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UW Arboretum Designated A National Historic Landmark
By Sam Tuch | Feb. 5, 2021The University of Wisconsin-Madison facility is now the 44th National Historic Landmark in Wisconsin.
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‘A grave error:’ Sun Prairie teachers suspended after assigning controversial lesson
By Nicole Herzog | Feb. 5, 2021The school district is investigating after middle schoolers were asked to determine how they would punish a slave in a hypothetical question meant to test their knowledge of Hammurabi’s code.
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Evers implements new mask mandate immediately after Republicans repealed it
By Hope Karnopp | Feb. 4, 2021Gov. Tony Evers issued a new mask mandate Thursday afternoon immediately after the Assembly voted to eliminate it. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh in.
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UW Administration: Moving forward with ASM relief fund “is still not possible”
By Gina Musso | Feb. 4, 2021Despite ASM’s efforts to implement their student relief fund by passing an amendment to create a new student government leader position, UW Administrative figures halt the legislation.
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ASM Approves Amendment to COVID-19 Student Relief Fund
By Sam Burlage | Feb. 4, 2021The student governance body unanimously passes an amendment to their student relief fund in an attempt to dodge legal issues.
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Instructors, students feel excitement, frustration while returning to the classroom
By Sophia Vento | Feb. 4, 2021With a hybrid model in place, UW professors and instructors are hoping to promote student involvement and engagement — on and offline — while facing a number of challenges relating to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Wisconsin organizations donated $279,000 to conservative group that promoted Capitol riots
By Tyler Katzenberger | Feb. 4, 2021Wisconsin organizations donated a total of approximately $279,000 over the past three years to the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which promoted the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that resulted in the deaths of five people.
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'Taking care of each other:' Madison communities respond to food insecurity in the age of COVID
By Anna Feldman | Feb. 4, 2021F.H. King and Badger Rock carry on a forward approach to food justice, getting fresh food to those that need it most.
CITY NEWS
Madison and Dane County officials open new dedicated homeless shelter
By Isabel Garlough-Shah | Feb. 3, 2021Officials unveil new homeless shelter capable of housing 250 amidst ongoing COVID-19 housing crisis.
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UW students discuss their experiences receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
By Alexa Heller | Feb. 3, 2021As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, several UW students have been vaccinated as UHS vaccinates Phase 1a and some 1b qualifying individuals.
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Rep. LaKeshia Myers introduces “Breonna’s Law” to the Wisconsin state assembly
By Mackenzie Moore | Feb. 3, 2021The law has already been adopted in four other states after the wrongful killing of Breonna Taylor in March 2020.
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UW plans to disburse $9.9 million in COVID relief aid to students
By Gina Musso | Feb. 2, 2021Students financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit from federal funding distributed through UW-Madison.
CITY NEWS
A Room of One’s Own, other local businesses forced to relocate as developer plans new apartment complex
By Kate Van Dyke | Feb. 2, 2021The developers of The Hub and The James have plans for a new downtown apartment complex that would displace a host of State Street businesses
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County Board recommends reducing jail capacity by 50
By Jackson Mozena | Feb. 1, 2021The non-binding resolution, which some Supervisors criticized as a hollow gesture towards justice reform, comes amid a $148 million effort to build a new Dane County jail
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UW announces it will monitor new COVID strain found in Wisconsin
By Nathan Denzin | Feb. 1, 2021The new strain, which originated in the United Kingdom and appears to spread faster than other virus strains, has not yet been found in Madison
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ASM to vote on workaround to University legal concerns over relief fund
By Addison Lathers | Jan. 31, 2021An amendment to the COVID Student Relief Fund may serve as a loophole to allow ASM to disperse funds to individual students.
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MPD report shows rising gun violence, police use of force incidents
By Zoe Bockhorst | Jan. 29, 2021Use of force in response to protests outweighed all other uses of force for the year, the report says.
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Thompson advised against raising tuition by state GOP lawmakers
By Rosie Marder | Jan. 29, 2021University of Wisconsin System interim President Tommy Thompson claims Republican leaders in the state legislature advised him to not raise tuition in his first budget request.
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ASM passes $2 million relief fund, okays crisis response, grading policy teams
By Anthony Trombi | Jan. 28, 2021Among other legislation, the student council aims to alleviate financial stress caused to students by the COVID-19 pandemic — over objections from university admin.
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University Police Chief bans Thin Blue Line symbol
By Addison Lathers | Jan. 28, 2021Chief Roman wrote to department employees in an internal memo that the symbol, sometimes dubbed the “Blue Lives Matter” flag, will be banned in all forms from public display “while operating in an official capacity.”
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