Two reports released Thursday show the state is suffering from economic problems, specifically negative private sector job growth and a rising unemployment rate.
Justice Pat Roggensack will defend her seat Tuesday against Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone in an attempt to earn a second 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The state’s Joint Finance Committee met for a third day of listening sessions on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget Thursday, focusing on the University of Wisconsin System’s funding and other education initiatives.
Student Regent Katie Pointer addressed the Associated Students of Madison Student Council Wednesday to discuss Monday’s recommendation of Rebecca Blank as the university’s next chancellor and to give the representatives a chance to voice their opinions or concerns.
Frank Warren, creator of the PostSecret Project, in which people share anonymous confessions on postcards, visited Union South Wednesday as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
A man tried to pull a 33-year-old woman into his minivan Sunday night while she was walking on the 900 block of South Park Street, Madison police reported Wednesday.
The Madison Opera announced construction of its new facility Wednesday, which will allow all of the company’s administrative offices as well as rehearsal spaces, to be in the same building for the first time.
City officials introduced an ordinance to change the liquor license revocation process at a meeting Wednesday after hearing a State Street establishment’s not guilty plea to complaints brought against it, along with other cases heard at recent meetings.
A Madison commission approved final details Wednesday of two new apartment buildings to be located in off-campus areas, after Common Council approved the buildings’ construction at previous meetings.
Organizers for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Revelry festival provided unofficial details about the event Wednesday when they received preliminary approval for a permit to close Randall Avenue for the May 4 event.
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Discussion surrounding the proposed demolition of three residential buildings on campus, for which the Common Council gave final approval Tuesday, incited an impromptu affordable-housing debate at the meeting.
Gov. Scott Walker’s decision not to accept federal funding to expand the state’s health-care system could contribute to some state employers being collectively penalized by paying millions more in taxes, according to a report released Tuesday.
Representatives from four of the nine Wisconsin school districts that would be affected by Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to expand the state’s education voucher system voiced concerns Tuesday in a conference call organized by state Rep. Sondy Pope, D-Cross Plains.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board created a fund to invest in information technology start-up companies, focusing mainly in Wisconsin.
A Marquette Law School poll released Tuesday showed 50 percent of respondents said they approve of Gov. Scott Walker’s job performance and a significant portion of respondents approve of some type of education voucher expansion in the state.
Members of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group delivered a stack of petitions to University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward’s office Tuesday, requesting Ward review his decision not to sign contracts to fully fund the organization on campus.
The Student Services Finance Committee discussed potential changes to its bylaws Monday, which could include significant alterations to the committee’s financial code, as well as the elimination of student hourly positions from student organizations.
A city planning committee unanimously approved a local religious group’s application Monday to convert a former fraternity house on campus into an apartment complex and meeting center.
Community residents gathered Monday in the first of several meetings to discuss a project aimed at improving the section of Madison’s Brittingham Park along Northshore Drive and Proudfit Street.
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