Wisconsin gained 4,000 private sector jobs for the second consecutive month and added 8,300 jobs overall in February, though the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged, according to the latest jobs statistics from the Department of Workforce Development Thursday.
Wisconsin will play host to former Gov. Tommy Thompson and two Republican presidential hopefuls over the next week, as pivotal primary elections loom ahead.
A Madison teenager was arrested after bludgeoning a woman with a sock filled with rocks Wednesday night.
Wisconsin’s Department of Justice once again appealed a judge’s ruling Thursday, attempting to reinstate the recently blocked voter identification law.
UW-Madison officials are investigating a report that students at a Delta Upsilon Fraternity party racially harassed two African-American students last week.
With 2012 graduation under two months away, UW-Madison administrators hope to build on last year’s university record four-year graduation rate of 55.5 percent.
Jack Dengel, a senior from Illinois majoring in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, will be graduating in May after four years of undergraduate study. Since his major will be discontinued in the fall, he had to graduate on time and dedicate most of his coursework to his specialized major. He also pressured himself to graduate in four years to save his parents money and join the work force sooner.
nternational students, who pay the same tuition as those coming from other states are the slowest to graduate.
The Student Activity Center’s Caucus Room stood divided as the newly elected student government representatives were announced Wednesday, with just under half of the winners coming from the “Boop” campaign.
State officials decided Tuesday to investigate whether 11 additional doctors from UW-affiliated hospitals wrote fraudulent sick notes for protesters during last year’s collective bargaining demonstrations.
For the first time, the UW-Madison School of Business was ranked within the top 25 business schools in the country by Bloomberg Businessweek, a magazine that has been ranking top undergraduate business schools each year since 2006.
A new alcohol policy has led to a decrease in police dispatches for alcohol-related incidents downtown, according to a yearly review conducted by city officials.
A city design commission granted final approval Wednesday for a proposed five-story apartment building, although a university planning official said it conflicts with future campus expansion plans.
The spokesman for outgoing Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, announced Wednesday he plans to run for an open Assembly seat in the next election.
The Memorial Union Theatre was abuzz Wednesday night as world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni spoke about her experiences as a writer, educator and lifelong activist.
Few students complain about the warmer than average mid-March temperatures outside, but the temperatures inside UW-Madison buildings are a different story.
The only potential sponsor for the Mifflin Street Block Party retracted its application to sponsor the event Tuesday, leaving Madison to plan the event on its own.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward overruled several of the Student Services Finance Committee’s rulings from this fiscal year Tuesday in a memo sent to committee Chair Sarah Neibart.
Despite her popularity with organized labor, UW-Madison’s teaching assistant’s union decided not to endorse former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk Tuesday, at least for the time being.
City officials passed a motion Tuesday supporting the continued discussion of incorporating a potential new fire station and administration facilities in a proposed building near the Overture Center.
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