With just two weeks left before the Madison Common Council adopts the 2016 budget, the city’s Board of Estimates discussed a slew of amendments to Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s executive operating budget Tuesday.
Wisconsin GOP legislators are in the process of proposing two bills that would limit the ways local school districts can raise and spend money through referendums and local taxpayers, according to a Monday report by the Wisconsin State Journal.
A bill that would allow strip searches for some minor offenses received support Monday from local law enforcement ahead of a Senate committee vote later this week.
Legislative Republicans circulated a bill last week that would significantly change the state’s worker’s compensation laws.
As scientific fields rapidly evolve, putting more emphasis on effective communication skills and accessibility, the newest president of the Ecological Society of America said she will use decades of experience as an ecologist to navigate the organization through changing times.
The student organization Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics requested an increase in their budget proposal to the Student Services Finance Committee for the next fiscal year to better campus-wide programs and events.
Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation Friday that will limit the scope of John Doe investigations after the state Legislature approved the proposal last week.
The city’s longstanding ties with historical scientific achievements have a new home in the Madison Science Museum, which opened Thursday.
Wisconsin joined 23 other states Friday in a lawsuit to halt new federal carbon regulations, which some state leaders say will stifle manufacturing jobs in the state.
Dane County announced Monday that the $2 million Affordable Housing Development Fund was awarded to four proposals pending County Board approval, allocating $500,000 for housing for individuals released from custody and $1.5 million to three rental housing projects.
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education released a report Wednesday detailing additional effects of the Wisconsin state budget throughout the UW System.
Two bills poised to drastically alter future Wisconsin elections advanced through the state assembly Tuesday amid frustration and pleas for reconsideration from the Democratic minority.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims during its meeting Wednesday to review advancements in the campus Diversity Framework.
“Wait a minute, I didn’t think these were supposed to be in the lake.”
Just four weeks into her new job as racial equity coordinator, Toriana Pettaway already has big plans for the future of social equality in Madison.
A Madison man suffered severe head injuries after his moped crashed into an SUV Tuesday.
Madison police received reports of an incident of sexual assault at Target, which they said is likely related to a previous incident at West Towne Mall.
In an effort to clean area lakes, cows will now produce much more than just Wisconsin’s famed dairy products.
Amid changes to Wisconsin’s voter ID provisions, UW-Madison has taken steps to expand the ways in which students who don’t have Wisconsin driver’s licenses or IDs can vote, according to a Wednesday university press release.
A Republican-backed bill to prohibit the use of secret John Doe investigations into possible illegal political activity passed both houses of the state Legislature early Wednesday morning.
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