Gov. Scott Walker signs heroin and opiate package
By Andrew Hahn | Apr. 7, 2014Gov. Scott Walker toured the state Monday with state legislators, signing seven bills aimed at reducing heroin use in the state.
Gov. Scott Walker toured the state Monday with state legislators, signing seven bills aimed at reducing heroin use in the state.
Members of Madison’s Landmarks Commission unanimously approved plans to initiate renovations to the facade of the Orpheum Theatre located on State Street.
Road rage on East Washington Avenue escalated Sunday evening, leading to one man stabbing another, according to a police report.
A man sexually assaulted a woman while she was walking with a group on Conklin Place early Sunday morning, according to an incident report.
Democratic leadership in the state Assembly sent a letter Monday to state Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, asking for his resignation.
State Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, announced in a press release Monday he will not seek re-election in November.
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism received a $35,000 grant to support a project that will examine the water quality around the state, according to a Monday university press release.
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s fall to University of Kentucky was tough for Grateful Red fans nationwide, but it was perhaps especially difficult for University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Lauren Peterson.
A Madison woman was arrested Friday after colliding with multiple parked cars in an attempt to flee from Madison police.
Madison police said defeated Badger fans maintained composure when they took to the streets Saturday after the University of Wisconsin-Madison basketball team’s heartbreaking loss against Kentucky in a 74-73 game.
Gov. Scott Walker signed six bills into law Friday supporting veterans, according to a release.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill in Rib Mountain Friday making it easier for towns to create tax incremental financing districts, according to a news release.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Thursday that will require insurance companies covering intravenous chemotherapy also to cover oral chemotherapy.
Assistant Assembly Minority Leader Sandy Pasch, D-Shorewood, announced in a statement Friday she will not seek re-election in the fall.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a victim in a campus residence hall early Sunday morning, according to a Timely Warning released by University of Wisconsin Police Department.
The Madison Police Department’s Mounted Unit will take the streets for the first time this year in anticipation of the Men’s Final Four NCAA basketball game.
Porchlight, a Madison homeless shelter, has accepted an offer from city and community partners looking to purchase the Hospitality House facility, according to a press release from Casey Becker, executive assistant and communications director for the Office of Dane County.
State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, declared his candidacy for the 6th Congressional District Thursday.
Assembly Republican leaders sent a letter Thursday asking for the resignation of former Majority Leader and current state Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, who was removed from his position in March after sexual harassment allegations.
As the state Senate held its last floor period of the year Tuesday, absent from the agenda was a bill to begin the constitutional amendment process to strike the Office of the State Treasurer from the constitution.