Recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four state senators will officially be held on May 8 and June 5, after election officials verified enough valid signatures were submitted.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took another step toward securing the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, notching a key victory in Wisconsin’s primary.
After months of speculation, on March 30 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett officially entered the crowded recall race to oust Gov. Scott Walker.
Doctors disciplined by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health faced fines and suspension from leadership positions for writing sick notes to protestors in last February’s collective bargaining demonstrations, according to records obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal last Thursday.
Student government leader Tia Nowack told an Associated Students of Madison committee the Thursday before spring break that she stands by her decision to protest and ultimately be arrested in Washington D.C., on a trip funded in part by student segregated fees.
Authorities reported a 56-year-old man drowned in Lake Mendota in the early-morning hours of April 1.
UW-Madison officials have requested permission from the city of Madison to demolish two university-owned buildings on West Johnson Street to expand a parking lot on Clymer Place.
After months of campaigning, UW-Madison sophomore Leland Pan won the race for Dane County’s Board of Supervisors District 5 seat.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took another step toward securing the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, notching a key victory in Wisconsin’s primary.
As former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum looks to make up ground against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney during Wisconsin’s open Republican primary April 3, Wisconsin voters are preoccupied with Wisconsin’s own political turmoil.
The recently suspended voter ID law may be reinstated if the Wisconsin Supreme Court decides to hear a challenge to the ruling and determines the law is constitutional.
Students urged UW-Madison student government leaders Wednesday to act against hate crimes at the university, saying campus is not a safe place for racial minority students.
Colleagues of Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner have noticed changes to the student government leader recently, saying they are seeing a more aggressive and combative attitude after her brief stint in a Washington, D.C. jail.
Chancellor David Ward left Madison Wednesday morning, several days earlier than expected, for his annual spring break trip to Panama City Beach, Florida.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced Wednesday he would be canceling the traditional Mifflin party on West Mifflin St. this year to be replaced with “a quiet no-stress day” where he could “Mifflin all he wanted inside.”
Commentators nationwide have dubbed Wisconsin’s past political season “historic,” “chaotic,” “momentous,” “groundbreaking” and more. One Wisconsin legislator disagrees.
City officials decided Wednesday food vendors will not be allowed at the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party.
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul will now be holding his on-campus town hall meeting at the Memorial Union Terrace Thursday, instead of at the Stock Pavilion.
As UW-Madison students awoke with pounding heads the morning after St. Patrick’s Day, one house fellow began a floor-wide initiative to encourage students to find alternative activities to drinking.
Students, faculty, and staff leaving for spring break who wish to vote in the April 3 presidential primary election can still cast an absentee ballot with the Madison City Clerk’s office.
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