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ASM to put United States Student Association membership on spring election ballots

Walker requests more time to review recall signatures

Gov. Scott Walker asked for another two-week extension Wednesday to review and challenge the approximately 1 million recall petitions signed against him.

Students oppose mediation with adidas

The Student Labor Action Coalition condemned Chancellor David Ward’s announcement that the university would attempt to repair, rather than sever, relations with Adidas over for labor issues Wednesday.

State Street reconstruction proposal delayed

A vote on a controversial proposal for the reconstruction of the 100 block of State Street was postponed Wednesday.

Looking back into ‘Protest Village’

While many remember the Capitol protests that thrust Madison into the national spotlight one year ago as surrounding the right to collectively bargain, the movement first started as an organized action supporting UW System funding.

Protestors ‘still ? UW’ one year later

Crowds led by UW-Madison's Teaching Assistants' Association marched on the Capitol Tuesday to demonstrate their continued dissatisfaction one year after the first major protest against Gov. Scott Walker's reforms.

Ward calls for mediation to negotiate with adidas, student group unhappy

In a decision that is frustrating members of one UW-Madison student group, UW Chancellor David Ward announced Tuesday the university will enter a period of mediation with adidas in an attempt to resolve the dispute over whether or not the company owes 2,800 unemployed workers severance pay.

Obama, Walker to tour WI factory

President Barack Obama will greet and accompany Gov. Scott Walker on a tour of a Master Lock factory when the President arrives in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Senate ends enrollment cap for senior care

The Wisconsin State Senate voted on a bill to help more senior citizens live independently and deliberated a bill that would make it easier to build on wetlands, as well as discussing other legislation Tuesday.

Home brewing bill passes

A bill that eases restrictions on public sampling of homemade wine or beer in Wisconsin passed by a 32-1 vote in the state Senate Tuesday.

Police arrested Madison man and wife for allegedly torturing, starving daughter

Police arrested a Madison man and his wife Tuesday for allegedly torturing and starving the man's 15-year-old daughter.

Madison bus driver finds and helps return $1,000 to a passenger

To the relief of a worried passenger, a Madison Metro Transit bus driver returned $1,000 to the police after finding a bank envelope on his vehicle.

Students hope for lenient implementation of "nuisance" party policy

Members of a student government committee said Monday they are hopeful the latest draft of a proposed city ordinance intended to hold landlords more accountable for parties deemed “nuisances” would only be used in extreme circumstances.

Wisconsin exports on the rise

Wisconsin exported significantly more goods and services in 2011 than in 2010, including an 18 percent growth in agricultural product exports, according to a report released Monday.

UW-Madison student beaten and robbed near campus

A UW-Madison student was attacked and robbed late Saturday night by three or four male individuals.

City plans to implement pay-by-phone parking meters

Madison plans to implement a new pay-by-phone feature in parking meters near the Capitol later this year.

Academic Staff Assembly asks state, UW System to define relationship

Members of the UW-Madison Academic Staff Assembly passed a resolution Monday calling for a clearly-defined relationship between the state and UW System.

SSFC approves Student Activity Center Governing Board budget

The Student Services Finance Committee approved the budget of the Student Activity Center’s Governing Board at over $330,000 on Monday.

University issues 246 voter ID's in first three weeks

While the less than 250 voter ID cards issued in the last three weeks seems like a small amount on a campus of 40,000 students, one student leader said it is a decent turnout considering major elections are still nine months away.

State Senate version of controversial mining bill revealed

State Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, released the state Senate’s version of a contentious Assembly bill passed on Jan. 26 easing regulations on iron ore mines in Wisconsin.