Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped from February to March, according to data released today from the Department of Workforce Development Thursday. The state lost 4,300 private-sector jobs in March.
When the Dane County Farmers’ Market opens for the season Saturday, it will welcome about 150 vendors, including five new ones, to the Capitol Square.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to reverse the decision made March that redrawn voting district maps violated the federal Voting Rights Act.
Nearly 35 people fared the rain Thursday for the UW-Madison Campus Womens’ Center’s “Take Back the Night,” where participants discussed personal experiences with sexual assault and the misconceptions surrounding it.
Students can enjoy a week of free events, food and prizes beginning Saturday, as members of the Wisconsin Alumni Association and more than 85 student organizations will participate in the 12th annual All Campus Party.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has raised and spent the most money of any candidate in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat of the retiring Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis.
A national science reporter will visit UW-Madison April 23 to speak in journalism classes and participate in a week-long symposium of science writers called “Science Writing in the Age of Denial.”
In light of a 50 percent increase in crime on campus since this time last year, city and university police met with students Wednesday to discuss ways to stay safe on campus.
With Thursday marking the first anniversary of his third term in office, Mayor Paul Soglin reflected on the challenges Madison has faced and its direction for the future.
Associated Students of Madison representatives met Wednesday for preliminary discussions about the Multicultural Student Coalition eligibility for funding, after Chancellor David Ward sent the decision to student council late last week.
It’s not often that students in Bascom Hall know what other student are doing across campus, let alone in the South Pole. But that’s exactly what #UWRightNow aimed to do all day Wednesday.
A year after Gov. Scott Walker’s education reforms took affect, which included significant funding reductions to public schools, districts cut 2,312 positions in the 2011-’12 school year, according to Wednesday’s annual school staff report.
A new poll from the Democratic Public Policy Polling shows Republican
Police Tasered and arrested a man attending a Cults concert at the Majestic Theatre Tuesday night for “causing a disturbance,” according to police.
The Occupy Madison encampment was denied an extension on their permit by the City Council Tuesday, meaning that the camp will be forced to disband on April 30.
The Student Judiciary negated a decision Chancellor David Ward made last week by passing legislation Tuesday that would invalidate any student council decision regarding the Multicultural Student Coalition’s funding eligibility.
UW-Madison announced Friday that the university and adidas will not meet the April 15 deadline for completing mediation set by the Labor Licensing Policy Committee last month.
The Student Elections Committee asked the Student Judiciary Tuesday to eliminate the nine elected members of the BOOP student government campaign from student council and disqualify the other 13 who were not elected.
The six Republicans running as Democrats in the May recall primary elections can remain on the ballot after the state elections board rejected a Democratic challenge against their candidacies Tuesday.
Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs, who drew lots of both negative and positive attention for his handling of last year’s protests, is retiring from the position. He will be the new Director of Dane County Emergency Management.
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