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St. Mary’s Hospital failed to provide three different sexual assault victims in 2015 with information on or access to emergency contraceptives, according to a document obtained by the State Journal.
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St. Mary’s Hospital cited for failure to provide emergency contraception access to rape victims

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 6, 2017

St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison is among 21 Wisconsin health centers fined in recent years for failing to comply with a state law requiring facilities to offer emergency contraceptives to rape victims. A state law put into effect in 2008 requires hospital staff to provide victims with information about emergency contraceptives, let them know the drugs are available within the facility and dispense them upon request.

A UW-Madison student said a man touched her and attempted to kiss her at approximately 3 p.m. Monday in the business building.
CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison student reports ‘unwelcome sexual advances’ in Grainger Hall

By Noah Habenstreit | Feb. 6, 2017

A UW-Madison student reported that a man touched and tried to kiss her without her consent in Grainger Hall Monday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department crime alert. The student said an unknown man approached her at approximately 3 p.m. and began touching her back. He then attempted to kiss her, after which she left the room and then the man eventually left the area.

A crowd of over 1,000 protesters listened to speakers in Jefferson Park before picketing outside Speaker Paul Ryan’s office in downtown Janesville.
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More than 1,000 converge on Janesville, picket Paul Ryan’s office

By Noah Habenstreit | Feb. 4, 2017

JANESVILLE, Wis.—In a demonstration that Janesville police said dwarfed any they’d seen, residents of south-central Wisconsin and beyond marched to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s constituent office Saturday to protest his stance on President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. About 1,000 people—most residents from the area but some coming from as far as Chicago and Eau Claire—convened at 12 p.m.

The UW-Madison Office of Sustainability Green Fund will support students with $50,000 to make future university infrastructure more sustainable and less expensive. 
CAMPUS NEWS

UW Green Fund application opens to students

By Chayce Cornette | Feb. 4, 2017

UW-Madison students can reduce the environmental footprint of buildings on campus with the help of $50,000 of funding from the Office of Sustainability’s Green Fund. The application for the first year of the UW Green Fund, which will support student-initiated projects, opened Jan..

Tobacco sales to minor are occurring at the highest rate in 10 years, according to a study released Thursday.
CITY NEWS

Tobacco sales to Madison minors hit 10-year high

By Claire Lancaster | Feb. 3, 2017

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.

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she will not vote for Gorsuch for Supreme Court justice

By Lilly Price | Feb. 2, 2017

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.

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