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The Madison Ethics Board is set to decide Tuesday if a complaint filed against a city council member for improper involvement in a contract will go forward.

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City council member accused of improper involvement in beer garden contract

By Cailynn Hensen | Apr. 24, 2017

A Madison alder is set to go before an ethics committee Tuesday after being accused by a resident of improper involvement in creating a contract between the city and a business—which her husband is involved with—that’s planning to build a controversial beer garden near Lake Monona. A complaint against Ald. Sara Eskrich, District 13, was filed last month by city resident Janet Etnier, according to the Wisconsin State Journal

Representatives from the Teaching Assistant Association will work with the university to update Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures.

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Workgroup, university to update graduate employment policies

By Luisa de Vogel | Apr. 24, 2017

Graduate students may get what they call an “opportunity to improve [their] working conditions” for the first time since 2009 with the creation of the Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures Workgroup.

Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Monday extending the length of concealed carry permits.

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As advocates fight permitless firearm bill, Walker signs separate concealed carry legislation

By Noah Habenstreit | Apr. 24, 2017

In the midst of a legislative fight over allowing people to carry concealed guns without a permit, Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation Monday that makes concealed carry permits good for five years.

A budget fight between Gov. Scott Walker and Republican state legislators over transportation funding threatens to hurt party unity.

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Republican lawmakers quarrel with Walker over transportation plan

By Andy Goldstein | Apr. 24, 2017

A potential shortfall in the state’s transportation fund threatens to create tension in the party ranks as Republican state lawmakers debate the logistics of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget priorities.

Madison police arrested 23-year-old Ulices Lopez Guadarrama after the alleged drunk driver crashed into a taxicab Saturday on West Dayton Street, injuring a 55-year-old man.

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Alleged drunk driver collides with taxi on West Dayton Street, flees scene

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 24, 2017

An alleged drunk driver crashed into a taxi on West Dayton Street—injuring a 55-year-old passenger—and drove away early Saturday morning, the Madison Police Department said Monday. Ulices Lopez Guadarrama, 23, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and causing injury, a hit and run involving injury, running a red light and driving without insurance, according to MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain. Guadarrama reportedly ran a red light before colliding with the cab and driving away.

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ASM divestment fallout: internal lawsuits erupt

By Nina Bertelsen | Apr. 24, 2017

Three times this week Associated Students of Madison representatives brought cases against their own Student Council surrounding controversial divestment legislation and a subsequent bylaws change.

Few legislators have shown support for Gov. Scott Walker’s five percent tuition cut for in-state UW System students, with some going as far to say the current tuition freeze should be eliminated.

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Fate of 5 percent tuition cut in doubt

By Andy Goldstein | Apr. 24, 2017

A key UW-related budget proposal may be in danger, as several Republican lawmakers have voiced opposition to Gov. Scott Walker’s five percent tuition cut proposal for the state’s public universities.

TouchTunes jukeboxes allow users to choose from thousands of songs, but hip-hop artists are unavailable on some in campus-area bars.

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Several downtown Madison bars filter hip-hop from TouchTunes players

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 24, 2017

TouchTunes players come pre-loaded with thousands of song choices, so why are artists topping hit music charts sometimes nowhere to be found on those in several campus-area bars?

UW-Madison undergraduate Luis Gonzalez explained mental health stigmas that exist within Latin American culture.

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UW-Madison student explores cultural identity through undergraduate research

By Kai Brito | Apr. 24, 2017

Luis Gonzalez explored the differences between indigenous medical practices and traditional Western-based methodology. From his observations, he offered recommendations to help improve community-based healthcare models.

UW-Madison's Department of Gender and Women's Studies, housed on the third floor of Sterling Hall, recently lost their top recruit for an open professor position due to the state's political climate.

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Top-recruited professor rejects UW offer due to state’s political climate, policies

By Peter Coutu | Apr. 24, 2017

The professor, who researches transgender health care and transgender identity, decided to turn down the offer shortly after Wisconsin quit providing health insurance coverage for state workers seeking gender reassignment surgery.

