The city of Madison kicked off a project Tuesday to create a permanent public market that would feature diverse food, music and art for the Madison community.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released statistics Tuesday revealing that 79 percent of students receiving vouchers under Gov. Scott Walker’s new voucher program did not attend a public school in 2012.
Law enforcement officials and citizens joined state legislators at a transportation committee hearing Tuesday in the state Capitol to weigh in on a bill that would double fines for road injuries and deaths where the victim is deemed a “vulnerable highway user.”
Parents of University of Wisconsin-Madison students who speak Mandarin will have access to campus resources in a new section of the Parent Program website written in Mandarin, according to a university news release.
State Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, introduced a bill Tuesday that would revoke collective bargaining rights for Milwaukee’s police and firefighter unions.
As the 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election inches closer, Democratic candidate Mary Burke has drawn even with Gov. Scott Walker, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Marquette Law School.
Two Wisconsin companies that trace their origins to federally funded University of Wisconsin-Madison research received recognition in a new economic report Tuesday, according to a university news release.
Ruth Ozeki, the author of this year’s Go Big Read book, gave a lecture titled “How to be a Better Time Being” to 1,200 audience members at Union South Monday, as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model of the rhinovirus C pathogen, which will help increase the likelihood drugs can be designed to effectively prevent colds, according to a news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department distributed a release Monday warning students the trend of high intoxication levels continuing over Halloween weekend could someday cost a life, citing two incidents of excessive drinking on Saturday.
After Gov. Scott Walker delayed his decision on the Menominee tribe’s plan for a casino in Kenosha last week, he promised Monday to keep the public informed as he weighs the issues regarding the proposal.
Madison Police arrested a woman for burglarizing a Langdon Street home early Saturday morning and stealing several unusual items, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a report.
Police arrested a Janesville man early Saturday morning after the suspect allegedly punched two men on the 200 block of North Henry Street for speaking Hebrew, according to a police report.
Police were called to disperse a fight that erupted outside Whiskey Jack’s Saloon early Thursday morning when a 27-year-old male suspect allegedly punched another man “for no reason,” Madison Police Department officer Howard Payne said in a report.
The state Department of Justice requested Friday that the state Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals temporarily stop proceedings in two different Dane County Circuit Court orders to ensure school districts collective bargaining agent certification elections, according to a press release from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.
Rob Zerban, former Kenosha County Board supervisor, announced his campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, D-Wis., in a press release Saturday.
Gov. Scott Walker delayed his decision on the Menominee tribe’s off-reservation casino proposal Friday, according to a statement from his spokesperson Tom Evenson.
As the University of Wisconsin-Madison works to develop a new framework for diversity and inclusion, the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee is asking members of the campus community share input in a series of upcoming discussion sessions throughout November.
The group of city law enforcement officials and attorneys tasked with appointing a new city police chief announced Thursday it will seek applicants from both inside and outside the Madison Police Department.
Jill Lepore spoke about Jane Franklin, her relationship with her brother Benjamin Franklin, and gender equality issues during nineteenth century at a lecture for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Humanities Without Boundaries Flagship Lecture Series Thursday.
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