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Evers advises Wisconsinites to stay home in primetime address

Gov. Tony Evers held a primetime address Tuesday night to rally for unity over Wisconsin’s COVID-19 response and announce a new executive order that encourages Wisconsinites to stay home, but doesn’t add new restrictions. 

COVID-19 testing mandate in two largest residence halls, campus cases on the rise

UW-Madison mandated testing for all residents of Witte and Sellery Halls on Monday, Nov. 9 amid rising positivity rates across campus. 

UW researchers track coronavirus mutations, measure success of 'Safer at Home' order

Researchers at UW-Madison sequenced different strains of the coronavirus and discovered that Gov. Tony Evers’ “Safer at Home” order from March lowered the number of new COVID-19 cases.

After a quiet October, campus COVID on the rise again

Despite expanded testing efforts and increased enforcement of local public health guidelines, for weeks the UW-Madison campus has seen a steady increase in the number of reported positive COVID-19 cases. 

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The research showed that different strains of the coronavirus in Dane and Milwaukee counties originated from different parts of the world and stayed relatively distinct to its geographical location.

How a handful of counties turned out en masse, winning Wisconsin for Joe Biden

Wisconsin flipped blue in this election as former Vice President Joe Biden won the state by a razor-thin 20,000 vote margin, matching President Trump's margin of victory in 2016.

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With final margins looking strikingly similar to 2016, Biden was able to pull enough votes out of Dane and Milwaukee County to secure the state.

Your vote was counted — even if MyVote doesn’t say so yet

All valid ballots in Dane County were processed and counted on Election Day, despite some students still awaiting confirmation that their absentee ballots were received from the MyVote Wisconsin ballot-tracking website.

Residences near UW campus face fines, punishments for Halloween parties

At least 13 residences near the UW-Madison campus are under investigation for violating public health guidelines over Halloween weekend as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Wisconsin. 

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Nine UW students face emergency suspension as Dane County and Madison continue to grapple with rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.  

Letter to the Editor: Restructuring the Common Council would make it less accessible. It could still be a good idea.

The Task Force on Government Structure began meeting in 2018 with the goal of studying local government and drafting recommendations to improve its efficiency and make it more equitable. These are the recommendations that made it into the final report, per the Wisconsin State Journal:

Voter turnout in UW student neighborhoods plunged for the 2020 election

Despite high hopes and record turnout across Madison and Dane County, votes cast in neighborhoods traditionally dominated by University of Wisconsin students plummeted in comparison to prior elections.

Why the wait? UW-Madison students experience voting on Election Day

“I voted at the Chazen Museum of art, and I waited for about one minute to get through all the processes getting through [voter] registration as well as actually filling out the ballot.”

Column: Badger football's COVID-19 outbreak representative of campus community

You reap what you sow.

Almost all absentee ballots counted as Madison polls close

Almost 95 percent of all absentee ballots have been processed in Madison as the Dane County Clerk releases unofficial election results. 

Why Dane County is important in this year's election

As the second largest county in Wisconsin, Dane County is closing in on potential record turnout in Tuesday’s general election — setting the stage to play a crucial role in the outcome for the battleground state and nation alike.

Halloween in Madison drastically different this year as Freakfest is canceled, gatherings limited

State Street might not look that different than last year at first glance — cop cars cruising up and down the street, groups of yellow-vested officers lining the sidewalk and students walking around in costume.

'The system is broken': Madison’s local government is inaccessible to those that need it most

A quiet summer night in Madison, Wisconsin came alive as over 1,000 demonstrators gathered at Capitol Square to protest the police shooting of 29-year-old Black man and father of three, Jacob Blake. The air smelled of vinegar and lighter fluid as protestors lit dumpsters on fire before being confronted by Madison Riot Police. 

Mayor Rhodes-Conway selects UW alumni as new deputy mayor

Mayor Sataya Rhodes-Conway has selected Reuben Sanon to serve as Deputy Mayor beginning Nov. 2.