Rainy weather did not stop the Badgers from out-performing Indiana on the gridiron Saturday, however, it did put a damper on alcohol consumption and misbehavior in the stands, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department report.
The state Assembly passed a package of election reform bills in a late-night session Thursday, including a bill that would provide limited exemptions from the 2011 Voter ID Law.
Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign and more than two dozen conservative groups received subpoenas for documents regarding the 2011 and 2012 recall from a Milwaukee special prosecutor, according to a Wall Street Journal opinion editorial Friday.
Several state and Wisconsin federal legislators have reacted to Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to extend BadgerCare coverage three months in light of technical glitches in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act online health insurance marketplaces.
A University of Madison-Wisconsin student who was returning from a hunting trip, caused several neighbors to report a gunman in the Mifflin neighborhood Saturday morning, according to a Madison police report.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday he would call a special legislative session to extend the BadgerCare deadline three months from Jan. 1 to March 31, allowing enrollees time to sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance plans by the March 31 federal deadline.
A reformed version of the controversial state voter ID bill passed the state Assembly Thursday, through charges of disenfranchisement and minority vote suppression.
A state amendment that would modify the recall process for elected officials passed the state Assembly Thursday.
The state Assembly passed an amendment to the state constitution Thursday that would allow state Supreme Court justices to elect their chief justice and overturn the long-standing current policy in which the most senior justice assumes the role.
Looking out at the Dane County airport from the inside of a four-passenger plane about to proceed onto the runway for takeoff, the door adjacent to me popped open and pilot Kelly Abplanalp grinned and said, “Don’t worry if that happens while we’re in the air; you won’t fall out.”
Now that the intersection at North Park Street and Langdon Street is open, the Madison Metro 80 bus will resume its normal route up Bascom Hill starting Monday.
Madison’s Urban Design Commission met Wednesday to offer feedback on several downtown housing projects.
Wendy’s will once again occupy a storefront on State Street, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., joined other Democratic senators Wednesday to introduce a federal bill designed to allow women to make their own private health decisions without interference from controversial health legislation.
The state Assembly passed 13 bills Tuesday that would invest roughly $4 million in mental health care statewide.
Democrat state senators and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission both sent letters to Gov. Scott Walker Wednesday, stating their grievances with the controversial race-based mascot bill currently sitting on his desk.
After the final campus engagement session Tuesday, committee members say that they want to gather more student feedback on what should be included in an upcoming campus diversity plan.
The Wisconsin state Senate approved a potential amendment to the state Constitution Tuesday that would change the way chief justices are chosen on the state Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin state Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a bill that would protect citizens’ private Internet accounts, such as Facebook and Twitter, from employers, universities and landlords.
A state Assembly bill making it illegal to disseminate sexual images online and through phones without the sender’s consent passed on a voice vote Tuesday in the state Assembly.
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