U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-WI, reintroduced the Debt Free College Act with U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, to support college students by increasing both state and federal funding for public universities Wednesday.
Legislators introduced a bipartisan bill to expand Wisconsin’s Minority Teacher Loan Program beyond Milwaukee in attempt to increase minority teacher representation in predominantly minority K-12 schools.
MeToo founder Tarana Burke told students they have the power to make a change in sexual violence at UW-Madison during her visit this week. MeToo has already found a place on campus both in and out of the classroom.
When the dust settled on Feb. 19 and every primary vote was counted, Satya Rhodes-Conway heard what she had been hoping to hear for the past eight months: she would be running for mayor in the general election in April.
Attorney General Josh Kaul joined forces with 20 other Democratic state Attorney Generals in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s final changes to the Title X rule Tuesday.
At least two were hospitalized and one man was arrested as three different incidents involving guns broke out in the Madison area this weekend, according to police.
Believing all Wisconsinites “should have the opportunity to participate in our democracy,” Gov. Tony Evers signed his 14th executive order, expanding access to voter identification cards by improving Department of Transportation facilities Monday.
UW-Oshkosh Titan Advantage Program supports more than 50 students this year — more than three times the previous amount in their five-year run — to increase accessibility to underrepresented students at the university.
Tammy Baldwin and Gov. Tony Evers both proposed an increase in funding to support early child care and public education in separate bills this past week.
In response to ongoing community outrage over recent acts of racism at several local schools, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham released a public statement Thursday addressing new school policy changes.
Gov. Tony Evers presented his State of the Budget Address to the first split government Wisconsin has seen in ten years from the Madison Capitol Assembly Chamber Thursday evening.
Women of color leaders at UW-Madison will be presented awards for their achievements this coming March.
After the recent attack of an 11-year-old girl at Whitehorse Middle School, Madison community members expressed frustrations to the Madison Metropolitan School Board about racism within district schools.
Testimony devolved into shouting, which in turn devolved into threats of removal at a Madison City Council meeting Tuesday, as the debate over funding for a Hmong therapy program spilled into a public quarrel.
In his latest executive order, Gov. Tony Evers commissioned a total recall of Wisconsin’s National Guard from the southern border Monday. Evers acted in opposition of President Donald Trump’s declared National Emergency and rebuked former Gov. Scott Walker’s decision in originally stationing the troops in June.
SSFC approved their official recommendations for the University health Services budget for fiscal year 2020.
Gov. Tony Evers announced a new proposal for his first biennial budget in which he suggested stopping the expansion of state voucher programs and charter schools passed under former Gov. Scott Walker’s administration.
Former candidate for mayor Toriana Pettaway has been placed on paid leave from her position as Madison’s racial equity coordinator as a result of working during an unpaid three-day suspension last week.
Madison police made several arrests late last week and over the weekend involving a number of robberies and a fight with a drug dealer.
2018 National Teacher of the Year and returned Peace Corps volunteer Mandy Manning will headline UW-Madison’s upcoming Peace Corps week.
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