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In a fact sheet released Tuesday, Gov. Scott Walker said he would limit the amount of borrowing to pay for transportation projects across the state.
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Walker pledges to avoid unnecessary borrowing ahead of transportation funding fight

By Andrew Bahl | Sep. 14, 2016

Gov. Scott Walker released a fact sheet Tuesday outlining how his administration will deal with funding transportation projects across the state, one of the key pieces of next year’s budget. The memo affirms Walker’s commitment to minimizing the amount of borrowing for infrastructure projects, even at the expense of delaying construction. “Governor Walker will keep borrowing low in the next transportation budget,” the fact sheet said.

Twenty-three recruits were sworn into the Madison Police Department Monday. MPD Chief Mike Koval has said the department will need more officers as the city’s population approaches 250,000.
CITY NEWS

MPD swears in 23 new recruits

By Miller Jozwiak | Sep. 13, 2016

The Madison Police Department swore in 23 new recruits at the Police Training Center on Femrite Drive Monday, after they completed the department’s Pre-Service Academy. After spending over 800 hours in “academy” training, the recruits will spend the next three months working with a veteran officer on patrol. 

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UW-Madison engineering student receives awards for developing noise cancellation theory

By Hannah Malone | Sep. 12, 2016

UW-Madison formally congratulated Chris Nguyen, a fourth-year biomedical engineering major, Monday morning at Engineering Hall for winning the grand prize in General Electric's “Unimpossible Missions: The University Edition” competition. The challenge asked participants to debunk common idioms such as “A snowball’s chance in hell,” or, for Nguyen, “You can’t unring a bell.” Noise cancellation technology and research on sound waves were used to help Nguyen support his theory. “I found the premise of the proposal on accident,” Nguyen said.

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CITY NEWS

MPD arrests suspect in Saturday sexual assault

By Miller Jozwiak | Sep. 12, 2016

The Madison Police Department arrested Zachary Vannatta, 22, for alleged second-degree sexual assault after an incident at a house party Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred on the 1500 block of Jefferson Street, near 7-Eleven on Regent Street, according to an MPD incident report.

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STATE NEWS

Planned Parenthood to receive $1.6 million settlement from legal fight

By Annie Schoenfeldt | Sep. 9, 2016

The state of Wisconsin announced Wednesday it would pay $1.6 million to Planned Parenthood after a legal fight over a law intended to improve safety regulations, but which was struck down because it would make it harder to have a legal abortion. The settlement follows an almost three-year-long court proceeding after the passage of Act 37, which was eventually declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it puts unreasonable obstacles in the path of women seeking abortions.

Supervisor First Vice-Chair Jeff Pertl, who was the chief sponsor of the bill, was the first supervisor to speak in support of the bill during Thursday’s meeting.
CITY NEWS

County Board votes to raise minimum wage

By Miller Jozwiak | Sep. 9, 2016

The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to amend its minimum wage ordinance Tuesday night, increasing pay for workers of the county and entities with which the county contracts to $12.50 by January of next year. The updated ordinance changes the definition of a “living wage” in service contracts and sets an hourly wage for those service contracts at $12.50 effective Jan. 1, 2017.

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