Gov. Scott Walker issued 99 partial vetoes of the state’s two-year budget on Wednesday, rejecting several highly-anticipated additions to the bill, which was written by the Republican-held Wisconsin Legislature.
After Hurricane Harvey’s widespread flooding resulted in the surfacing of millions of mosquitos that hampered recovery efforts, two UW-Madison students headed to Houston last Wednesday to assist with the infestation.
Joel Despain, public information officer for MPD, told The Daily Cardinal that as of right now the tentative charges are defamation of property. Once they find the perpetrator, it could rise to the level of a hate crime. He said that if they find the perpetrator and their action was motivated “by a hatred of the Jewish Faith,” it would meet the intent requirement under Wisconsin State Statutes.
Students could pay a lower price for books next semester after the Associated Students of Madison adopted legislation Tuesday that launches a new textbook affordability pilot on campus.
The Republican Governors Association, led by Gov. Scott Walker, is getting heat from both sides of the aisle. The RGA runs a website called “The Free Telegraph” that presents itself as a media outlet but is paid for and controlled by the association.
Edward Van Gemert, vice provost for libraries and a university librarian, will retire in May 2018, the university announced Tuesday.
A man who admitted to shooting his wife and intentionally blowing up their Madison home last week in an attempt to cover up the homicide was booked on $1 million bail Tuesday at a hearing. Following further investigations into the murder and explosion by state officials, law enforcement and firefighters, Steven D.
A new grant announced Tuesday by county officials could assist undocumented community members by providing legal representation to those facing deportation hearings.
Both groups told SSFC that their services were essential and unique to students. Sex Out Loud’s presentation cited sex-positive counseling and pleasure education while GUTS' cited more than 500 volunteers, conversational English tutors and presence in dorms, dining halls and libraries.
The Free Speech Act and permitless carry bill are two key pieces of legislation that students should watch out for, state Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, told the Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Committee, Monday.
After at least eight years of perceived inequity for hip-hop artists in the Madison music scene, city officials are looking to address the problem formally.
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Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday UW-Madison’s involvement in an inter-Big Ten Conference competition aimed at increasing voter registration and turnout among students on college campuses.
The woman was standing with friends on University Avenue when a man made conversation and, after a short interaction, attacked her.
The popular right-wing radio host, now famous throughout the country, surprised some of his listeners when he refused to support Trump even after he earned the Republican nomination for president in 2016.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Monday giving Wisconsin’s largest state subsidy ever to a Taiwanese electronics company that promises to bring up to 13,000 jobs to the state. The subsidy bill obligates the state to pay $2.85 billion in cash to Foxconn, assuming the company continues to create jobs.
UW-Madison students now have the opportunity to join a student organization that aims to support and bring awareness to the education, health and safety of young women all over the world.
Reviewers praised J.D.Vance, a young, conservative Marine Corps veteran, for telling a gripping tale of overcoming adversity. But some experts view Vance’s attempts to apply policy solutions to the dire situation in Appalachia as misguided or even dangerous.
In 2018 Democrats hope to win their biggest electoral achievement since former President Barack Obama’s reelection: a congressional majority. Randy Bryce hopes to lead that charge, launching a difficult and insurgent campaign against House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville. Bryce is pitching himself as the Wisconsin solution to the Washington problem: a progressive union worker, cancer-survivor, Army veteran, and labor organizer who wants to take on powerful special interests. In an age of widespread distrust in government, it’s his authenticity that he hopes to win on. “I’m not trying to be anything I’m not,” Bryce told The Daily Cardinal.
This year’s UW-Madison freshmen will be the last ones eligible to sit on the Associated Students of Madison as First Year representatives after a recent decision from Student Judiciary.
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