The Wisconsin Elections Commission held a press conference Monday ahead of National Voter Registration Day, to discuss the measures they have in place to increase voter registration. For some, the November election is already over.
In an effort to get politics out of the the process of redistricting, the Dane County Board has approved creation of an independent citizens commission to draw political boundaries after the 2020 census. The new commission will be modeled after a method used for congressional and legislative district drawing in Iowa, according to a county press release.
Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state. This week we look to the 32nd Senate district in La Crosse where Republican Dan Kapanke and Democrat Jennifer Shilling are locked in a rematch. Republican candidate Dan Kapanke is challenging Democratic incumbent Jennifer Shilling in a rematch for state Senate District 32.
A UW-Madison graduate student represented UW-Madison as a student delegate to produce questions to potentially be asked at Monday’s presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Jacqueline Moss, who is pursuing a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, went to the 2016 College Debate, a new, nonpartisan program that aims to give young voters a voice on the issues that matter most to them.
Former UW-Madison professor Sara Goldrick-Rab returned to the area Friday to present findings from her recently published book, “Paying the Price.” Goldrick-Rab, who left the school last year for Temple University after sharp critiques of UW-Madison and the UW System, launched a study in 2008 following 3,000 low-income students throughout the system that received need-based aid and what those students’ higher educational outcomes looked like. The Federal Pell Grant, which Goldrick-Rab said many of the study’s students qualified for, covered roughly 80 percent of the cost for a four-year college in its beginning stages.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will make a campaign stop in Waukesha Wednesday, according to his website. Trump will hold a rally in the Waukesha County Expo Center, according to the campaign.
A 32-year-old woman had the scare of her life when she was carjacked in what Madison Police Department called a “bigger city crime” in an incident report. The episode occurred just off the West Beltline Highway near South Park Street.
Wisconsin HOPE Lab discussed college affordability, specifically the cost of food and housing, in the first of two events for the UW-Madison “Go Big Read” book promotion at noon Thursday in the UW-Madison School of Education. “Evicted,” this year’s “Go Big Read” novel, is written by UW-Madison graduate Matthew Desmond.
UW-Madison faculty and students introduced the upcoming Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge Thursday.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council voted Wednesday to pass new legislation that would call for the university to move the location of a brick-and-mortar Amazon venue to an alternate location, away from current plans to house it at the Red Gym.
The Faculty Scholars Program has awarded Jue “Jade” Wang, associate professor of bacteriology at the UW-Madison, with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar.
The preliminary recommendations for the city’s retail impact study include suggestions for changing the perception of parking availability, addressing homelessness downtown and possibly adjusting regulations. Tangible Consulting Services and Perkins+Will prepared an interim report of recommended policies and strategies for improving retail downtown.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday the creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse, a panel to battle opioid addiction in the state. Walker also announced the positions on the panel, spanning law enforcement officials, public health officials, medical groups and members of the public.
UW-Madison sophomore Skylar Witte was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA 2017 earlier this month after competing against 41 other women for the title. Witte balances her job as Miss Wisconsin along with her academics?she is double majoring in political science and communication arts with plans to go to law school?as well as a full-time modeling career and writing for her blog. Since she won Miss Wisconsin 10 days ago, Witte has travelled to various Wisconsin cities, including her hometown, Altoona.
Madison police officers are looking for two to three suspects related to a series of battery incidents that occurred early in the Sunday morning. The first incident took place around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, in an apartment building on the 200 block of West Gorham Street.
Memorial Library had its grand opening for the graduate study room on the 4th level of the building Wednesday afternoon. An open house was held from 3-5 p.m.
The Alcohol License Review Committee granted Japanese restaurant Osaka House an alcohol license Wednesday after rejecting a request several months ago.
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.
Read on Issuu
Solutions by The State News
