The national unemployment rate for February stayed at 9.7 percent, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Approximately 150 UW-Madison students and staff attended a panel Thursday held in response to an advertisement on the Badger Herald's website linking to a website denying the Holocaust.
The Alcohol License Review Subcommittee on Downtown Alcohol Issues and Ordinances repealed the 365-day limit on finding a new tenant if property owners would like to retain their liquor licenses Thursday.
President Barack Obama plans to nominate UW-Madison Sociology and Educational Policy Studies Professor Adam Gamoran to the National Board of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Thursday that Wisconsin will not receive first-round federal Race to the Top funding for public schools.
Graffiti. Is it art or vandalism? The difference of opinion can be as close as two coats of paint, literally.
The Assembly passed a bill on a unanimous vote Thursday that creates a new government office for small businesses. The bill aims to give small businesses a voice in Wisconsin's business realm.
Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill Thursday outlawing salvia divinorum, a hallucinogenic herb.
A 22-year-old man who, according to a police report, broke into an apartment on Gilman Street Wednesday and assaulted the 47-year-old resident with a knife is being tentatively charged with second-degree attempted homicide.
The decision on state Rep. Jeffrey Wood's, I-Chippewa Falls, potential expulsion from the state Assembly was delayed Wednesday after his primary critic failed to show up to the committee hearing.
Members of Madison's Economic Development Committee discussed possible benefits of Google's broadband Internet experiment for the city of Madison Wednesday night.
The city Urban Design Commission discussed signs both in and outside of a proposed Target store at Hilldale Mall Wednesday. Other issues raised were traffic lanes, the width of the sidewalk and the plaza entrance to the store.
More than 100 UW-Madison students rallied at Library Mall Wednesday afternoon in response to a recent controversy surrounding a Holocaust-denying advertisement placed on The Badger Herald's website.
The fourteenth Dalai Lama will be in Madison May 15-16 for the grand-reopening celebration of UW-Madison's Waisman Center's remodeled Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
State residents may face increased background checks when purchasing firearms if a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday makes it through the Legislature.
Spanish train company Talgo will operate from the former Tower Automotive to build the new high-speed rail lines and is expected to create 125 new jobs in Milwaukee, the company announced Tuesday.
The state Senate passed legislation Tuesday that seeks to restrict the resale of tickets outside entertainment and sporting event venues.
In a surprisingly short meeting Tuesday, Madison's Common Council voted to make band members of Wilco honorary citizens in addition to granting final approval for several city projects and liquor licenses.
The Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project held its second conference discussing hunger and poverty issues in the Red Gym Tuesday.
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