The Madison Common Council adopted legislation establishing an additional early voting site on the UW-Madison campus for the November general election at its Tuesday meeting.
Madison’s reputation as a party campus filled with hard-drinking students has long served as a draw for incoming freshmen, and such was the case for now-senior Carter Kofman. However, following UW-Madison’s ranking as the top party school in the nation by the Princeton Review, discrepancies appeared between responses from university officials and many students on campus. The university quickly issued a statement criticizing the “high-risk alcohol” use on campus by calling it “a pressing public health concern,” while many students celebrated the school’s crowning rank on social media.
A 72-year-old Madison man is dumbfounded after officials say he received a phony telephone call from someone reporting to be his grandson at the Madison Police Department. The grandfather told police the caller’s “parents” would “flip out” if he contacted them.
UW System officials, policymakers, experts and students gathered Wednesday at James Madison Memorial High School to discuss the upcoming state budget and what it might mean for higher education in the state. As the university and the state look to the upcoming biennial budget, concerns exist that the UW System could again be on the chopping block for public funding.
State Attorney General Brad Schimel joined a coalition of 20 states Tuesday in an attempt to halt a new overtime protection rule by the U.S.
State legislators voted Wednesday to authorize an audit of a troubled veteran’s home in central Wisconsin after reports of negligent care, funding issues and infrastructure shortcomings.
Hillary Clinton is clinging to a 2-point lead over Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to the Marquette University Law School Poll announced Wednesday. The poll shows 44 percent of statewide likely voters supported Clinton, while 42 percent of them chose Trump.
A 72-year-old Madison man is dumbfounded after officials say he received a phony telephone call from someone reporting to be his grandson at the Madison Police Department. The grandfather told police the caller’s “parents” would “flip out” if he contacted them.
Before an audience of students, faculty and members of the UW-Madison community, Lisa Graves, executive director of Center for Media and Democracy, spoke Tuesday about the corruption of what the UW System considers a great pride: the Wisconsin Idea.
The Institute for Research on Poverty at UW-Madison has been chosen to serve as the nation’s Poverty Research Center, according to a Monday university press release.
Dear World, a national portrait project, brought their group to UW-Madison Tuesday to ask all members of campus one question: “If you had one story to share with the world, what would you say?” Students, faculty and staff were invited to Gordon Commons to write these messages somewhere on their bodies and have their photo taken by executive producer Jonah Evans.
Associated Students of Madison held their first voter registration event Monday at Memorial Library to attract student voters.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee unanimously approved the 2016-’17 eligibility application for GSSF funding of the Muslim Student Association at its meeting Monday. The MSA attempts to “provide a strong sense of community and family for MSA members on campus,” according to MSA President Najeeha Khan. While MSA is a religious student organization based on Islamic principles, not all of their members are religious.
Over the past couple months, the Downtown Coordinating Committee along with Tangible Consulting Services, a Minneapolis company specializing in “services to advance public goals and high-quality development,” has been studying ways to improve retail in downtown Madison.
A pro-Donald Trump organization launched a new ad in the state Monday, taking on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her recent diagnosis with pneumonia. The Reform America Fund launched the seven-figure ad this week.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and Badgers for Hillary opened an office on State Street Monday as part of a statewide effort to boost support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The UW System announced the launch of a new website Friday that will aim to connect Wisconsin employers with students. The website, Career Connect, will allow students to search for internships and job shadowing in addition to employment opportunities, according to a release.
A college student was walking down North Park Street, near the corner of Dayton Street, when she had her credit card, ID and cell phone stolen, according to a Madison Police Department report.
After more than 25 years in Madison, the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative is in danger of closing due to financial troubles. “We are in the process of having meetings to come together and determine what we want to do as a store and as a cooperative,” said Elizabeth Severson, a Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative volunteer. Although the store is scheduled to remain open through the end of September, its future beyond that point is uncertain.
UW-Madison’s Taekwondo Club hosted its third “Fight Like a Girl: Women’s Self Defense Seminar” Sunday at the Southeast Recreational Facility.
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