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Students, state legislators work on adjustments to Responsible Action legislation

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Mara Jezior | Mar. 5, 2013

At an Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs meeting Monday, student leaders highlighted the potential penalties UW System students could face when reporting violent crimes or emergency situations while intoxicated if the Responsible Action bill is passed by the state legislature.

NEWS

State official aims to lower individual income taxes by ending tax credits

By Meghan Chua | Mar. 5, 2013

A state representative plans to reform and simplify Wisconsin’s tax codes later this spring in an attempt to lower income taxes.

CITY NEWS

The gender disparity in Madison’s shelters

By Samy Moskol | Mar. 4, 2013

One morning this winter, John, a resident at Porchlight’s Drop-in Shelter for men, was outside when a woman came walking down the alleyway headed straight for the back door. He said she had likely been outside all night long, and wanted something for breakfast.

CITY NEWS

Suspect in battery outside bar on West Gilman Street renders bouncer unconscious

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 4, 2013

Madison police arrested a man Thursday night in connection to a battery that took place outside of a bar on the 400 block of West Gilman Street, according to a Madison police report.

NEWS

State John Doe probe officially concludes

By Jack Casey | Mar. 4, 2013

The lengthy John Doe investigation officially came to a close Feb. 21 with no charges filed against Gov. Scott Walker, according to a release Friday from Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.

CITY NEWS

Police say driver and pedestrian at fault for accident

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 4, 2013

Police are holding a drunk driver and a pedestrian responsible for an accident that occurred near campus early Sunday, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.

CITY NEWS

Officer who fatally shot man faced 15 previous allegations

By Melissa Howison | Mar. 4, 2013

The Madison Police Department has reviewed 15 different complaints about an officer currently under investigation by the United States Department of Justice since hiring him in 1997, according to police records released Friday.

CAMPUS NEWS

Medical Sciences lab catches fire

By Molly Reppen and Gloria Young | Mar. 1, 2013

University, state and federal officials are investigating the cause of a Thursday fire on the fourth floor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Sciences building.

CITY NEWS

Design committee begins planning for 2014 Library Mall renovations

By Sarah Olson | Mar. 1, 2013

The State Street Design Project Committee will work with two Madison engineering firms as it moves forward with plans to revitalize the Library Mall area.

NEWS

SSFC hears Wisconsin Union budget proposal

By Megan Stoebig | Mar. 1, 2013

The Student Services Finance Committee heard the budget for the Wisconsin Union Thursday, which includes an increase in student segregated fee contribution for maintenance and building upkeep.

NEWS

Cuts, debt, deficit: the ins and outs of the sequester

By Jack Casey | Mar. 1, 2013

The country has been abuzz in recent weeks with talk of the impending sequester set to take effect Friday, but not everyone knows exactly what the sequester does or how it might affect them, if it even will at all This article describes the causes and potential effects of the sequester:

NEWS

Assembly passes bills to increase state employment

By Maya Miller | Mar. 1, 2013

The Wisconsin state Assembly passed two bills with bipartisan support Thursday designed to increase employment in Wisconsin.

CITY NEWS

Drunk man crashes stolen car into Capitol Square statue

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 1, 2013

A Madison resident faces a felony charge after he drunkenly stole and crashed a vehicle into a public art sculpture on the Capitol Square Thursday, according to a police statement.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW professor studies positive effects of video games

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 1, 2013

University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Richard Davidson published an article Thursday aiming to persuade video game designers to team up with scientists to create video games that are beneficial to consumers, contrasting traditional views that video games do not stimulate your mind.

NEWS

State Senate passes divisive mining bill

By Jack Casey | Feb. 28, 2013

The Wisconsin state Senate passed the controversial mining bill by a one vote margin Wednesday night after a lengthy, contentious debate, setting up a vote in the state Assembly later in the week.

CITY NEWS

Late-night food carts concern restaurants

By Erik Thiel and Jayme Zwerling | Feb. 28, 2013

The Vending Oversight Committee heard complaints from local restaurant owners about food carts operating near their locations, and discussed possible solutions Wednesday.

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Student leaders announce finalized ‘Revelry’ location

By Genevieve Globus | Feb. 28, 2013

Student leaders announced at a press conference Wednesday that Revelry, a university-sponsored event to celebrate the end of the academic year, will be held at Engineering Mall and Union South plaza May 4.

NEWS

Bad River Band criticized for wastewater treatment plant

By Andrew Haffner | Feb. 28, 2013

A conservative research group used data from a 2009 New York Times report to criticize the mismanaging of a wastewater treatment plant run by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, which has recently expressed vocal opposition to a proposed mine near its reservation as members say it will damage waterways.

CITY NEWS

Plan for Madison bus terminal moves forward

By Melissa Howison | Feb. 28, 2013

A city transportation committee recommended Wednesday the city Council adopt plans to review possible locations that could accommodate an indoor bus station to serve buses traveling through Madison.

NEWS

Student Council receives criticism for funding political conference trip

By Paige Villiard | Feb. 28, 2013

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council received criticism from members of a democratic student group Wednesday regarding the student government’s use of student segregated fees to fund attendance to the Conservative Political Action Conference.