The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee decided Thursday it will implement another Diversity Week in Spring 2014.
As a 2011 state legislative effort to impose voter identification requirements remains tied up in court, state legislators have begun circulating a new bill that tweaks the 2011 law and offers specific exemptions for previously problematic population groups.
State Assembly Republicans decided to hold off late Wednesday on pursuing a bill that would have allowed an expanded number of people to bring guns into state schools.
A new downtown Persian restaurant, which quietly opened its doors in September, is extending its business hours to accommodate weekday lunch service, according to Isthmus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Science Hall celebrated its 125th anniversary with a series of events Wednesday, including a haunted tour and a public lecture about the building’s history.
Gov. Scott Walker has addressed disagreements over a proposed Menominee casino in Kenosha by outlining the criteria the casino plan must fulfill to move past the governor and begin being implemented in the near future.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen made a legal push recently to make records collected in the investigation of former staffers to Gov. Scott Walker while he held office in Milwaukee public.
The battle for ownership over the Orpheum Theatre between Frank Productions and Gus Paras ended Friday when Paras, who also owns The Comedy Club on State, purchased the historic auditorium.
Madison’s Common Council adopted new regulations to the citywide zoning code Tuesday in order to facilitate the sustainability of the tourist housing market without jeopardizing the stability of existing family neighborhoods.
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.
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