The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved Wednesday the creation of a new grassroots committee to involve students in campus sustainability efforts.
The city of Madison issued an eviction notice to members of “Occupy Madison” living on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue Wednesday, ordering all persons to vacate the site by Nov. 9.
City officials will present recently signed amendments to Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed 2013 city budget as a single package, meaning all amendments included in the bundle must be either approved or rejected as a whole when the Madison Common Council votes on the budgets next week.
Just one day after the Republicans retook control of the statehouse Tuesday night, state Senate Majority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, said he will step down as the Democratic leader at the end of the legislative session.
Counterfeit bills tricked two different people last week in separate incidents that took place within a block of one another and only days apart.
The search-and-screen committee for the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison held its fourth forum Wednesday to discuss which qualities campus members would like to see in the university’s next leader.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison labor licensing committee plans to send a letter to Chancellor David Ward early next week urging him to give Palermo’s Pizza, a sponsor of UW-Madison athletics, a 30-day ultimatum to meet the requests of the company’s striking workers, which include union recognition and priority rehiring.
The optimism and star-power that propelled Barack Obama into office four years ago was immediately met by challenging realities of the time: an economy struggling to regain its footing after the worst recession since the Great Depression and two wars in a volatile Middle East, among other issues.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., will become Wisconsin’s first female senator and the first openly gay senator in the country’s history after defeating former Gov. Tommy Thompson for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday.
Compared to the 2008 presidential race, support for President Barack Obama decreased in Tuesday’s election and fewer students in the campus area showed up at the polls to vote Nov. 6.
On a night the world saw Wisconsin and the rest of the country elect President Barack Obama to a second term, Wisconsin citizens also voted to turn the Wisconsin state Senate over to Republicans, giving the GOP complete control of the Wisconsin state government.
State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, will take Democratic U.S. Rep. and newly elected Senator Tammy Baldwin’s seat in Congress after handedly defeating his Republican opponent Chad Lee in the 2nd Congressional District election Tuesday.
With an increased emphasis on the student vote in recent American political campaigns, international exchange students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are becoming increasingly interested in being a part of the American election process.
Voters across the country arrived at the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot for the next president of the United States, as well as various state offices. But some states also voted on referendums, including the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage. Here’s how it breaks down:
In an election being watched by the world, Wisconsin has become one of a handful of decisive political battlegrounds experts say could decide the election.
Developers presented changes to a proposed development in the Langdon Street area at a neighborhood meeting Monday.
Despite the critical role of Madison voters in deciding which candidate wins Wisconsin’s electoral votes, many University of Wisconsin-Madison students who are also Minnesota residents have opted to vote absentee for their home state in Tuesday’s election.
Although the cost of Monday’s rally for President Barack Obama was free to attend, the city of Madison will have to pick up the charges for much of the labor required to make the event possible.
The Faculty Senate voted Monday to postpone a decision on the controversial Human Resources redesign plan, citing concerns of insufficient details and a lack of communication.
The United Council of University of Wisconsin Students is offering the opportunity for students to find their polling location by texting on Election Day, Nov. 6.
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