State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, has represented Madison, including the UW-Madison campus, since 1964. On Saturday, the 84 year old announced he will seek a thirteenth straight election.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward said the university is making progress toward beginning mediation with adidas, UW’s main licensing partner, to resolve the ongoing dispute over whether the company owes unemployed workers severance pay.
Student leaders asked members of the Board of Regents Friday to consider increasing avenues for communication with students system-wide.
UW-Madison’s Center on Journalism Ethics concluded its fourth annual conference by awarding the first ever Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics Friday.
An employee at Calvary Lutheran Chapel located at State and Lake streets called Madison police after she caught a man stealing from her purse on Wednesday evening.
The student government finance committee voted Thursday to reinstate funding for SAFEcab, a campus transportation service that provides late-night cab rides despite new difficulties in finding management for the service.
Federal judges officially revised two district lines in Milwaukee they say disenfranchised a community of Latinos, ending a months long process that pitted Democrats and Republicans against each other over new district maps passed last summer.
Madison police discussed new safety measures at this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party and the possibility of future alternative solutions at a city safety committee meeting Thursday.
Associated Students of Madison Diversity Chair Niko Magallon brought two complaints before the Student Judiciary Thursday, saying two newly elected student leaders violated campaign rules in this spring’s student government elections.
Progress continued Thursday for construction plans to the west end of the Memorial Union terrace, as the Memorial Union Design Committee discussed the finalized budget for the project that members said should be easily met.
The UW System Board of Regents began preparing for the 2013-15 state budget with a discussion at a meeting Thursday.
Tea Party supporters will rally at the Capitol Saturday for their annual Tax Day Rally to support Gov. Scott Walker and spread their message promoting less government, lower taxes and economic freedom.
Four UW-Madison faculty members have been ranked among the country’s top 300 teachers by The Princeton Review and RateMyProfessors.com.
After being awarded the national title for a major international accounting competition, a team of four UW-Madison students will represent the U.S. in Hong Kong as they compete with teams from nearly 30 nations this April.
Democrats’ hopes at re-claiming the governorship from embattled Gov. Scott Walker now lay in the hands of four candidates, all of who were at the Concourse Hotel Wednesday to make their case to a capacity crowd.
Students met with Madison officials Wednesday to discuss the city budget and areas where students would like to see greater investment, such as improving safety on campus.
For about the same price as a breaded chicken sandwich and waffle fries, some UW-Madison students skip the dining hall and choose to eat food like veracruzana chicken stew with winter squash and fresh lemon bars Monday nights at Slow Food UW’s Family Dinner Night held in a church near campus.
To kick off UW-Madison’s “Out and About” month, Congress’s first openly transgender staff member spoke about his personal identity and recent position working for openly gay House representative Barney Frank at the Pyle Center April 11.
City planning officials supported changes in the downtown plan, which will now aim to preserve the character of the Mifflin neighborhood.
Following a recent hiatus of further discussion, a committee of scientists that advises the federal government decided to allow researchers to publish two controversial scientific papers that explain how to modify the H5N1 virus, known as the avian flu, to be transmissible through the air.
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