A vigil outside of the Wisconsin Department of Justice was held for Jason Pero Thursday night, a 14-year-old Native American killed by an Ashland County police officer earlier this month on Bad River Reservation.
When a Madison Police Department detective opened a drawer in the apartment of former UW-Madison student Alec Cook — who faces 21 counts, including second-degree sexual assault, felony stalking and strangulation in cases involving nearly a dozen women — he found a Ziploc bag with a leather journal inside. In search of evidence like hair or condom wrappers following Cook’s arrest, MPD Detective Grant Humerickhouse began flipping through the notebook.
A set of bills aimed to support children in the foster care system is in the works to be introduced in the Legislature next month, lawmakers announced Thursday. The initiatives, proposed by the Assembly Speaker’s Task Force, are called “Foster Forward” and will focus on preventing children from being taken away from their homes.
Wisconsin farmers will now be able to grow industrial hemp after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Thursday that had previously passed unanimously in both the state Assembly and state Senate. Federal law generally outlaws the growing and possession of cannabis but states are allowed to create programs that research and grow industrial hemp since it is non-psychoactive, as opposed to marijuana. Wisconsin was the country’s leader in the production of industrial hemp.
If UW-Madison Libraries sticks to its “master plan,” the school will see a new south campus library and a significant restructuring of Memorial Library within the next 20-25 years. The proposal, formerly announced last week after a year-long planning process, calls for a “hub” library system, in which a number of smaller, specialized libraries would be consolidated into a few larger libraries.
As an aluminum manufacturer reaches a settlement with the state over pollution violations, some Madison residents remain concerned about the company’s environmental impact.
Students in UW-Madison’s dorms will see a new charge on their housing bill next year. The university will require residents to deposit a minimum of $1,400 on their WisCard, to be used exclusively in dining halls.
Gov. Scott Walker announced the launch of a $6.8 million marketing proposal aimed to attract and retain workers in the state at the Future Wisconsin Summit Wednesday.
With little evidence that Congress will renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program, commonly known as CHIP, many states face the reality that millions of children will lose their insurance.
If the controversial GOP tax bill passes Congress, UW-Madison could lose significant money used for scholarships for low-income students.
With thousands of courses to choose from and a variety of graduation requirements to fulfill, the course selection process can be daunting.
Students looking to run for the Associated Students of Madison spring 2018 elections will have to be transparent with their campaigns, Student Judiciary determined Tuesday.
Dubbed the “Global Day of Giving,” UW-Madison students organizations are getting involved in #GivingTuesday as part of a campaign urging people nationwide to donate money to philanthropic organizations after Black Friday through social media connections.
The Madison Municipal School District released a report showing that 8.8 percent of students with disabilities experienced incidences of seclusion or restraint over the 2016-’17 school year — an increase from 5.6 percent during the previous year.
A 36-year-old Uber driver reportedly sexually assaulted and battered a woman in her 20s this weekend after taking her to her Madison home.
State Superintendent Tony Evers “fired” Wisconsin’s Attorney General Brad Schimel from representing Evers in a lawsuit issued against him last week, stating that Schimel has a conflict of interest in the case. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the suit after Evers superseded recent legislation that requires heads of state agencies to receive approval from the governor’s Department of Administration before passing agency rules through their respective departments. Evers, who heads the state Department of Public Instruction, claims that the previous legislation does not apply since the DPI is supposed to be independent from federal executive departments. A similar case against Evers appeared in the state Supreme Court last year, with a ruling of 4-3 in favor of Evers.
Majority and minority leaders in the Wisconsin Assembly have both agreed not to release records regarding complaints or investigations into sexual assault allegations against legislators or their staff, even though many professionals argue that this is ineffective when it comes to protecting victims’ rights. The opposition came to light as a plethora of national reports has surfaced in the media in recent weeks exposing sexual harassment by men in high profile, public positions. The decision to maintain a hold of records on sexual harassment claims against legislators or their staff came from state Assembly Chief Clerk Pat Fuller and state Senate Chief Clerk Jeff Rank.
A Massage Envy located on McKee Road fired an employee last year after he sexually assaulted a client.
A homeless man was arrested after he attacked other homeless individuals near UW-Madison’s campus Friday night.
University of Wisconsin Police Department officials fielded questions from a small group of UW-Madison community members Monday in Union South — and communication was the main talking point.
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