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Alec Cook’s journal, filled with women’s names ‘systematically’ written in it, could be excluded from trials

By Gina Heeb | Nov. 30, 2017

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.

Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Thursday that will allow Wisconsin farmers to grow industrial hemp.
STATE NEWS

Wisconsin’s farms are open for hemp production

By Allyson Duffy | Nov. 30, 2017

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.

UW-Madison Libraries' "master plan" calls for a significant restructuring of Memorial Library.
CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison plan envisions new library, significant remodel of Memorial

By Noah Habenstreit | Nov. 30, 2017

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.

According to a recent survey of UW-Madison students, faculty and staff, over 8 in 10 support a 100 percent tobacco-free campus.
CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison student orgs join #GivingTuesday

By Hannah Miller | Nov. 28, 2017

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.

State superintendent and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers says he doesn’t want state Attorney General Brad Schimel representing him in a lawsuit.
STATE NEWS

State Superintendent Evers fires AG Schimel from representing him in lawsuit

By Dylan Ayer | Nov. 28, 2017

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.

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and state Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, both defended the decision to withhold records of sexual harassment issued against legislators and their staff Tuesday in an effort to protect victim privacy.
STATE NEWS

Lawmakers support withholding sexual harassment data despite concern from experts

By Jessica Lipaz | Nov. 28, 2017

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.

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