CITY NEWS
City of Madison joining Network of Age-Friendly Communities
By Charlie Hildebrand | Jan. 28, 2020The initiative’s objective is to create a comfortable environment for residents of Madison.
News
STATE NEWS
Evers creates commission without elected officials to draw nonpartisan maps for 2021
By Bremen Keasey | Jan. 27, 2020Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating a commission to draw new legislative maps following this year’s census without elected officials, lobbyists or consultants.
CITY NEWS
City of Madison unveils draft of plans for Oscar Mayer site
By Addison Lathers | Jan. 26, 2020Plans will be displayed at an open house at the former Oscar Mayer office building.
NEWS
Organizations across Wisconsin look to address rising suicide rate among dairy farmers
By Kylie Ver Kuilen | Jan. 23, 2020Wisconsin leads the nation in farm bankruptcies as farmers are facing some of the worst economic times since the 1980s Farm Crisis.
CITY NEWS
Downtown Madison area reopens after gas leak
By Addison Lathers | Jan. 23, 2020Roads were temporarily closed off Thursday morning after a leak in the main gas line occurred at the former Madison Area Technical College building.
CITY NEWS
$2.2 million estimate to restructure city government creates controversy among Common Council members
By Jackson Mozena | Jan. 23, 2020City Council members are at odds over the projected cost of changing Madison’s local government in order to better represent the city’s residents.
NEWS
Local estimate says Foxconn could be worth $500 million, could still cost Wisconsin taxpayers
By Alexa Chatham | Jan. 22, 2020Local officials report that Foxconn’s development in Southwestern Wisconsin will be worth more than $500 million within the next year, but there are still worries it won’t reach that valuation.
NEWS
Evers puts forward comprehensive agenda to combat vaping among youth
By Claudia Belawski | Jan. 21, 2020Gov. Tony Evers introduced a comprehensive agenda to help combat vaping among Wisconsin youth and educate the public about the negative effects of vaping products.
STATE NEWS
Bipartisan group of legislators proposes Wisconsin clean water fund in bill
By Bremen Keasey | Jan. 21, 2020A bipartisan group of legislators, including Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, introduced legislation to create a new state trust fund specifically for clean water projects.
CITY NEWS
Local salon offers alternative space for city artists
By Addison Lathers | Jan. 21, 2020Muse Independent Styling creates a more accessible way to appreciate Madison-based art.
CITY NEWS
Limited in-state providers lead some transgender patients to seek care in Madison
By Kylie Coffin | Jan. 21, 2020UW Health and plastic surgery clinics in Madison offer gender-affirming surgeries not available in other parts of Wisconsin.
OPINION
Facing compassion fatigue: Is there such a thing as too much bad news?
By Anupras Mohapatra | Jan. 21, 2020As long as we do not become numb to the suffering around us, we can live our own lives to the fullest, whilst being in the right headspace to make use of the tools available to us, and effect meaningful change on issues that truly matter to us.
STATE NEWS
Proposed bill looks to block campaign stops if campaigns have debts to other Wisconsin cities
By Bremen Keasey | Jan. 20, 2020President Donald Trump visited Milwaukee Tuesday, Jan. 14 for a campaign rally in the lead up for his 2020 re-election campaign. But if recent legislation proposed by two Wisconsin state legislators passes, that campaign stop would not have been possible.
CITY NEWS
Pho Fundraiser seeks to raise bail money for Dane County residents
By Griffin Blue Emerson | Dec. 14, 2019The Bail Phondraiser aims to raise money for residents’ bail for the holidays.
STATE NEWS
Native American women more likely to experience sexual violence on campus, across country
By Allison Garfield | Dec. 5, 2019Twenty percent of women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lives — but that number jumps to 45 percent when applied to Native American women, according to the National Sexual Violence Research Center.
STATE NEWS
Compounding trauma, structural systems may explain prevalence of school shootings
By Jessica Lipaz | Dec. 5, 2019“It’s impossible to ignore the fact that in addition to today’s officer-involved shooting at Oshkosh West, the Sparta School District is closed due to security threats, and that this happened just a day after we had another school shooting at Waukesha South,” Gov. Tony Evers said in a press statement after two days of back-to-back school shootings shook communities across the state.
CITY NEWS
Plan to expand Dane County Salvation Army homeless shelter moves forward after petition fails
By Gaby Vinick | Dec. 4, 2019Though the expansion of a new Dane County Salvation Army homeless shelter faced some opposition from local residents, their petition to halt the project failed to meet city standards.
STATE NEWS
Can Wisconsin help or hurt Minnesota Democratic 2020 campaign efforts?
By Max Schaefer | Dec. 4, 2019As the Midwest gears up for the upcoming presidential election, some Democratic organizations in Minnesota value working with Wisconsin, while others believe the states’ political demographics are too dissimilar for effective collaboration.
CAMPUS NEWS
National vaping epidemic hits campus
By Elea Levin | Dec. 3, 2019"If you don't smoke or vape, please don't start. But if you do, I urge you to get help and stop immediately," warned 16-year-old Logan Kran.
CITY NEWS
Madison receives $7 million grant from Department of Transportation
By Addison Lathers | Dec. 3, 2019The DOT’s grant money will contribute to Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s MetroForward plan by expanding metro transit’s main facility.
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