Wisconsin suffered the nation’s largest funding decline in per-pupil education, according to a U.S. Department of Education report released Thursday.
After weeks of deliberation, the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline despite the threat of a presidential veto.
The UW System Board of Regents will honor a UW-Madison assistant professor Friday for his success with and support of diversity on campus.
UW-Madison scientists identified two new fluorescent tumor-targeting agents that light up brain cancer cells, according to a Jan. 22 press release.
Madison police are now investigating two similar sex offenses in the downtown area following a second report from a victim, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Madison mayoral candidates convened Thursday in the first forum of the 2015 campaign at the Madison Concourse Hotel to discuss the state of Madison’s economy, homeless population and public dialogue.
UW-Madison Associate Professor Karma Chávez spoke to students and the public Thursday about her book “Queer Migration Politics” in her talk entitled “Queering Borders: Immigration, Race and Sexuality.”
The Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee met Thursday to discuss how Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the UW System would affect UW-Madison and the uncertain future of ASM.
A 20-year-old resident of downtown Madison reported a sexual offense Wednesday morning following an inappropriate encounter with a stranger, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A new poll released Thursday showing overwhelming support for right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin ignited conversation amongst legislators on whether or not to pursue the legislation during the Legislature’s current session.
A federal court upheld a lower court’s ruling Thursday that permit rules in place for the daily solidarity sing-along at the state Capitol are unconstitutional.
UW-Madison senior class officers announced Katie Couric, a journalist, author and philanthropist, as the 2015 Spring Commencement ceremony speaker Wednesday.
The issue of protecting established and historic areas such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lamp House conflicted with the need for development in an Urban Design Commission meeting Wednesday.
The Associated Students of Madison committee chairs raised questions surrounding the Campus Strategic Framework and upcoming biennial budget during a meeting Wednesday.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., held a hearing Wednesday to discuss the importance of information sharing in cybersecurity and heard testimony for revised legislation.
Democratic and Republican legislators sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker Wednesday requesting he reconsider his decision to deny the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin permission to construct a casino in Kenosha County.
Lawmakers from both the state Senate and Assembly convened Wednesday to discuss stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations designed to lower carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
The state Senate heard testimony Tuesday regarding a bill that could change the way schools are rated and provide penalties for poorly rated schools.
UW-Madison College Democrats endorsed Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, in a Tuesday forum with all five mayoral candidates.
A bill being considered by Republican lawmakers could require chancellors of UW System schools to approve every decision made by student governments that use segregated fees.
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