Braving frigid February temperatures, UW-Madison students rallied Friday morning against President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies.
While national rates of smoking are steadily declining, a study released Thursday says the number of nicotine sales to minors in Madison is the highest since 2015. Almost one out of five Madison tobacco retailers willingly sold nicotine products to minors, according to the study, which was conducted by the Public Health Madison & Dane County and the Wisconsin Wins tobacco prevention program. Out of 208 tobacco retailers in Dane County given unannounced compliance checks by PHMDC, 19 percent of the establishments sold tobacco to underage volunteers who attempted to solicit illegal nicotine products, including cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, loose tobacco and electronic cigarettes.
Jeff Block, head coach and one of the founding member of the club baseball team, published a petition online early this week calling on Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez to reinstate baseball as a varsity sport. After four days of being live the petition already has more than 1,000 signatures.
Shortly after taking a defiant stance toward a series of immigration-related executive orders signed last week, Mayor Paul Soglin is offering a more cautious tone on related funding threats to Madison posed by state legislators.
Following last week’s announcement of a pay increase, graduate student assistants met and discussed proposals for restructuring their stipend rates Thursday night, during a teach-in panel discussion organized by Teaching Assistants’ Association.
Keeping in line with some of her party’s colleagues, Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Thursday that she will vote against President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, conservative Colorado Judge Neil Gorsuch. Baldwin issued a statement Tuesday, the day of Gorsuch’s appointment, saying she would “fully review” Gorsuch’s record and was “deeply troubled” about his rulings on disabled students, against workers and against women’s reproductive healthcare.
Behind closed doors, Republican legislators plan to vote Thursday to hire two law firms that will aid the state government’s appeal to a recent federal ruling that said current GOP-drawn legislative districts are unconstitutional.
Certain students who transfer from Wisconsin community colleges would receive free tuition for at least one year at UW-Madison, according to a proposal Chancellor Rebecca Blank plans to announce Thursday.
PROFS seeks to protect shared governance, which they think has helped make UW-Madison a premier university. The organization is currently drafting a letter asking congressional leaders to recognize the importance of shared governance on a national level.
The practice of considering criminal records in admissions is quite common among UW-Madison’s peer institutions. Twelve out of the 13 other Big Ten schools, all but the University of Nebraska, say they receive information about applicants’ criminal histories during the admissions process.
Goséy proposed to amend the budget process to require a vote from ASM’s Coordinating Council if SSFC wants to add, delete or alter a line item by more than $10,000.
“Identity” takes on a different meaning from person to person. Wisconsin Union Directorate welcomed renowned writer, lecturer and activist Andrew Solomon to speak on this topic and its roots as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series Wednesday. In addition to publishing several successful novels, such as National Book Award winner “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression,” Solomon is a professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University Medical Center and president of the Poets, Essayists and Novelists American Center.
Seeking refuge from a violent civil war, Hussein Amach fled Syria and Jordan, ultimately pursuing safety in Madison, but sweeping immigration restrictions have put that newfound security in peril.
UW-Madison Police Department Chief Kristen Roman began her duties as chief three weeks ago, but officially accepted her title at the public event.
President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Tuesday.
Caught between diminishing inmate conditions and budget concerns, Dane County officials find themselves slowing to a yet another standstill on plans to move forward with a jail renovation project that has dragged on for years.
As President Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments move forward through the confirmation process and into his official cabinet, stay up-to-date on how Wisconsin’s senators, Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Ron Johnson, vote on the appointees with The Daily Cardinal’s vote tracker.
Dane County has been selected as one of 20 sites in the nation to be awarded a grant—along with technical and advisory assistance—to help reform the criminal justice system, county officials announced Wednesday. Providing $50,000 to the county, the grant will support local and surrounding communities on improving law enforcement systems.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday specific details of a plan that offers more financial support to Wisconsin’s rural public schools as part of his biennial budget proposal.
“The expression of political opinions, however offensive they may be, are not a reason for discipline for students, staff or faculty,” Blank said. “I’m not going to discipline a political opinion.”
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