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Man shot near State Street, suspects at large

By Gina Heeb | Dec. 21, 2016

A man was shot in the arm near State Street early Wednesday morning, with police still searching for suspects. The 36-year-old victim was taken to a local emergency room with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The shooting happened around 2 a.m.

Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Mariam Coker said she thought “Black Lives Matter” wasn’t a political statement at Wednesday’s Student Council meeting.
NEWS

ASM addresses student criticism of ‘political’ window sign

By Nina Bertelsen | Dec. 15, 2016

The Associated Students of Madison—largely made up of those who ran on the activist BlindSide ticket last semester—faced anonymous criticism from a student who questioned their ability to adequately represent all student views on campus. At Wednesday’s student council meeting, ASM Chair Carmen Goséy announced the council received a complaint from the Office of Compliance.

President-elect Donald Trump visited West Allis Tuesday as part of his “Thank You Tour” Jill Stein’s recount resulted in an additional 131 votes for Trump.
STATE NEWS

President-elect Donald Trump visits Milwaukee County on 'Thank You Tour'

By Lilly Price | Dec. 14, 2016

WEST ALLIS, Wis.—Dressed in matching black “Make America Great Again hats,” Trump pins and white Trump t-shirts, Juliana McMan and her three sisters stood together, eagerly waiting to see President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday night. McMan, a day-one Trump supporter and a recent DePaul University graduate, traveled two hours from her home in western Illinois to the State Fairgrounds where she was one in a crowd of thousands that attended Trump’s “Thank You Tour.” “The Chicago rally got shut down because crazy protesters and stuff,” McMan said.

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Student Council, SSFC struggle with low meeting attendance

By Maggie Chandler | Dec. 11, 2016

Although elected and appointed representatives for the Associated Students of Madison make commitments to advocate for students at weekly meetings, two groups within the larger organization have been dealing with low attendance this year. While attendance has always been a slight problem for both the Student Council and the Student Services Finance Committee, it has grown into a bigger issue that could potentially affect the groups’ abilities to accomplish their duties. ASM’s Nominations Board has had to fill eight vacant Council seats this semester, for example—four of which have been filled, one is in the process of being filled and three still remain empty.

Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval said Sunday that local law enforcement will continue its current inclusive immigration policies, though the city is not formally a sanctuary city.
CITY NEWS

Madison police chief says city has no plans to tighten immigration policies under Trump

By Gina Heeb | Dec. 11, 2016

Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval said Sunday on a Wisconsin talk show that city law enforcement will uphold its current inclusive immigration policies in months to come, despite not being a formal sanctuary city. “We will not be using our local authority to sort of hunt down folks based on immigration or documentation issues,” Koval said on a WISN news program.

The state Department of Natural Resources, which operates state park sites and sets environmental regulations throughout Wisconsin, announced controversial new permit acquisition rules last month.
STATE NEWS

DNR shifts government control over farm regulations

By Hannah J. Olson | Dec. 11, 2016

Split between university-centered cities and vast dairyland, state leaders are moving to re-format environmental regulations, which protection-minded activists said they find troubling. Last month, the state Department of Natural Resources moved to privatize permit acquisition, proposing what DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp, in an opinion editorial on the agency’s website, called “assurance programs” which she explained would increase independent information sourcing, relieving the agency until the final step. While staff rates dwindle, the DNR is crafting methods to deal with budget cuts, redirecting positions and reorienting systematic structures, inducing environmentalist’s anxieties. Since her appointment by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, Stepp’s actions drew criticism from conservationist groups.

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