In 1980 a gallon of gas cost $1.08, a dozen eggs were priced at 89 cents and, according to Mike McCabe, former head of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a state Senate candidate needed to raise $40,000 to be competitive in an election.
For UW System President Ray Cross, March will be filled not only with basketball, but visits to various state colleges and universities for conversations about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
UW-Madison police found no danger inside Memorial Union early Friday morning after shutting down the surrounding area for several hours due to a bomb threat.
A march for Tony Robinson that began on Williamson Street ended in tension during a mayoral forum Thursday. The protesters filled the Barrymore Theatre, which hosted the debate between Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, with angry disruptions, often interrupting the candidates’ answers.
In a room filled to almost twice its capacity with eager students and community members, equality advocate CeCe McDonald spoke blatantly and pragmatically about her life as a transgender woman of color and how she discovered an avenue for advocacy.
Dane County Supervisor Leland Pan responded Thursday to Madison Police Chief Mike Koval’s comments that he acted irresponsibly by allowing protesters to enter the City-County Building hours after 19-year-old Tony Robinson was shot by one of Koval’s officers March 6.
A bipartisan group of senators, including U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., proposed legislation Wednesday that would designate 25 universities nationwide as “Manufacturing Universities” and provide increased funding for their engineering programs.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dipped below five percent for the first time since 2008 in February, according to a revised jobs report released Thursday by the Department of Workforce Development.
Employees recognized as Classified Staff will be known as University Staff starting July 1 partly because human resource policies will soon be handled solely by UW-Madison, according to a UW-Madison release.
Rates for student and faculty parking permits will not change for the 2015-’16 school year, according to a press release from UW Transportation Services.
With 2,813 votes collected and a 7 percent voter turnout for the Associated Students of Madison Spring Election, 39 UW-Madison students were elected to represent various ASM positions.
Cheba Hut is on track to sell alcohol past midnight after receiving a unanimous recommendation from the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee Wednesday to remove the restriction.
To clarify language about the Green Fund’s goals and processes and to fit the standards of the UW Legal System, the Associated Students of Madison approved the fund’s updated bylaws Wednesday.
A bill that would add switchblades to the list of weapons allowed under Wisconsin’s concealed carry law is circulating through the offices of the state Assembly, the latest in a series of weapons-related bills legislators expect to debate this session.
UW-Madison students can bite into the world’s largest Rice Krispies Treat as the student organization, Project Freshman 15,000, attempts to hit the Guinness Book of World Records’ sweet spot for the title.
The state of Wisconsin released a response Tuesday to the lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and other unions that challenged the newly implemented right-to-work law.
A Madison Police Department officer arrested two male teenagers suspected in two armed robberies near the intersection of Lake Street and University Avenue Tuesday evening.
Famous weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil put his prophetical skills to the test Tuesday, picking Wisconsin to end up in the NCAA championship game in a head-to-head bracket showdown with ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale.
Following months of suspension, the UW-Madison chapter of Chi Phi fraternity has been terminated as a student organization for violating Student Organization Conduct policies, according to a Wednesday university release.
The Dane County Public Protection and Judiciary Committee amended a resolution for an incarceration study during its Tuesday night meeting after weeks of being contested by public testimony.
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