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.
A city planning commission met Thursday to resolve 17 issues related to a new zoning code that will affect off-campus student housing areas.
The Associated Students of Madison will hold a town hall meeting Oct. 10 at 5 p.m. to discuss campus safety issues.
Harvard University released a list of government initiatives called “Bright Ideas” Tuesday that recognized Madison Police Department’s program to advocate for cyber safety.
Wisconsin state legislators extended the expiration date on temporary rules for issuing concealed carry permits at a hearing Thursday. This was the second time the expiration date was extended since August.
While the majority of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison do not think twice about facing discrimination upon entering a doctor’s office, some students do, particularly members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community.
Student government revisited a recent funding decision Wednesday to ensure the procedures used for approval fell correctly within viewpoint neutrality laws, which were not followed in the initial decision.
Democratic state lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker Wednesday asking him to reconsider his decision to delay implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until after the Nov. 6 election.
The vacant buildings in the lots east of the Chazen Museum of Art will soon be gone, and in their place will stand a future home for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s music school.
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