Controversy surrounding a bill requiring transgender K-12 students to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex has resurfaced after comments made by the bill’s author Wednesday.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Rape Crisis Center Executive Director Erin Thornley Parisi held a press conference Wednesday in the City County Building to highlight Denim Day, which is meant to bring awareness to Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Denim Day first occurred in April 1999, according to the Denim Day website. The movement started after an 18-year-old Italian woman accused her driver’s education instructor of driving her to a remote road, forcing her out of the car and raping her. The case made it to the Italian Supreme Court, which ruled the sex must have been consensual because her jeans were so tight she must have helped take them off.
State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser announced Wednesday that he will retire this year, effective July 31. Prosser said in a letter that he was stepping down to “begin a new chapter” in his life. “It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Wisconsin in various capacities for more than 40 years.
Two individuals damaged property inside Memorial Union early Tuesday morning, according to a UWPD incident report.
Gov. Scott Walker signed multiple bills Tuesday that scale back regulations on Wisconsin waterways and expand property rights for landowners.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Tuesday she opposes a UW Faculty Senate vote of “no confidence” in UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.
UW-Madison graduate students met with Chancellor Rebecca Blank Tuesday to review and present demands on the campus environment for students of color.
Attorney Dean Strang came to Shannon Hall in Memorial Union Tuesday night to participate in the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval released a statement Monday detailing policing strategies for this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party and held a press conference Tuesday to address the event. Mifflin, which MPD considers a “non-event” because the city does not sanction it, has a long and checkered past.
On a brisk Tuesday morning the Government Accountability Board discussed the perceived successes and pitfalls experienced April 5 due to the implementation of Gov.
Wisconsin, along with several other states, filed a brief Friday to oppose current Environmental Protection Agency ozone emission standards.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank met with representatives of The Associated Students of Madison Monday, agreeing to the implementation of cultural competency training for herself and executive administration by the Fall 2016 semester, according to an ASM release.
Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval announced at a press conference Tuesday that a 2-year-old girl was the victim of 2016’s fourth Madison homicide. MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said Joshua S.
Late Monday night at approximately 10:38 p.m., three men vandalized two parking signs at a sorority house on Langdon Street with anti-Semitic symbols, according to an email sent to members of the UW-Madison chapter Kappa Alpha Theta.
The plan for a new apartment building on the northwest corner of West Washington Avenue and Broom Street has evolved and sparked community critique.
UW-Madison startup company Silatronix recently invented a safer electrolyte that will be used for phone, laptop and tablet batteries.
A Madison Police Officer was able to save the life of a suicidal man Friday afternoon, according to an incident report. The 30-year-old man was about to leap from the State Street Capitol Parking Garage at 214 North Carroll St.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Foust denied a stay to his decision to strike down right-to-work Monday, the most recent challenge to the controversial Wisconsin law.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate will vote May 2 on a resolution regarding its lack of confidence in UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Monday making a fourth operating while intoxicated offense a felony, regardless of circumstances.
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