The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill Tuesday to regulate rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, sending the proposal to Gov. Scott Walker for his approval.
The City Clerk of Madison swore in seven new alders as well as the Common Council president and president protem Tuesday at the City-County Building. They will join 13 alders already on the 20-alder council.
UW-Madison professor of Comparative Biosciences Albee Messing was named the new director of the Waisman Center April 14, according to a university release.
A UW-Madison student reported a sexual assault in a Southeast residence hall early Sunday morning, according to a Tuesday crime report sent to students by the UW-Madison Police Department.
Following the latest shooting incident early Saturday morning at State Street Brats, the downtown Madison area may no longer be considered immune from citywide gang violence, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
Though he spends most of his time on “Cosmos” talking about outer space, Neil deGrasse Tyson brought his keynote message a little closer to life on Earth for the 9th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference at Monona Terrace Monday afternoon.
Members of Madison’s Plan Commission unanimously approved a proposal Monday to rezone a downtown area from a housing friendly residential zone to a commercial friendly mixed-use one.
Federal legislators are more informed of UW-Madison’s student concerns after interns with the student government’s Legislative Affairs Committee took a trip to Washington, D.C.
Gov. Scott Walker declared two states of emergency Monday in an attempt to contain an outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus and elevated drought levels.
Turning 50 inspires some to buy a new car or pick up a new hobby. But Sylvia Swift, a UW-Madison Physics Department employee, joined the Peace Corps and spent two years doing community and organizational development in Moldova, a country in Eastern Europe.
Three candidates are running for vice provost for diversity at UW-Madison, a position that aims to implement various diversity initiatives on campus.
A strain of canine influenza virus has been identified in more than 1,000 dogs throughout the Midwest, including one dog in Madison.
A student reported a sexual assault to the UW-Madison Police Department Saturday, according to a UWPD crime warning sent to students.
The effects of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget have become clearer to the UW-Madison community in the past week as Chancellor Rebecca Blank recently detailed the elimination of 400 positions and the closing or merging of several programs.
An attempted sexual assault is not under investigation by the UW-Madison Police Department at this time, according to a crime warning sent out to all students Friday afternoon.
The Student Services Finance Committee passed an act to define the credit seeking process for interested students at their meeting Thursday.
A Marquette University Law School poll released Thursday shows falling approval ratings for Gov. Scott Walker and unfavorable numbers for him in a potential 2016 presidential race against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture responded to the detection of the avian influenza virus infecting three separate poultry flocks in Wisconsin, according to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
City officials were caught between competing ideals Tuesday, when a protest organized by Madison West and East High School students regarding Tony Robinson's death shut down traffic on East Washington Avenue for several hours.
Organizers of UW-Madison’s Go Big Read program announced Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy” as next year’s shared reading novel Thursday, hoping to incite deeper thoughts on Madison’s racial inequalities through the text, a UW-Madison news release said.
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