President Barack Obama’s visit to campus Thursday will bring the president off the television screen and onto Bascom Hill, where he will attempt to lock in support from the liberal capital of a swing state.
Student Services Finance Committee denied Wisconsin Student Lobby funding eligibility in a meeting Monday, saying the group had showed a lack of fiscal responsibility in recent years.
Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition delivered a letter and a pizza spelling “No Justice, No Pizza!” to Chancellor David Ward Monday to protest alleged poor working conditions at Palermo’s Pizza factories.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee discussed a plan Monday to grant students under the influence of alcohol protection from being issued citations if seeking medical assistance from authorities.
After five years of planning, a city committee unanimously approved new zoning codes and maps Monday, which could affect downtown areas currently occupied by students.
Police arrested a man for burglarizing a candy store on State Street and stealing an employee’s possessions Monday.
Students could see a multi-purpose building on the 300 block of West Johnson Street in the future, which developers say could change the street’s atmosphere from a campus and student-driven area to a more urban neighborhood.
The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee met Monday to discuss its plans to challenge University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ethnic studies requirement, which was last reviewed in 2002 with few changes put into effect since.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Monday his $522 million budget for 2013 will focus on funding programs that support health and human services.
President Barack Obama will campaign in Madison Thursday in his first visit to the city since September 2010.
Four years ago, the Zimmermann family experienced a tragedy when they lost their daughter, Brittany, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, in a horrific and still unsolved murder.
Mayor Paul Soglin criticized Dane County officials Friday for excluding the city from conversations regarding a new winter homeless shelter on Madison’s east side.
To help students control the time it takes to earn a degree, the university will discuss adding new summer courses and increasing availability of select, already existing classes this week.
Police officers deployed pepper spray early Saturday morning to disperse a group of fights that broke out on State and North Frances streets early Saturday morning.
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., squared off in the first debate of the U.S. Senate general election campaign Friday night, repeatedly attacking each other’s records while touting their own plans for the economy, health care and other pressing issues facing the country.
Local union members cheered from city hall’s meeting room after Madison’s city Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract that will cut wages but likely avoid layoffs.
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court said Thursday it will not immediately rule on lower courts’ decisions blocking the state’s Voter ID law, further suggesting the law will likely not be in place for the Nov. 6 presidential election.
Employees at the Edgewater Hotel will be forced to find alternate jobs starting Nov. 19 when developers begin to move forward with renovations.
University police identified the suspect in the Sellery and Cole residence hall theft investigations Wednesday.
A student organization moved closer to receiving funding Thursday when the Student Services Finance Committee voted in favor of allowing the group student segregated fee funding eligibility.
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