Chancellor Blank to hold talks on proposed UW System cuts
By Jane Roberts | Feb. 9, 2015UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will host a series of forums this week to discuss Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts to the UW System budget.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will host a series of forums this week to discuss Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts to the UW System budget.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker arrived in London Monday to promote Wisconsin business overseas during a four-day trade mission.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice asked the U.S Supreme Court Monday to refrain from taking up a challenge to the state’s voter ID law.
Madison Fire Department Chief Steve Davis announced Friday on his blog a plan to introduce a new emergency response phone application in the Madison area, aimed at engaging bystanders in CPR response.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., called for the re-introduction of a bill that would subsidize small and independent breweries nationwide, according to a Thursday statement.
While proposed cuts and reforms to the UW System and other state agencies dominate headlines, environmental items in Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal are also proving to be controversial.
Madison police are looking for two suspects who robbed and forced a 30-year-old man to strip down to his underwear on the east side of Madison, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
As they made their way to their next destination, State Street bar hoppers got some unexpected excitement, seeing flashing lights and several Madison Fire Department emergency vehicles on State Street early Sunday morning.
Campus police arrested a suspect Friday for a sexual assault that occurred in October, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.
As a busy college campus in an urban area, something is always taking place at and around UW-Madison. In response, students have banded together to create a website to help fellow UW-Madison community members never miss another important event.
For the past 166 years, UW-Madison alumni have celebrated Feb. 5 as Founders’ Day to commemorate the first class held in 1849 and honor the university’s history.
Loud hip-hop music began to play as contestants entered the room accompanied by thunderous applause and whoops from the audience at The Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant Thursday.
An intoxicated Madison driver was taken into custody for colliding twice with a driver’s education vehicle at the intersection of North Stoughton Road and East Washington Avenue Wednesday, according to a Madison Police Department report.
Gov. Scott Walker blamed the state budget office Thursday for removing the Wisconsin Idea from his budget proposal in response to the ensuing public outcry.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank made an impassioned address at a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting Thursday, deeming proposed budget cuts initiated by Gov. Scott Walker to be "too big" for the state's flagship university to handle.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council examined the possible fate of shared governance in the recently released state biennial budget during its meeting Wednesday.
Despite having to cancel a Madison Food Policy Council meeting, city officials are working to find the Allied Drive neighborhood an affordable full-service grocery store with a $300,000 loan incentive.
A man robbed the U.S. Bank on East Campus Mall at 4 p.m. Wednesday, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police arrested a man for battery and disorderly conduct after he assaulted a man who is legally blind on Atwood Avenue shortly after midnight Wednesday, according to a report from the Madison Police Department.
Close to 200 concerned citizens filed into a Humanities lecture hall Wednesday for an “emergency meeting” held by the UW-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association to discuss Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget bill and plan an organized community response.