposal, with nearly all of the discussion centered on a zoning ordinance revision that would allow development close to the waterfront.
Gov. Jim Doyle met Monday with federal officials and governors from Illinois and Michigan to discuss strategies to limit the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. Doyle said President Barack Obama’s administration plans to work with states to prevent the invasive species from reaching Lake Michigan, which would allow their movement into the other Great Lakes.
The main sponsor of a new court records bill admitted Friday that he exaggerated the number of direct complaints his office received regarding online public access to court records. State Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, told The Associated Press he overstated the number of letters he received from people cleared of charges whose records remain accessible on the Wisconsin Consolidated Court Automation Programs website.
Lawyer Bill Marler shared some of his two decades of experience prosecuting cases of food-borne illness Monday night at Memorial Union. Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, his lecture focused on the method his firm uses on food manufacturers to hold them accountable when consumers fall ill.
The corner of State Street and Gorham Street will be getting a face-lift as Pizzeria Uno Chicago Grill closes to make way for Quaker Steak & Lube. Pizzeria Uno has been paying reduced rent for “a while,” according to Kevin O’Driscoll, director of leasing at Urban Land Interests Inc.
