A state Senate committee heard public testimony Wednesday on a proposed bill to eliminate the 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases in the state.
Wisconsin Republicans sent a letter to two federal agencies Monday voicing their frustration with the relegated role of beef in the the agencies’ new recommendations to accompany the food pyramid.
Nine UW-Madison professors recently won an award for faculty at a critical stage in their careers through nomination by departments, Ph.D. major programs and interdepartmental groups, according to a university press release.
Four days after Tony Robinson’s death, protestors of all ages congregated on the steps of City-County Building early Tuesday evening, spurred by a proposed Dane County incarceration study.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin responded to continued protests over the shooting of Tony Robinson in a Tuesday morning press conference.
After a 10-month-long investigation, the UW-Madison Police Department is seeking charges against two men for stealing hundreds of bicycles around the Madison area, Chief Susan Riseling said at a news conference Tuesday.
In Tuesday’s installment of the spring Black Lives Matter Speaker Series, black feminist scholar Brittney Cooper challenged the idea of respectability in a talk to UW-Madison students and community members.
Though the UW System’s proposed autonomy measures would mean removing state mandates for minority scholarship funding, both university and UW System officials said those scholarships will be unaffected.
A new poll by Public Policy Polling found former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leading Gov. Scott Walker in his home state by nine points in a potential 2016 presidential matchup.
In what is reported to be gang-related violence in an ongoing dispute, Jeffrey E. Mitchell shot 18-year-old Lawrence E. Drake on Russett Road after firing shots at a group of rival gang members in the parking lot of West Towne Mall Feb. 28, according to the case file.
A Madison police officer was scheduled to attend the monthly Bassett Neighborhood Meeting to present on the recent Tony Robinson case. However, the officer did not attend.
Friday’s officer-involved shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson brought out community members of all ages, who converged in a protest Monday to address officials from university, state and city levels.
The Madison Plan Commission delayed the construction of a new church and elementary school on the east side during its meeting Monday night, after high costs forced architects to change their original plans for the building.
A filled-to-the-brim Shannon Hall in Memorial Union bustled with UW-Madison students and community members waiting to see the blogger, columnist and accidental entrepreneur who journalism professor Michael Wagner described as “nerd-chic.”
After chaotic public hearings, a 24-hour floor session and numerous protests over two weeks, Wisconsin became the 25th right-to-work state as Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill into law Monday.
The fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by a Madison Police Department officer encouraged the Center for Cultural Enrichment to host an informal dialogue for UW-Madison housing students Monday.
An ongoing cyber attack targeting city and county communication systems launched late Monday has impacted the city of Madison’s website and email system, according to a Department of Emergency Management press release.
During a trying time of dealing with the death of a loved one, Tony Robinson’s family held their tears just long enough to thank the community Monday for continued support in the face of tragedy.
At a gathering hosted by the Multicultural Student Center Saturday, more than 50 UW-Madison community members sat in a circle with bowed heads, sharing a moment of silence for Tony Robinson.
The fatal shooting of Tony Robinson on Williamson Street Friday night will be investigated by an external agency, rather than the Madison Police Department, as per a state law approved last year.
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