Dane County’s Homeless Issues Committee met with members of the community Tuesday to review the city and county’s past actions in relocating members of Occupy Madison from Lake View Hill County Park to Token Creek Park earlier this month.
Two labor groups released the results of a comprehensive dining guide Tuesday rating the working conditions restaurant employees in central Madison.
Students across Wisconsin voted to support a statewide campaign to institute a policy that protects students from punishment for underage drinking when calling police to help in an emergency, according to Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Vice Chair Morgan Rae.
The Student Services Finance Committee voted Monday to minimally fund the Multicultural Student Coalition at a level of $10,600 after multiple amendments and debate in the second-consecutive meeting.
Members of Madison’s finance committee approved Mayor Paul Soglin’s recommendation to ban using borrowed reserve funds in future city operating budgets at a Board of Estimates meeting Monday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate approved a resolution in support of the Human Resources redesign project Monday amidst debate over an amendment to give more power to shared governance bodies affected by the plan.
City planners unanimously recommended a 12-story apartment proposal at a meeting Monday, which would require the demolition of two existing residences and an office building on North Bassett and West Dayton Streets.
Developers plan to demolish three buildings on West Dayton, West Johnson and North Broom streets to make way for an apartment complex geared toward young professionals in Madison.
Mayor Paul Soglin discussed a survey seeking community input on a future public market in Madison at a press conference Monday.
Palermo’s Pizza reached a settlement agreement Friday with the National Labor Relations Board acknowledging it committed labor law violations, following allegations of labor practice violations from employees.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Climate Action 350 and Madison residents joined in a protest Monday presenting the UW Foundation with more than 1,200 petition signatures requesting the foundation end its investment in fossil fuels to help decrease the threat of climate change.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent letters to several U.S. politicians Monday urging them to cut funding for the National Institutes of Health, an organization that funds animal research at many universities across the country, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Incoming state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said Monday he would like to replace nonpartisan judges on the Government Accountability Board with political appointees, saying the board too often favors Democrats.
Madison police are investigating a theft that occurred at a thrift shop on Williamson Street Friday involving an unidentified female suspect who allegedly stole a 69-year-old woman’s wallet.
A 28-year-old Madison resident called police Saturday after a friend robbed him and another man threatened him with a gun, according to police.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Odyssey Project was featured Sunday on the Big Ten Network’s television show “Forward Motion,” which is produced by the university. The episode focused on the project’s impact on the participants involved in the program.
As the Wisconsin Badgers football team prepares for another visit to Pasadena, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are taking a little more caution in planning what can be an expensive trip to California and buying their tickets to the Rose Bowl.
Three University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professors will discuss the implications for America of Iran possessing a nuclear weapon at an event Tuesday evening.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources closed its third of six wolf-hunting zones around the state Sunday, continuing the trend toward an early end to the inaugural wolf-hunting season.
Madison detectives said sexual assault was most likely the motive in an attack against a University of Wisconsin-Madison female student on East Johnson Street Nov. 24.
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