Bill would require mental health parity
By Grace Urban | Oct. 7, 2009State 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.
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.
UW-Madison was recently ranked 20th among more than 4,000 universities worldwide for the impact its scientists and professors have on research.
The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan will begin wait-listing applicants after Friday, Oct. 9, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday at St. Mary's Hospital. Doyle promised a transition plan for wait-listed applicants.
Madison Avenue, the dance club located at 624 University Ave., could soon be replaced by a boutique bowling lounge and restaurant called ""Segredo"" as early as next semester.
Helen Thomas spoke candidly about a public health-insurance option, the second Bush administration and her experience as a White House correspondent at the Madison Civics Club Saturday.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker held the lead in hypothetical primaries for the 2010 gubernatorial election in a poll conducted by UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. This is the first time the Olympic Games will be hosted in South America.