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Madison man robbed near Capitol Square
By Negassi Tesfamichael | Dec. 1, 2015Madison police are looking for three suspects in a robbery that occurred late Monday night.
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Madison mental health leader wins leadership award
By Negassi Tesfamichael | Dec. 1, 2015The longtime head of the local Journey Mental Health Center won a public service award Monday.
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Republican proposal would expand rights of private property owners
By By Annie Schoenfeldt | Dec. 1, 2015Rights of property owners would be expanded to have a larger degree of control over areas of land on or near waterways under a package of proposals from Republican lawmakers.
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Proposed bill would ban state funding for Milwaukee streetcar
By By Andrew Bahl | Dec. 1, 2015State Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, has no desire for a streetcar in Milwaukee.
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Judge dismisses attempt to raise state minimum wage
By Molly Reppen and By Lilly Price | Dec. 1, 2015A Dane County judge dismissed Tuesday a 2014 lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker’s administration that attempted to raise the state’s minimum wage.
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New tenure policy criticized for falling short of industry standards
By Lucas Sczygelski and Leah Leonidas | Dec. 1, 2015The proposed tenure policy for UW System faculty fails to meet industry standards, according to the American Association of University Professors as detailed in a letter sent to the group tasked with creating new tenure protections.
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Podcast entrepreneur tells story of starting a business
By Sammy Gibbons | Dec. 1, 2015CEO and radio journalist Alex Blumberg explained his courageous decision to begin his podcast network as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series Tuesday at the Memorial Union.
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Bunker Labs @ Wisconsin aims to support veteran entrepreneurs
By Ellie Herman | Nov. 30, 2015UW-Madison began a partnership Nov. 10 with Bunker Labs @ Wisconsin, an outlet that allows veterans pursue entrepreneurial interests in high-tech startups.
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Student group helps bridge gap between global artisans, local consumers
By Bri Maas | Nov. 30, 2015Global indigenous crafts often have no demand in their own communities, where developing societies can’t afford or have no need for upscale decorative art. A group of UW-Madison students help to connect those crafts with more profitable U.S. markets.
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Student entrepreneurship project flashes local bar deals to become successful startup
By Allison Garcia | Nov. 30, 2015Last semester in an entrepreneurial management course, UW-Madison students Michael Braun and Chad Gaffney aced their assignment to create an entrepreneurship project that eventually turned into an actual startup.
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Vilas Zoo will add two new animals in 2016
By Phoebe Kiekhofer | Nov. 30, 2015The Henry Vilas Zoo plans to add two new animals in 2016—a young male harbor seal and an adult female orangutan—with the help of donations from the community, according to a press release.
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Three deaths reported in Wisconsin’s 2015 hunting season
By Krystal Du | Nov. 30, 2015Wisconsin’s 2015 gun deer season resulted in three deaths and looks to be the deadliest in the past five years, with only one death having resulted in the prior five years’ hunting seasons combined, according to the Wausau Daily Herald.
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Madison man punched on State Street
By Negassi Tesfamichael | Nov. 30, 2015Madison police are looking for a suspect after an altercation on State Street early Sunday morning.
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Control of state Senate could go to Wisconsin Democrats
By Laura Grulke | Nov. 30, 2015Wisconsin Democrats could have a chance at gaining control of the Senate after state Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election.
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Chemist starts holiday season with bangs, controlled fires
By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 29, 2015The holiday season is beginning, and no one is more excited than professor Bassam Shakhashiri as he prepares for his annual Christmas lecture, which sold out this year after less than four days of going on sale.
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New grant to fund achievement gap research
By Andy Van Sistine and Bri Maas | Nov. 29, 2015As part of the largest-ever research collaboration between the Department of Public Instruction and UW-Madison, education researchers will aim to decrease ethnic and economic disparities in student opportunity and achievement across the state.
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UW-Madison faculty, state business leaders to attend UN conference
By Ellie Herman | Nov. 29, 2015UW-Madison faculty members and state business leaders will extend their environmental research internationally Thursday at the United Nations 21st Conference of the Parties.
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Wisconsin Black Student Union organizes new campus-wide events
By Ellie Herman | Nov. 29, 2015Members of the student organization Wisconsin Black Student Union are using their first year as a General Student Services Fund group to further their goal of fostering an environment on campus that better suits the needs of black students.
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Federal court blocks 2013 abortion law
By Andrew Bahl | Nov. 29, 2015A federal court moved last Tuesday to strike down part of a controversial 2013 abortion law, saying it is unconstitutional and poses a threat to women’s health.
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Republican proposes term limits for statewide offices
By Andrew Hahn | Nov. 29, 2015Elected officials in Wisconsin’s statewide offices could face term limits within five years under a bill proposed in the state Assembly that is currently circulating for co-sponsors.
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