Friday kicks off the Black Lives Matter Spring 2015 Speaker Series, with the aim to educate the public and empower the black community, according to a press release. The series is sponsored by the Young Gifted and Black Coalition, Comparative U.S. Studies and the Haven’s Center.
The Madison Police Department hosted a news conference Thursday in response to a string of 17 burglaries throughout the west side of Madison.
The city of Madison received a first place award Thursday for its recent efforts in youth employment, becoming one of three cities honored in the National Summer Youth Jobs Challenge, according to a press release.
Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, received his first school board endorsement of his campaign Thursday from Madison School Board member Michael Flores, according to a press release.
Gov. Scott Walker announced his Workforce Readiness Plan at various stops around the state Thursday. The plan shows a major glimpse of his state budget, which the governor will unveil Feb. 3.
Taking photographs under or through someone’s clothing without their knowledge is one step closer to becoming a felony after the state Assembly passed a bipartisan bill Thursday to outlaw what has been dubbed “upskirting.”
The chief justice of the state Supreme Court may no longer be determined by seniority after the state Assembly approved an amendment to the state constitution Thursday.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met Wednesday to discuss possible effects of the upcoming 2015-'17 Wisconsin budget and speculative changes to shared governance on campus.
Madison drivers commuting via the 300 block of West Dayton Street between North Henry and North Broom Streets will have to use detours starting Thursday, Jan. 22, according to a city of Madison press release.
Members of Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee discussed the new ownership of the corporation that runs Johnny O’s as well as a possible new Gorham Street bar, HopCat Madison, at their Wednesday evening meeting.
Madison police officers arrested a 40-year-old woman on the 100 block of King Street for disorderly conduct and bail jumping Monday evening, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
In addition to hunting down overwhelming loads of required textbooks and materials, students face the challenge of locating all their classes with the start of each semester. This semester, more than 100 UW-Madison students are utilizing the recently launched iPhone app Campus Maps to make finding spring classes fast and easy.
The American Academy of Political and Social Science awarded UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank with the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, according to a Wednesday UW-Madison release.
Gov. Scott Walker will lead a trade mission to London in early February in an attempt to attract foreign investment to the state, according to a press release.
The number of Wisconsin public employees compared to the state population is lower than ever, according to a report published by the Wisconsin Budget Project, an independent Madison-based research group.
Days after The Wisconsin State Journal reported Gov. Scott Walker was considering autonomy measures for the UW System, neither state Republicans nor System officials have confirmed or denied whether that includes splitting UW-Madison from the rest of the System.
After lengthy discussion, Madison Common Council members fell short in their attempt to override Mayor Paul Soglin’s decision that blocked billboard ordinance changes.
Hundreds of students packed College Library in December chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” in response to racial discrimination in Madison. Tuesday, members of the UW-Madison community filled Varsity Hall in Union South to engage in a campus-wide dialogue on diversity and inclusion.
First responders successfully resuscitated an unconscious man last Saturday after finding him locked in a Starbucks bathroom, located on the 600 block of State Street.A Madison Police Department officer found and administered initial CCR measures to the 47-year-old Verona man, rendered unconscious by a drug overdose, according to Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain in a MPD incident report.The Madison Fire Department then arrived at the scene to continue resuscitation efforts, as the man was not breathing and had no pulse. Following his transport to a local hospital, the man’s heart started beating again, DeSpain wrote in the report.“In this case, the [man who overdosed] was found with a syringe, but first responders couldn’t immediately tell what drug,” DeSpain said.The man also had drug paraphernalia in his possession, according to the report.“We’re responding to this epidemic across the city,” DeSpain said. “But unfortunately, people are dying.”
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama highlighted many of his administration’s accomplishments, both economic and otherwise, but did not shy away from calling on Congress to keep the nation moving in the right direction.
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