City council decriminalizes cannabis in Madison
By Kate Van Dyke | Nov. 19, 2020The Madison City Council unanimously passed ordinances to decriminalize the public use of cannabis under 28 grams at its Tuesday meeting.
The Madison City Council unanimously passed ordinances to decriminalize the public use of cannabis under 28 grams at its Tuesday meeting.
UW-Madison added another rapid antigen testing facility at the Kohl Center Wednesday for surge testing available to students and employees.
The City of Madison and Dane County will be issuing fines to anyone hosting a gathering off-campus as Wisconsin’s COVID-19 case count continues to rise.
Dane County investigation concludes that Monona police officer was not at fault for the death of Elliot Johnson
More than a dozen counties and municipalities in Wisconsin voted in favor of an advisory referendum for a nonpartisan redistricting process on Nov. 3.
A lot has changed on campus this year due to the ongoing pandemic. The vast majority of classes are held virtually, residence halls have serious restrictions and there are little-to-no activities going on across campus.
Dane County is seeing its highest number of hospitalizations and a surge in case numbers with high positivity rates.
UW-Madison advised students who travel for the Thanksgiving holiday to not return to campus until the spring semester in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The UW-Madison Police Department (UWPD) is stumped after a rare 25-foot tall Algonquin Pillar Swiss Mountain Pine Tree was cut down and taken from the UW Arboretum sometime between Nov. 5 and Nov. 9, 2020. Police
Teams from the Centers for Disease Control implemented two probes on the UW-Madison community this week, one within the UW football team and another testing the student body for COVID-19 antibodies.
Amid recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Madison and throughout the state of Wisconsin, members of the public can access free tests at UW-Madison through Dec. 23.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, local Madison businesses and their employees continue to struggle financially and are bracing for what could be a harsher winter.
The lack of safe spaces at UW-Madison is directly impacting and harming the mental health of the Black student body, according to Jasmyne Short, a junior studying welfare here on campus.
The first day of City Council’s 2021 Budget amendment talks wrapped up after five hours of testimony from registered speakers.
Residents register in droves at Tuesday’s Plan Commission meeting against the proposed plan to build a 10-story building in the James Madison neighborhood.
UW-Madison mandated testing for all residents of Witte and Sellery Halls on Monday, Nov. 9 amid rising positivity rates across campus.
Assembly Speaker Robin J. Vos, R-Racine, directed a committee on ___to use its investigatory powers to review the recent election in the state of Wisconsin, expressing concerns about potential voter fraud due to mail-in ballots.
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.
Revellers and protesters gather at the capitol for the fourth day in a row as media outlets announce Joe Biden’s inevitable victory.
Pro-Trump protest at capitol interrupted by student counter protest.