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City officials recognized the Occupy Madison movement as a model and resource the city can use in its efforts to combat poverty and homelessness in Madison.
A city planning committee approved a permit to demolish two buildings at Brooks and Dayton streets Monday to make way for a five-story apartment building.
Last month, the killing of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. caused a national uproar over the laws that protect the man who murdered the teenager. Martin was shot on his way home from a convenience store without reason by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch leader. The teenager was armed with only iced tea and candy, yet Zimmerman may escape criminal charges for the murder. In fact, due to Florida’s twisted self-defense laws, Zimmerman wasn’t even arrested after he killed Martin.
The only potential sponsor for the Mifflin Street Block Party retracted its application to sponsor the event Tuesday, leaving Madison to plan the event on its own.
A Mifflin planning group made up of city officials, student representatives and Mifflin residents decided Sunday on “Mifflin Now, Mifflin Forever” as the theme for the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party.
Two weeks ago, Gov. Scott Walker quietly announced the creation of a legal defense fund in response to a John Doe investigation that has resulted in the arrest of several formal Walker staff members. The probe started with allegations of misconduct among his staff while he was the Milwaukee County Executive and has since expanded to investigating his gubernatorial campaign. Because of the probe’s secrecy—hence,“John Doe”—the full extent of its inquiries aren’t known. But the charges already levied against Walker’s former staffers expose the morally vacuous environment that has followed Walker from Milwaukee to the state house.
The format of this year’s Mifflin Block Party will soon take shape, according to city officials who said Thursday that the biggest variable is whether the event will find a sponsor next week’s deadline.
This column originally ran on March 26, 2009.
A meeting held by a planning group for the Mifflin Street Block Party to discuss changes and gain feedback on the upcoming event saw low turnout from students Tuesday.
Despite the withdrawal of a $1.5 billion northern Wisconsin iron mine proposal after Democrats in the state Senate blocked a mining reform a week ago, Gov. Scott Walker vowed he would “not give up” on mining in Wisconsin in a Tuesday morning radio show appearance.
Following the State Senate’s rejection Tuesday of a mining bill amendment meant to address legislators’ concerns, mining company Gogebic Taconite announced it will no longer pursue its proposed $1.5 billion iron mine in northern Wisconsin.
The Joint Finance Committee voted Monday to send a controversial bill that would ease regulations on iron ore mining in Wisconsin to the state Senate floor, even though it seems unlikely to pass there.
mmittee heard two opposing plans from the mayor and police department on how to handle the Mifflin Street Block Party, a committee comprised of city officials and students are continuing to work on a plan.
UW-Madison Transportation Services is working on an initiative that would discourage students from driving mopeds from class to class throughout the day, officials said Thursday.
The State Senate discussed a bill Tuesday that would redefine informed consent for abortion and apply restrictions to the administration of abortion-inducing drugs.
Two senators announced a bipartisan amendment Tuesday to the Assembly bill that would ease mining restrictions and streamline the development of a contentious iron mine proposal.
Whitney Houston's death was first reported on Twitter. The Arab Spring was both organized and disseminated on Twitter. Twitter has even started a new account just for "spotlighting best practices and innovative uses of Twitter by journalists and newsrooms." That said, social media is not being utilized everywhere-in particular, not in local newsrooms.
When Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin proposed in January his policy of crushing the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, through "force, power and blows," Palestinians, human rights activists and the world community expressed outrage at the expected brutality and violence.
Crowds led by UW-Madison's Teaching Assistants' Association marched on the Capitol Tuesday to demonstrate their continued dissatisfaction one year after the first major protest against Gov. Scott Walker's reforms.
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