Two hundred fifty legal experts, state and federal prosecutors, exonerees, government officials and others affiliated with juvenile justice signed an open letter to Gov. Tony Evers Monday petitioning on behalf of Brendan Dassey’s request for clemency and pardon.
Associated Students of Madison Chair Laura Downer and Vice Chair Morgan Grunow are the second all-female leadership team in the past four years — a trend becoming more common in ASM leadership.
Factors such as health care and “exploitative” landlord practices have led to an imbalance in the homeless community, according to Ald. Michael Tierney.
When looking for daycare options, parents across the state reported trouble finding options close to their home — or at all. “Everywhere we called had a two year waiting list."
Madison Metropolitan School District announced Marlon Anderson’s reinstatement Monday after the black security guard was fired for using the N-word while correcting a student that directed the slur at him. Anderson was fired Oct. 16 under a “zero tolerance” policy of racial slurs being used by staff.
In a marathon meeting stretching into the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Madison Finance Committee voted in favor of a $40 vehicle registration fee and finalized Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s 2020 operating budget, omitting funding that would have added officers to the Madison police force.
Between the years 2000 and 2017, the Wisconsin suicide rate spiked by 40 percent — 50 percent of which are committed by firearm. These statistics influenced legislators to create Assembly Bill 527, which aims to combat suicide by firearm by supporting gun retailers in intervening with at-risk customers.
UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point are considered bicycle-friendly campuses, based on new ratings from the League of American Bicyclists.
Enrollment at the UW System’s 13 branch campuses declined by 28.6 percent for fall 2019, administrators citing explanations such as demographic trends and restructuring transitions.
Addressing gun control and environmental issues, Gov. Tony Evers signed executive orders Monday, pushing his fundamental policy platforms over the course of a week. Evers, along with Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, announced the latest executive order, which initiates a special session to discuss gun control and focus on universal background checks Monday in Milwaukee, Wausau and Eau Claire.
The committee submitted its final recommendations after four years of studying the dynamic between the police department and the city.
Democrats expressed concerns regarding Republican efforts to expand K-12 school voucher programs rather than investing money toward Gov. Tony Evers’ budget plan to fully fund two-thirds of public schools.
Shake Shack will open its second Wisconsin location at the Hilldale Shopping Center in 2020.
Madison Police Department arrested one man after numerous callers reported shots being fired on the 600 block of Langdon Street Thursday night.
“This march is not just about Marlon — it is for the Black community as a whole,” a committee member of the Black Student Union told the crowd of protesters Friday to address Marlon Anderson’s controversial termination.
Although DUIs in the state have fallen by 44.5 percent since 2007, a third of all traffic fatalities today include a drunk driver, according to data from safehome.org.
Vehicles doing burnouts vandalized UW-Stevens Point’s new rainbow crosswalk supporting the LGBTQ+ community, created three days ago through a collaboration between students and city officials.
Marlon Anderson was fired Wednesday after he used the N-word to explicitly tell a student to stop calling him the slur, according to Anderson.
A Wisconsin-based nonprofit launched a year-long project Tuesday seeking community input on a new Mifflin Street mural honoring Madison’s values.
The council voted unanimously to dedicate the extra funds to youth programs from the Mayor’s 2020 operating budget.
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