The UW System chief of staff and vice president of University Relations was arrested for drunk driving while out of town for a Board of Regents meeting this fall — Tuesday morning she resigned her post.
Following Madison’s efforts to improve access to healthy and sustainable food options, the city joined an international coalition committed to lowering food costs and increasing accessibility.
Foster children could attend state colleges and universities without paying tuition if a group of bipartisan supporters gets their way.
Across the UW System, about 100 complaints of employee sexual harassment as well as assault were formally investigated since 2014, the Journal Sentinel reported.
If you happen to notice a few people waiting attentively at a table as you wait to get your bus pass in the Student Activity Center, say hello — they want you to register to vote.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., urged the president to push for further a bipartisan infrastructure bill emphasizing American jobs and manufacturing.
Three Madison city commissions, joined by Mayor Paul Soglin, will meet Tuesday to decide what to do about two confederate monuments at Forest Hill Cemetery that have drawn criticism and dispute.
Wisconsin taxpayers might still have to shell out millions of dollars to cover illegal real estate deals between UW-Oshkosh and its foundation after a ruling from a federal bankruptcy court last week.
One semester after the new academic calendar changes went into effect — cutting three to four days of instruction — UW-Madison professors have had to make adjustments to cope with the new schedule.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore has urged federal officials to investigate the state’s management of children’s lead poisoning after a scandal within Milwaukee’s health department.
Gov. Scott Walker’s new child tax credit plan is being met with skepticism by some of his closest supporters.
After menstrual products recently became available in UW-Madison academic buildings, conversations about the possibility of emergency contraception devices on campus are ongoing.
Sixteen candidates for Dane County’s Board of Supervisors participated in a forum Thursday night hosted by Our Wisconsin Revolution to promote policy priorities and goals for the county. All 37 seats on the board are up for election on April 3 but only five districts have contested races, three of which — Districts 6, 11 and 15 — will have primaries on Feb.
Democratic gubernatorial candidates have a different view of Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin than the picture the governor painted in Wednesday’s State of the State address.
A local nonprofit clinic that provides uninsured women with free gynecological care has seen a significant increase in the number of patient referrals since it opened in 2014 — and student organizations at UW-Madison are helping them fund the effort.
Gov. Scott Walker announced a new proposal Wednesday to inject $50 million per year into rural economic development projects. The announcement came hours before the governor’s State of the State speech.
UW-Madison seniors reported having less interactions with students of backgrounds different from their own compared to seniors at peer institutions, according to the 2017 National Survey of Student Engagement. This data comes after recent debates over race and inclusivity on campus following the release of the 2017 AAU campus climate survey. About half of UW-Madison freshman and seniors reported in the NSSE results that they felt the university has a commitment to including diverse perspectives in the classroom.
UW-Madison’s announced Tuesday that the Computer Science department is slated for review to keep up with demand and continue the growth of the major. Chancellor Rebecca Blank created a working group Tuesday “charged with assessing options to enhance computing education and research on campus,” according to a statement.
Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald pushed the state Senate to oust leaders of the ethics and elections agencies, while some officials deny they have the right to do so.
Six days ago, Madison economic officials faced reality: They were not in contention to be the home of Amazon’s second headquarters.
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