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Following criticism from fellow legislators, state Rep. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, amended his bill Tuesday that would limit when voters can cast in-person absentee ballots.
The Faculty Senate heard reports Friday on the progress of two campus initiatives, Educational Innovation and changes to university alcohol policy, both of which received criticism from various faculty members.
The Wisconsin state Senate passed the controversial mining bill by a one vote margin Wednesday night after a lengthy, contentious debate, setting up a vote in the state Assembly later in the week.
Student leaders announced at a press conference Wednesday that Revelry, a university-sponsored event to celebrate the end of the academic year, will be held at Engineering Mall and Union South plaza May 4.
Approximately 70 demonstrators gathered on the Capitol steps Tuesday to protest the contentious state mining bill that is designed to ease the mine permitting process in the state before the state Senate fully considers the bill Wednesday.
A poll released Tuesday showed 62 percent of Wisconsin citizens support the state’s mining legislation, which is an exact contradiction of poll results from Public Policy Polling released Feb. 20 that showed 62 percent of respondents opposed the bill.
The state Joint Finance Committee passed a contentious mining bill on a party-line vote at its meeting Monday.
A poll released Wednesday showed a large majority of state citizens oppose the loosened mining restrictions that would occur if the Republican-backed mining bill, passes.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a report Wednesday showing the state could lose approximately $170 million if Wisconsin’s controversial mining law were passed in its current form.
For years, Madison has been a hotbed of political activity on both sides of the aisle. With Wisconsin state politics often being controversial, and often leading to mass protests within the city of Madison, Gov. Scott Walker has passed an ordinance requiring any group of four or more to obtain a permit for protest within the Capitol building that comes with a 72-hour waiting period before that protest takes place.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council passed an amendment to its bylaws Wednesday to clarify the definition of Viewpoint Neutrality, which is used in all of the organization’s funding decisions.
Occupy Madison members will be allowed to stay at Token Creek until March 17 after 13 campers accepted a permit deadline extension deal from the county Friday.
Occupy Madison members will be allowed to stay at Token Creek until March 17 after 13 campers accepted a permit deadline extension deal from the county Friday.
Madison police discussed expanding the range of police presence during May’s Mifflin Street Block party at a neighborhood meeting Thursday as part of a security plan that remains tentative until student leaders release final details for a university event scheduled the same day.
A recent University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee public opinion poll about Wisconsin’s economy released Thursday reported a slight majority of residents feel the potential environmental consequences of a proposed northern Wisconsin mine outweigh its economic benefit.
Several state senators sparred over a Democratic proposal to impose taxes on iron extracted from Wisconsin mines, adding another wrinkle to the contentious mining debate currently unfolding in the state.
Downtown establishments T. Sushi and Essen Haus faced concerns from a city alcohol policy committee Wednesday after they requested approval to alter their restaurants.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin are suing the state Department of Administration over its requirement that demonstrators in the state Capitol obtain permits.
Approximately 200 people voiced their opinions about the contentious mining bill, which would ease the permitting process for mining companies in the state, at a hearing in northern Wisconsin Saturday, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Feb. 10.
Compromise is a word we don’t often hear in regard to the stubborn, partisan Wisconsin legislature. And even when it occurs, it seems most legislators are too proud to admit such maturity could ever breach the wall of juvenility that seems to surround our state Capitol. While the controversial bill to streamline Wisconsin’s mining permit process made large steps toward bipartisanship, division within the legislature brought us back to the same old story of ego before cooperation.
Solutions by The State News
