As a Senate committee heard testimony on three abortion-related bills Tuesday, an otherwise united Republican party showed signs of disagreement on one of them.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s Board of Trustees announced today a foundation-wide opposition to the proposed fetal tissue ban Tuesday, according to a university release.
Madison police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man for battery of a transgender woman on State Street early Friday morning.
Andrea Irwin—the mother of Tony Robinson, who died after an altercation with a Madison police officer in March—criticized the treatment her family received from law enforcement following the incident during a community panel discussion Monday.
Though tensions filled the room between property owners and city leaders Monday, the Plan Commission unanimously approved a proposal to build a new downtown park.
Survey results revealed Monday confirmed what Chancellor Rebecca Blank said many already knew: Sexual assault is a big problem for the UW-Madison community.
An off-campus sexual assault reportedly occurred over the weekend, according to a crime warning sent to students Monday.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday that he is ending his once-promising presidential bid after registering below 1 percent in a CNN poll and a lackluster performance at last week’s GOP debate at the Reagan Library.
State Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks died Monday in his chambers at the Capitol, Chief Justice Patience Roggensack confirmed in a statement.
A Senate committee is set to hold a public hearing on three bills Tuesday, one being a fetal tissue research ban and two others that would divert federal money from Planned Parenthood.
Gov. Scott Walker has abruptly decided to drop out of the 2016 campaign, according to an article in The New York Times and subsequently confirmed by an anonymous source close to the Walker campaign.
When Gov. Scott Walker took the stage last Wednesday for the second Republican debate, it was amid popular opinion that the onetime poll leader needed a strong showing to regain his form.
A bipartisan bill designed to give victims of sexual assault a longer window to report the crime was given a public hearing in the state Assembly Thursday.
City officials will begin deliberations Monday to decide whether to condemn several properties on the corner of North Bassett Street and West Mifflin Street to build a neighborhood park.
Wisconsin’s only data center is scheduled to open its doors on campus Monday, according to a UW-Madison release.
The UW-Madison Police Department arrested an 18-year-old man Friday in connection with a sexual assault that took place in a residence hall on Sept. 12, according to a UWPD incident report.
As students walk through the avenues of dining halls, deciding what meal to scarf down before an afternoon lecture, they rarely think about where the food is coming from or how it got here. They often don’t think about which farms grew the vegetables, what cows provided the dairy or what processed transformed ingredients into meals.
The Dane County Board of Supervisors unveiled a report Sept. 18 detailing recommendations to improve racial disparities and the treatment of mental health in the criminal justice system.
As rain flooded the streets Thursday night, so did hundreds of people who marched through a torrential downpour, shouting chants like “out of the halls and into the streets, we won’t be raped, we won’t be beat” and “however we dress, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no.”
Members of the UW System Board of Regents testified before lawmakers Thursday to present the System’s accountability metrics, drawing skepticism from some Republican lawmakers.
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