Committee passes anti-drinking bill
By Hannah Furfaro | Oct. 9, 2009A bill prohibiting minors from drinking in taverns passed through a Senate committee Wednesday.
A bill prohibiting minors from drinking in taverns passed through a Senate committee Wednesday.
Mental health care received small funding boosts throughout the UW System in 2009, though every university still fell short of recommended staffing ratios.
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations hosted a panel of successful student entrepreneurs Wednesday to offer advice to UW-Madison business hopefuls.
Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment hosted a performance Tuesday to educate UW-Madison students on the overlooked issues surrounding domestic violence.
A local downtown bakery was robbed Tuesday night for the second time in the past two weeks.
UW-Madison earned a ‘B' on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's annual College Sustainability Report Card released Wednesday.
State Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, and State Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay, introduced the Wisconsin Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Act to lawmakers Wednesday.
Students could soon see members of the Madison Police Department patrolling the streets with assault rifles.
State lawmakers put pressure on UW System administrators Tuesday to provide cost efficiency and oversight measures on both an $81 million payroll and the benefits computer system.
The Madison Police Department is investigating a death after an officer shot and killed a man on the city's south side.
Freakfest, Madison's annual Halloween celebration, has undergone some dramatic changes in recent years, and according to several city officials, those changes have been for the better.
The Madison Police Department reported two break-ins on the 500 block of W. Doty St. and W. Mifflin St. Sunday, both occurring within a short period of time.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz emphasized a steady budget with minimal tax increases, small cuts and a ""great deal of cooperation from city employees"" when he introduced his 2010 Executive Operating Budget Tuesday morning.
The Wisconsin Innocence Project recently received part of a federal grant to study the Wisconsin prison system to potentially free wrongly convicted prisoners.
Funding for a bill that increases penalties for drunken driving offenders may cost Wisconsin over $70 million per year, according to a new estimate from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved general student services funds eligibility for Supporting Peers in Laid Back Listening and denied eligibility for the UW-Madison chapter of Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow at the SSFC meeting Monday.
After nine years of planning, a team of architects may fulfill their dream of building a visitor center on the site of Lisa Link Peace Park, located on State Street.
In 2008, 46 lives were lost in domestic violence-related incidents in Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. To most UW-Madison students these statistics are alarming, but for some they are all too familiar.
Greyhound Lines, Inc. announced the relocation of the Madison, Wis., Greyhound Bus Depot Monday to South Stoughton strip mall, located at 2023 S. Stoughton Road.
A robbery occurred about half past midnight on Randall Avenue Sunday morning.