University Health Services has increased outreach in order to break down the stigma surrounding mental health, particularly to marginalized communities on campus after studies showed students of color visited their mental health services department significantly less than white students.

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Study shows stigma surrounding suicide, mental health on campus

By Sammy Gibbons | Apr. 23, 2017

Data shows 40 percent of students surveyed agreed with the statement “most people would think less of someone who has received mental health treatment,” according to The Healthy Minds Study.

Thousands in Madison spent Earth Day marching from the state Capitol to Madison Gas and Electric, as part of an international movement to advocate for climate science and environmental protections.

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Thousands take to downtown streets as part of worldwide climate change rally

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 22, 2017

Joining an international movement advocating for climate science, an estimated 2,500 people from the Madison community marched to the city’s main electric company on Earth Day to raise awareness about environmental protection policies and programs they feel are at jeopardy at both the local and national level.

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Participants analyze whiteness, supremacy in workshop

By Ellen Krebs | Apr. 20, 2017

The goals of the workshop included having the participants challenge one another and acknowledge that no one is at the same place in understanding the constructs of race and white supremacy. However, it was noted that the participants would leave with a better understanding of how whiteness affects one’s interactions on a daily basis.

UW-Madison used about 70 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy this school year, which is roughly 15 percent of the campus’ total energy use.

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UW-Stout students win battle for solar panels

By Maggie Chandler | Apr. 20, 2017

Here comes the sun—and the solar panels—at UW-Stout. Previously one of only two UW System schools operating without renewable energy, their Sustainability Council received funding for the panels after pushback from administration.

Three engineering students filed a hate and bias report against their statistics professor for a question depicting kangaroos jumping the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Students file hate and bias report for ‘insensitive’ test question on statistics exam

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 20, 2017

The three students were shocked after reading the second question of the Statistics 224 exam. Meza said he felt disrespected and considered walking out of the class.

A 36-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after waving a seven-inch knife around on at the intersection of West Gilman Street and State Street, according to Madison police.

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Man arrested after waving knife around on State Street

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 20, 2017

A man was arrested Wednesday morning after waving a seven-inch knife near State Street. Andrew Fischer, 36, was taken into custody for disorderly conduct while armed, resisting and obstructing and on a warrant, Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said in an incident report. A 22-year-old woman called MPD around 8:30 a.m.

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Shots fired outside State Street bar

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 20, 2017

A man reportedly fired a gun into the air multiple times outside of a State Street bar early Thursday morning. James Slattery, of Fitchburg, was taken into custody on tentative charges of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon and carrying a handgun where alcohol may be served, Madison Police Department Lt.

Democratic U.S. congressmen met with UW-Madison experts, policy makers and labor representatives to discuss the “Future of Work, Wages, and Labor” at Memorial Union’s Festival Room Thursday.

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U.S. congressmen, experts discuss labor force at Memorial Union

By Sarah Schoenfeldt | Apr. 20, 2017

Congressional leaders, including U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., focused on addressing the political, economic and cultural concerns facing Wisconsin amid a changing economy during a discussion at Memorial Union Thursday. The panel met to talk about issues ranging from declining union membership, stagnant wages and job loss to racial disparity and public school funding. The panel included U.S. Reps. Pocan, Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., and Donald Norcross, D-N.J., as well as education, labor and policy professionals from around the country.

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Body found in Lake Mendota

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 20, 2017

A body was found Thursday near the west shore of Lake Mendota shortly before 1 p.m., according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The UW-Madison Libraries will hold two town halls next week.

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Anticipating a makeover, UW-Madison Libraries plan to hold town halls

By Megan Provost | Apr. 20, 2017

The UW-Madison Libraries are in the midst of a makeover, and in light of proposed transformations, the university will hold two upcoming town halls dedicated to collecting campus input on the futures of the libraries.