Dems plot to eliminate paper balloting system
Spearheading ethics reform in the state senate, the new Majority Leader Judy Robson, D-Beloit, plans to terminate the controversial practice of using paper ballots to vote on bills.
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Spearheading ethics reform in the state senate, the new Majority Leader Judy Robson, D-Beloit, plans to terminate the controversial practice of using paper ballots to vote on bills.
Residents of Ogg Hall mourned the loss of the 19-year-old UW-Madison freshman who fell to his death off the Frances Street parking structure across from Witte Residence Hall Tuesday afternoon.
Gov. Jim Doyle made Wisconsin history Tuesday, becoming the first Democratic governor to secure a second four-year term, defeating challenger Mark Green, Republican representative from Green Bay.
MILWAUKEE—U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, addressed hundreds on a near- freezing morning Tuesday in Milwaukee to show support for Wisconsin Democrats running for critical state offices in next week's election.
Conservatives and ""hippies"" alike united Wednesday night in the Wisconsin Union Theater to hear Ted Nugent's ""God, guns and rock 'n' roll"" speech.
With less than two weeks until the November elections, Students for a Fair Wisconsin is preparing to unleash the final blows in its fight against the proposed gay marriage ban.
A St. Norbert College poll and a Wall Street Journal poll disagreed on the margin of of Gov. Jim Doyle's lead over Republican U.S Rep. Mark Green. The St. Norbert poll showed Doyle with a strong lead of 51 percent to 38 percent. Meanwhile, Doyle holds less than a two percent lead in the Wall Street Journal poll—well within the poll's three-point margin of error.
The UW System found itself under heavy scrutiny Friday following the release of a state audit questioning whether university employees are ethical in reporting sick leave and vacation time.
As U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, continues to put up a fight for the Capitol, the race for the 8th Congressional District seat he abdicated may be leaning a different way.
WAUKESHA—After months of vigorous campaigning, the two main opposing groups in Wisconsin met face-to-face Monday to debate the proposed same-sex marriage ban. This hot-button issue will be voted on in the Nov. 7 election.
With elections rapidly approaching, both gubernatorial candidates seem eager to establish a position on the popular issue of stem cell research.
While many assume Christians will vote in favor of the ban on gay marriage and civil unions, a coalition of state and national religious organizations have announced their opposition to the proposed November ban.
At Thursday night's meeting, the Wisconsin Union followed its mission of ""making lifetime connections to the campus, one person at a time,"" by implementing a living wage provision for limited term employees, effective Oct. 3.
Fair Wisconsin recently unveiled a television ad claiming medical rights will be threatened if the proposed civil unions ban passes in the Nov. 7 election, drawing heated debate as to just how far the effects of the amendment will reach.
With recent polls showing a neck-and-neck popular opinion on the proposed ban on same-sex marriage, Focus on Families, an international conservative religious group, has officially opened a referendum account with the Wisconsin state elections board.
In light of the recent decision made by the State Elections Board ordering U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, to relinquish $468,000 of Political Action Committee contributions, Democrats and Republicans alike have clamored for the creation of a bipartisan oversight committee.
If any question remained concerning whether the university actually lived up to its No. 1 party school ranking, Halloween dispelled all doubt. Although the university solidified its party- school status, Madison's reputation as a politically active campus remains dubious.
With winter break over, quasi-depressed college students everywhere can find solace in at least one thing-thinking about Spring Break. The typical Spring Break includes drunken clubbing, MTV cameras and perhaps an unwanted infection or two.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Monday he wants to delay an ordinance banning smoking in all bars, restaurants and indoor places until 2006, saying it might be \premature"" and could potentially cause problems to enact it in 2005.
A message to the student body: if you share music on the Internet, be warned. One of the most influential trade groups in the country, the Recording Industry Association of America recently claimed that they intend to file lawsuits against some of the 50 million Americans who share music on the Internet. And many of the first 261 lawsuits filed last week were against college students.