The city of Madison’s fast food workers will grab their signs to join together in a strike spanning 100 cities across the nation to fight for higher wages that cover the rising cost of living.
A group of five University of Wisconsin-Madison students elicited the support of city officials at a Common Council meeting Tuesday in their effort to advance humanitarian policies regulating the mining of conflict minerals in the Congo.
Images of cats during University of Wisconsin-Madison animal research, which first appeared as part of an advertising campaign on Madison Metro buses Monday, will remain throughout the end of the calendar year, according to Metro Transit spokesperson Mick Rusch.
A city staff team released a comprehensive analysis of two proposals for the development of a two-block area known as Judge Doyle Square, which could include a full-purpose hotel, residential and parking units and a bike service center.
The Madison Board of Police and Fire Commissioners released a statement Monday concerning its expectations for a new Chief of Police following the retirement of former Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray.
Fox Heritage Farms, which raises and breeds pigs to use and sell pork to local Madison restaurants, is currently under investigation for the alleged unlicensed practices of pork production for local restaurants.
A proposal to redefine the policies dictating what behaviors are accepted of visitors to the City-County Building aims to strike a balance between the humanitarian needs of the public and the workplace needs of city staff, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.
A quarantine has been placed on the Dane County wood supply to contain the recently confirmed presence of an invasive species of East Asian beetles, Emerald Ash Borer, in northern Madison.
Despite widespread skepticism about whether or not the digitalization of America’s dialogue can advance modern thought, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dietram Scheufele said there are only three common behaviors that, if corrected, could transform the current state of polarizing disagreements online into beneficial conversations.
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A teenage theft ring struck Sports World shop on State Street Monday, according to a police report.
A Metro Transit driver was treated at a hospital for head trauma following an altercation with two passengers Wednesday, according to a police report.
Stepping out of his 11 a.m. calculus class as a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 50 years ago, current Mayor Paul Soglin immediately realized something was wrong.
A proposed residential development incited concerns at a community meeting Thursday from residents and University of Wisconsin-Madison students worried it would cost the Mansion Hill neighborhood some of its historic character and affordable housing options.
Local policy makers and the city attorney’s office have come to an impasse about how to proceed in restructuring the city’s licensing of downtown entertainment venues, particularly those that admit audience members under the age of 21.
The 100 block of State Street will close from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday due to a crane assembly for a nearby construction project, according to a city press release.
Last week the CEO of the Dane County Boy’s and Girl’s Club went undercover on the streets of Madison to walk three days in a homeless man’s shoes.
Madison Police are currently seeking a suspect who robbed State Street Brats Monday evening, according to a Madison Police Department report.
A fight at a local grocery store Nov. 12 resulted in splattered yogurt, toppled bacon and the use of pepper spray, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a report.
Dane County officials focused the 2013-’14 budget on assisting the homeless and decreasing the county’s above-average racial disparities, according to District 5 Supervisor Leland Pan.
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