Approximately 70 demonstrators gathered on the Capitol steps Tuesday to protest the contentious state mining bill that is designed to ease the mine permitting process in the state before the state Senate fully considers the bill Wednesday.
More than 20 student environmental organizations met with campus leaders Tuesday for a collaborative Sustainability Council to discuss sustainability efforts already occurring on campus and where students can focus their efforts in the future.
A poll released Tuesday showed 62 percent of Wisconsin citizens support the state’s mining legislation, which is an exact contradiction of poll results from Public Policy Polling released Feb. 20 that showed 62 percent of respondents opposed the bill.
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved a Republican bill Monday that would distribute $15 million for workforce development initiatives across the next two fiscal years.
Police pulled over an intoxicated man Monday after he disrupted a downtown restaurant and fled the scene in a car, according to a police report.
Four local nonprofit hospitals and the Department of Public Health launched a website Tuesday to improve health in Dane County, according to a press release.
Over 100 University of Wisconsin System students gathered in the Capitol Monday to lobby state legislators for a cap on tuition increases and a larger investment in financial aid.
The state Joint Finance Committee passed a contentious mining bill on a party-line vote at its meeting Monday.
Popular Mexican restaurant Taqueria Guadalajara caught fire early Monday morning, and the building sustained interior damage, according to a Madison Fire Department press release.
A female Madison resident was physically assaulted and robbed Friday while walking downtown with friends, according to a police report.
A 21-year-old Madison woman was attacked on State Street after she left a downtown bar early Saturday morning, according to a police report.
An intruder entered a woman’s apartment on Langdon Street Saturday night through an unlocked door, according to a police report, drawing similarities to previous burglaries in the area earlier this semester.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a report Monday detailing how Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed tax cuts would affect people at different income levels.
The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee released four common themes that stemmed from student input at a recent roundtable event which focused on the future of the ethnic studies class requirement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Teaching Assistants’ Association recently launched a campaign to increase graduate students’ incomes to make UW-Madison a more attractive place for graduate students.
Gov. Scott Walker’s Education Policy Assistant Michael Brickman met with student leaders Monday to discuss the implications of the recently released state biennial budget, which granted the University of WIsconsin System $181 million in new investments.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved the 2013-’14 budget for the Division of Recreational Sports Monday, which includes new funding for an evaluation of the condition of current campus athletic facilities.
The second inmate to go AWOL from the Dane County jail in three days returned Monday afternoon, according to a press release from the Dane County Sheriff’s Office.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced in a press release Monday the creation of a Clean Lakes Task Force aimed at decontaminating nearby lakes.
Cows moved back onto the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after the completion of the new Dairy Cattle Center, according to a university press release.
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