The U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee held a hearing on the militarization of police forces Wednesday evening in response to issues brought up following the Ferguson shooting.
United States Student Association Vice President Alexandra Flores-Quilty welcomed the Associated Students of Madison as a member of the student advocacy organization Wednesday.
With fatal heroin overdoses on the rise, Dane County law enforcement has taken action to seek a cure for the “heroin epidemic” infecting community members.
The city of Madison is set to host the 37th annual Willy Street Fair this upcoming weekend, according to the Willy Street Fair website.
A Dane County Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday a Wisconsin lesbian couple’s adoption of two children was constitutional, according to an article by the Wisconsin State Journal.
A new process of verifying documents needed to get photo identification cards for voting will help make obtaining free government voter ID cards easier, according to a joint release from the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Health Services.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison community will commemorate 9/11 Thursday with a talk by Nobel prize nominee Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa, according to a university events calendar.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received approval to build a new Research Data Center that will allow researchers to study census data that have never been available to them before.
Wisconsin’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage could be the platform from which the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue for the entire nation, according state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.
University of Wisconsin-Madison staff will host an open house at Memorial Union’s new west wing Friday and Saturday nights to celebrate the space’s completed two-year redesign, according to a university release.
The U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings, released Tuesday, ranked the University of Wisconsin-Madison 13th among the nation’s public institutions.
Student Services Finance Committee members met Monday for their first meeting of the year, discussing eligibility criteria for groups applying for financing from $44 million in segregated fees SSFC distributes.
In the eyes of Michael Falbo, his time as part of the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents has never been about personal achievement, but rather about the students he serves.
Madison police have reason to believe two separate incidents involving the assault and robbery of Madison residents are linked because of the similarity in suspect descriptions and close vicinity, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Amy Schwartz.
The lack of diversity in Madison’s entertainment venues prompted the Equal Opportunities Commission to hold a meeting Monday and seek effective means of cultural integration.
Madison police are investigating a Saturday afternoon break-in and sexual assault of a Milwaukee woman on Lathrop Street, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Amy Schwartz.
In response to the recent shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., several University of Wisconsin-Madison campus organizations held a forum Monday discussing the incident as well as other racial issues.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Laura Kiessling and her lab published new findings regarding stem cell differentiation Monday, according to a university press release.
Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell discussed possible implications of a continued biennial budget shortfall to the Academic Staff Assembly at a meeting Monday.
Wisconsin faces a $1.8 billion structural deficit, according to budget forecasts for the 2015-'17 biennium released by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau Monday.
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