Democrats rode an ambitious agenda to their clean sweep of Wisconsin’s state offices, but questions around their ability to execute now surface as it seems likely that the offices they inherit will be weaker than those they ran for.
The Faculty Senate voted to reject a new proposal aimed at extensive and expedited reviews of majors in the UW System Monday in an effort to send a message to system officials.
In an unprecedented move, state Republicans have passed a series of reforms to disempower the offices of the governor and attorney general on key issues before they fall into the hands of Democrats.
During Gov. Scott Walker’s lame-duck period, the Senate approved 82 of his appointees, including two new additions to the UW System Board of Regents.
Downtown Madison will not have to fear an alcohol shortage following the city council’s decision to dismiss a motion placing a temporary ban on new alcohol licenses.
UW-Madison out-of-state undergraduates, along with some graduate students, may see a tuition spike in coming years with a plan Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed Tuesday. Tuition is currently $36,805 for non-resident students and $37,805 for international students.
Despite budget deficit, UW System President Ray Cross asks for six percent increase to faculty and staff salaries.
Three Madison police officers were treated for exposure to fentanyl following exposure to fentanyl-laced heroin while serving a search warrant Monday.
As state Republicans prepare to strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of some powers and stifle future voter turnout, hundreds of protestors descended on the Capitol building to voice their opposition.
For both groups, the number of salaried weeks was decreased from 33 weeks to 30 for the duration of the school year, and their summer hours were decreased from 12 hours to 10 hours a week as well.
A long-planned Madison Public Market has shifted locations, reverting the project's status back to renovation rather than new construction. Previously, the city placed a bid to construct the market along East Washington Avenue, though it that bid is being dropped, according to Anne Reynolds, chair of Madison's Public Market Development Committee. The new site is situated on the corner of North First and East Johnson Streets, across from the previous location.
As the holiday season continues, the reality of food insecurity in Madison is more prevalent than ever.
UW-Madison will work to boost accessibility and eliminate the achievement gap — which are often attributed to race and socioeconomic status — in a new initiative led by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. The effort, which is known as Powered by Publics: Scaling Student Success is the largest collaborative effort in the country garnered toward improving college access and equity, as well as the number of degrees awarded each year. The participating institutions will break down into “clusters” ranging from four to 12 universities to discuss and implement practices that will encourage success for students pursuing a degree.
Dozens of people fled after gunshots rang out in front of a downtown bar early Sunday morning, Madison police said. The shots were fired around 2 a.m.
A federal district court has mandated that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the university’s licensing and patenting arm, pay Washington University in St. Louis $31.6 million dollars for breaching a royalties contract related to selling a kidney disease drug.
As part of an extraordinary session while Gov. Scott Walker remains in office, GOP leaders aim to pass a series of reforms this week to significantly disempower newly-elected state Democrats as well as boost their electoral chances down the road.
On Friday, the chapter renounced their student organization status in a letter to Chancellor Rebecca Blank. This comes after nearly a year of investigation into the fraternity following multiple allegations of misconduct.
Dane County will continue efforts to provide more affordable housing by granting more than $400,000 to help develop a housing project in east Madison, County Executive Joe Parisi announced Thursday. The project, which has been partially paid for using the city of Madison’s affordable housing funds and low-income housing tax credits from the state, aims to create 68 units of affordable housing, with 16 of those being reserved for homeless families and veterans.
The UW-Madison Student Pre-Health Committee held a Health Disparities Lecture that was open to the public on Thursday night in Grainger Hall.
A team at UW-Madison has recently developed a wound-dressing that could speed up the healing process of injuries, both temporary and chronic. The bandage was created by UW-Madison materials science and engineering professor Xudong Wang along with his team of researchers.
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