Madison set a new city record for early voting in a midterm election with a more than 400 percent increase from 2014 early voting turnout, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced at a press conference Monday. Soglin said absentee ballots totaled just over 45,700, more than four times the 2014 total of slightly more than 15,000.
Polls for the midterm election will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 6.
In an attempt to get more voters to the polls, ride-share companies Uber and Lyft as well as Union Cab will offer free or discounted rides to voters on election day Tuesday. Lyft announced they would offer 50 percent off for riders across the country with a promo code as well as free rides for underserved communities in partnership with various nonprofits like Voto Latino, Urban League and the League of Women Voters.
UW-Madison’s Native November Planning Leadership, composed of organizations like American Indian Science and Engineering Society and the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, has collaborated to organize a series of events to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. This celebration is a part of Nation Native American Heritage Month, celebrated in November to pay tribute to the ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.
To continue UW-Madison’s long history in research, the Center for Financial Security will participate within a five-year agreement to study the fiscal well-being of those who are most financially vulnerable.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallied for Tammy Baldwin’s reelection campaign in Madison and Milwaukee ahead of Tuesday’s election.
In a letter addressed to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Chancellor Rebecca Blank, along with presidents from Rutgers and Princeton Universities, called on the Department of Education to protect the rights of transgender people in education policy.
In order to recognize gaps in accessibility and inclusivity, universities must first find spaces where those losses exist. For 18 years, UW-Madison has hosted a Diversity Forum to recognize just that.
An art piece installed in front of Memorial Library invites passersby on Library Mall to interact with it.
In honor of their contributions to their institutions and communities, UW System students and staff received the Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Academic Achievement Award and Alliant Energy/Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award.
A Waunakee woman pleaded no contest to felony homicide charges Thursday in Dane County Court after she killed a UW-Madison student in a drunk driving incident last January. The defendant, 25-year-old Nicole Bruns, was charged with five felonies in the death of student Alexandra Ihm, who Bruns hit with her car while driving drunk in January 2017.
Although the Center did not approve the state’s request to require drug screenings, drug and risk assessments can be administered by health care providers as a part of a member’s treatment plan according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
“It’s sort of strange to be paying for the ability to work,” said Representative Ruben Moreno as the Teaching Assistants’ Association returned to work with the 25th session to halt the mandatory segregated fees policy.
UW-Madison students have grown more divided in response to the controversial confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
A team of experts from the UW-Madison Elections Research Center has made themselves available to provide information on national and state races happening for the Nov.
The StartUp Learning Community is hosting their annual 100-Hour Challenge contest running Nov. 8-12 at UW Makerspace.
Early voting levels in Madison thus far look to be at record-breaking levels for a midterm election, as its availability comes to an end this Friday.
Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tony Evers are in a dead heat in the latest and last poll from Marquette Law School before next week’s election.
Former MLB commissioner and Milwaukee Brewers founder Allan “Bud” Selig will give the commencement speech for UW-Madison’s winter graduating class in December. Selig, a Milwaukee native, founded the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970 and served as Commissioner of Baseball from 1992 until his retirement in 2015. He graduated from UW-Madison in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in American history and political science.
For some universities throughout Wisconsin, diligent efforts have been made to increase recycling and decrease plastic products on campus.
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