NEWS
UW System President Ray Cross to retire
By Dana Brandt | Oct. 25, 2019UW System President Ray Cross announced plans to retire after more than five years in the position.
News
STATE NEWS
Evers receives open letter from legal experts supporting Dassey’s clemency
By Jessica Lipaz | Oct. 25, 2019Two 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.
NEWS
A new vision of female leadership: Downer, Grunow value collaboration, change in future of ASM
By Dana Brandt | Oct. 24, 2019Associated 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.
CITY NEWS
City officials tie racial disparities among homeless to housing affordability, discrimination
By Philip Klinker | Oct. 24, 2019Factors such as health care and “exploitative” landlord practices have led to an imbalance in the homeless community, according to Ald. Michael Tierney.
STATE NEWS
Legislators propose bill, straining child-care providers amid statewide deficit
By Kylie Ver Kuilen | Oct. 23, 2019When 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."
CITY NEWS
West High security guard to be reinstated after public protest
By Abby Schinderle | Oct. 23, 2019Madison 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.
CITY NEWS
Reluctant Finance Committee backs wheel tax, denies MPD funds for more officers
By Will Cioci | Oct. 23, 2019In 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.
STATE NEWS
Bill aims to combat gun violence by providing resources to firearm retailers
By Djamal Lylecyrus | Oct. 23, 2019Between 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.
CAMPUS NEWS
Three UW campuses rated Bicycle Friendly Universities
By Dana Brandt | Oct. 23, 2019UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point are considered bicycle-friendly campuses, based on new ratings from the League of American Bicyclists.
NEWS
Double-digit enrollment decreases at all UW System branch campuses lead to search for causes, solutions
By Dana Brandt | Oct. 21, 2019Enrollment 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.
STATE NEWS
Evers furthers primary policy agendas through environmental, gun control action
By Max Schaefer | Oct. 21, 2019Addressing 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.
CITY NEWS
Ad Hoc Committee gives MPD 177 recommendations to improve relationship with community
By Kylie Coffin | Oct. 21, 2019The committee submitted its final recommendations after four years of studying the dynamic between the police department and the city.
STATE NEWS
Voucher programs expand, creating debates about public school funding
By Hope Karnopp | Oct. 21, 2019Democrats 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.
CITY NEWS
Shaking up Hilldale: New York burger chain Shake Shack coming to Madison
By Allison Garfield | Oct. 20, 2019Shake Shack will open its second Wisconsin location at the Hilldale Shopping Center in 2020.
CITY NEWS
Man arrested following Langdon Street shots-fired incident
By Allison Garfield | Oct. 20, 2019Madison Police Department arrested one man after numerous callers reported shots being fired on the 600 block of Langdon Street Thursday night.
CITY NEWS
Students ask for inclusion in MMSD administrative decisions, contextualize zero-tolerance policy
By Jessica Lipaz | Oct. 18, 2019“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.
STATE NEWS
Legislators aim to curb dangerous driving in Milwaukee via traffic cameras
By Jack Murphy | Oct. 18, 2019Although 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.
NEWS
New UW-Stevens Point rainbow crosswalk supporting LGBTQ+ community vandalized
By Dana Brandt | Oct. 17, 2019Vehicles 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.
CITY NEWS
Community rallies around West High School security guard after termination over use of racial slur
By Allison Garfield | Oct. 17, 2019Marlon Anderson was fired Wednesday after he used the N-word to explicitly tell a student to stop calling him the slur, according to Anderson.
CITY NEWS
Nonprofit welcomes local input for new Mifflin Street mural
By Abby Schinderle | Oct. 17, 2019A Wisconsin-based nonprofit launched a year-long project Tuesday seeking community input on a new Mifflin Street mural honoring Madison’s values.
