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The Joint Finance Committee finalized the two-month late 2017-’19 budget Wednesday with the passage of transportation funding, taxes and wrap-up motions.

STATE NEWS

Foxconn incentive bill passes out of budget-writing committee, on to Senate

By Lilly Price | Sep. 5, 2017

Legislation to secure Wisconsin's multi-billion dollar investment in bringing a technology giant to the state is moving swiftly through the state Legislature after the state’s budget writing committee passed the incentive package Tuesday on a party-line vote. Lawmakers hope to pass two massive pieces of legislation by the end of the week.

UW-Madison freshman Sam Jeschke successfully finished handing out 43,000 bottles of gum to the campus community Tuesday night at Camp Randall.

CAMPUS NEWS

What you didn’t know about #SamHasMentosGum

By Lawrence Andrea | Sep. 5, 2017

If you’ve been to the union and seen the posters, you knew that #SamHadMentosGum. But now that UW-Madison freshman Sam Jeschke successfully handed out 43,000 bottles of gum, here's what you didn't know about the Mentos Gum challenge:

CITY NEWS

Alleged racially-motivated argument downtown leads to man being knocked unconscious

By Cailynn Hensen | Sep. 5, 2017

A 29-year-old Madison man was knocked unconscious downtown early Sunday morning after being involved in what seems to have been a racially-motivated argument. The incident happened around 1:47 a.m.

Chancellor Rebecca Blank said President Trump’s plan to repeal DACA “puts at risk a group of promising students at UW-Madison.”

CAMPUS NEWS

Chancellor Blank opposes Trump DACA repeal

By Noah Habenstreit | Sep. 5, 2017

“These ‘dreamer’ students seek only what we all want for our children: the opportunity to pursue an education and a fulfilling career,” Blank said in the statement.

CAMPUS NEWS

Mentos challenges freshman to give away 43,000 bottles of gum

By Lawrence Andrea | Sep. 4, 2017

If you were at the Badgers’ season opener against Utah State, or you’ve walked past the union, or you saw the truck parked on Library Mall—you’ve probably heard that #SamHasMentosGum.

CAMPUS NEWS

Man arrested for sneaking into residence hall and entering women’s restroom

By Lawrence Andrea | Aug. 30, 2017

An 18-year-old man was arrested by UW-Madison police late Wednesday morning after he allegedly snuck into a UW-Madison residence hall, entered the women’s restroom and took pictures of a female resident inside.

CITY NEWS

20-year-old Madison man arrested for attacking two people near campus

By Noah Habenstreit | Aug. 30, 2017

Madison Police Department officers arrested Thomas G. Giles shortly after he allegedly attacked a woman and man on University Avenue.

Students and activists will gather inside the Capitol rotunda to protest gun violence.

STATE NEWS

UW-Madison campus to receive millions in funding to maintain buildings

By Lilly Price | Aug. 28, 2017

The state’s budget-writing committee unanimously voted Monday to approve a proposal that would give UW-Madison $60 million to repair and maintain buildings on campus. The bipartisan 16-0 vote by the Joint Finance Committee grants $1 billion for building projects throughout the state, $60 million of that portion going toward the UW System.

UW-Madison's Badgerloop placed high and won an innovation award Sunday at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in Hawthorne, Calif.

CAMPUS NEWS

Badgerloop team earns innovation award in intercollegiate competition

By Sam Schwab | Aug. 28, 2017

UW-Madison’s Badgerloop, a student organization made up of mostly undergraduate engineering students who aim to determine if hyperloop—a proposed form of transportation—could become a reality, placed high and won an innovation award Sunday at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in Hawthorne, Calif.

CAMPUS NEWS

Blank announces working group to research university’s ties with the KKK

By Maggie Chandler | Aug. 21, 2017

Following her joint statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday the formation of a task force to research the history of UW-Madison student organizations previously affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

CAMPUS NEWS

Campus area streets to close while students move into dorms

By Lawrence Andrea | Aug. 21, 2017

With the start of the fall semester quickly approaching, numerous campus-area streets will close to accommodate the more than 7,500 UW-Madison students moving into university residence halls on Saturday, Aug. 26, Tuesday, Aug. 29 and Wednesday, Aug. 30.

The foundation said in a statement that a “policy flip-flop” on the part of the Board of Regents forced its decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

NEWS

Struggling UW-Oshkosh Foundation will file for bankruptcy

By Noah Habenstreit | Aug. 17, 2017

The embattled UW-Oshkosh Foundation, whose top officials were sued by the UW System in January for mishandling funds and making illegal financial guarantees, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Mayor Paul Soglin said he agreed with those “speaking out and taking action" to remove monuments dedicated to the Confederacy.

CITY NEWS

In wake of Charlottesville, Soglin orders removal of Madison cemetery’s Confederate monuments

By Noah Habenstreit | Aug. 17, 2017

Mayors and local leaders across the U.S. have responded to the violence in Charlottesville by ordering the removal of publicly-owned Confederate monuments, and Soglin said he agreed with those “around the country also speaking out and taking action.”

Chancellor Rebecca Blank welcomes new students to UW-Madison at Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students.

CAMPUS NEWS

In response to Charlottesville violence, UW-Madison leadership condemns white supremacist ideology

By Maggie Chandler | Aug. 16, 2017

After a Charlottesville protest against neo-Nazi groups escalated to violence last weekend, UW-Madison leadership issued a joint statement Wednesday evening denouncing white supremacist ideology.

The parents of former UW-Madison student Beau Solomon, who is pictured second from the right, are suing John Cabot University for negligence after their son was found dead in the Tiber River last year.

CAMPUS NEWS

Family of UW-Madison student who died in Rome suing university where he planned to take classes

By Lawrence Andrea | Aug. 15, 2017

The parents of the 19-year-old UW-Madison student who died in Rome last year filed a federal civil lawsuit Monday against the university where their son planned to take classes, claiming the university was negligent and failed to provide adequate safety warnings to its new students.

IN-DEPTH

HonorSociety.org: an Honor or a rip-off?

By Sammy Gibbons | Aug. 14, 2017

Marilyn Sallee checked her Wiscmail account throughout the previous year to find, on several occasions, emails from an organization called HonorSociety.org. The messages commended her “academic achievements” and accepted her into the society.

UW-Madison employees will be required to take an online sexual violence prevention education course as part of the university’s efforts to crack down on sexual assault and harassment on campus.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison employees to complete program against sexual harassment and violence

By Lawrence Andrea | Aug. 14, 2017

Starting in July, all UW-Madison employees will be required to take an online sexual violence prevention education course as part of the university’s efforts to crack down on sexual assault and harassment on campus.

The proposed dining plan will discourage students from living in UW housing.

NEWS

Dining hall employees to receive 30 percent discount on food

By Maggie Chandler | Aug. 14, 2017

As student dining hall employees across campus return to their food stations this fall, they will go back to work with an added perk—a 30 percent discount on food and beverages.

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson was one of five senators to push for a further repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

STATE NEWS

GOP Wisconsin senator becomes key player in health care repeal process

By Lilly Price | Aug. 14, 2017

Repealing and replacing the federal healthcare program Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is the marquee political issue this summer. One of Wisconsin’s U.S. senators, Ron Johnson, became a key player in the repeal process, which has stalled for now in the Senate.

CAMPUS NEWS

After “Wisconn Valley” announcement, some leery of potential broken promise

By Maggie Chandler | Jul. 28, 2017

Since the announcement Wednesday that Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, will invest $10 billion to build a plant in southeastern Wisconsin, some have expressed concerns over the high price tag and the company’s track record on following through with agreements.