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Pho Fundraiser seeks to raise bail money for Dane County residents
By Griffin Blue Emerson | Dec. 14, 2019The Bail Phondraiser aims to raise money for residents’ bail for the holidays.
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STATE NEWS
Native American women more likely to experience sexual violence on campus, across country
By Allison Garfield | Dec. 5, 2019Twenty percent of women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lives — but that number jumps to 45 percent when applied to Native American women, according to the National Sexual Violence Research Center.
STATE NEWS
Compounding trauma, structural systems may explain prevalence of school shootings
By Jessica Lipaz | Dec. 5, 2019“It’s impossible to ignore the fact that in addition to today’s officer-involved shooting at Oshkosh West, the Sparta School District is closed due to security threats, and that this happened just a day after we had another school shooting at Waukesha South,” Gov. Tony Evers said in a press statement after two days of back-to-back school shootings shook communities across the state.
CITY NEWS
Plan to expand Dane County Salvation Army homeless shelter moves forward after petition fails
By Gaby Vinick | Dec. 4, 2019Though the expansion of a new Dane County Salvation Army homeless shelter faced some opposition from local residents, their petition to halt the project failed to meet city standards.
STATE NEWS
Can Wisconsin help or hurt Minnesota Democratic 2020 campaign efforts?
By Max Schaefer | Dec. 4, 2019As the Midwest gears up for the upcoming presidential election, some Democratic organizations in Minnesota value working with Wisconsin, while others believe the states’ political demographics are too dissimilar for effective collaboration.
CAMPUS NEWS
National vaping epidemic hits campus
By Elea Levin | Dec. 3, 2019"If you don't smoke or vape, please don't start. But if you do, I urge you to get help and stop immediately," warned 16-year-old Logan Kran.
CITY NEWS
Madison receives $7 million grant from Department of Transportation
By Addison Lathers | Dec. 3, 2019The DOT’s grant money will contribute to Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s MetroForward plan by expanding metro transit’s main facility.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison students protest Slichter Housing Office to support students of color
By Morgan Lock | Dec. 3, 2019Students protested UW-Madison Housing’s lack of attention to students of color Monday outside Slichter’s Housing Office.
STATE NEWS
Madison Metropolitan School District faces lawsuit after denying open records requests
By Claudia Belawski | Dec. 2, 2019Wisconsin Transparency Project joins in a lawsuit against MMSD to defend the anonymity of a person who filed multiple open records requests.
STATE NEWS
Armed student shot by Waukesha Police after refusing to discharge weapon in classroom
By Jessica Lipaz | Dec. 2, 2019A police officer shot an armed 17-year-old student during a school-wide lock down at Waukesha South High School Monday morning.
CITY NEWS
Youth climate activist announces run for City Council
By Addison Lathers | Nov. 26, 2019UW-Madison freshman Max Prestigiacomo declared his candidacy Monday for District 8 Alder.
STATE NEWS
Evers works with DOT, legislators to invest in infrastructure
By Jessica Lipaz | Nov. 26, 2019Gov. Tony Evers acts on transportation initiatives with a new bill, as well as announced the Wisconsin's bipartisan Transportation Projects Commission will hold a meeting for the first time in five years.
STATE NEWS
Legislators seek to lead federal production of hemp: ‘Wisconsin’s Comeback Crop’
By Jessica Lipaz | Nov. 26, 2019Gov. Tony Evers signed bill modifying the definition of hemp to match federal law, aiming to support the recent “exponential” growth of production across the state.
STATE NEWS
League of Women Voters takes legal action to defend removed voters
By Bremen Keasey | Nov. 25, 2019The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin motioned to join as a defendant in a lawsuit in Ozaukee County Friday to prevent voters from being “purged” from voting rolls “unlawfully.”
CITY NEWS
Spinning to a new beat: Campus Cycling replaces Cyc Fitness on University Avenue
By Allison Garfield and Kate Van Dyke | Nov. 24, 2019Following Cyc's abrupt closure in September, avid spinners and instructors banded together to create Campus Cycling, a new spinning studio temporarily located at Cyc's former location.
STATE NEWS
Signing multiple education-related bills, Evers receives criticism over veto choice
By Bremen Keasey | Nov. 24, 2019Gov. Tony Evers took action on a number of education bills last week, passing three bills aiming to increase the number of teachers in the state and vetoing one related to student privacy.
STATE NEWS
‘Limbs are not a luxury’: Impending insurance fairness legislation
By Kylie Ver Kuilen | Nov. 21, 2019With a present propulsion to pass the Amputee Coalition’s Insurance Fairness bill, Wisconsin limb difference activists continue to promote insurance equality for all within their community. There are currently two million people living in the United States with limb loss — Shawn Faessler is one of them.
STATE NEWS
Deaf versus deaf: social identity versus hearing deficiency
By Jack Styler | Nov. 21, 2019“People assume that the only way for Deaf people to survive is to use hearing aids,” wrote UW-Madison student Tobin Zolkowski. “Deaf people do not want to cure their Deafness.” Zolkowski is one of 466 million deaf people in the world, according to the World Health Organization. He identifies with the Deaf community, which he believes is often misunderstood.
STATE NEWS
Legislator Jimmy Anderson believes hyper-partisanship disables vulnerable Wisconsinites
By Molly Davis | Nov. 21, 2019The sound of rustling papers, bits of conversation and movement on the Assembly floor began to settle as a voice spoke into the microphone, thanking his audience for their attention.
NEWS
Incarcerated individuals throughout Wisconsin lack necessary mental health support
By Elea Levin | Nov. 21, 2019Despite laws protecting the mentally ill, Wisconsin lacks funding for programs that provide an alternative to incarceration.
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