As the dust finally settled after Tuesday’s midterm elections, an even stronger state Senate Republican majority, now occupying 19 of 33 seats, has decided upon their party leadership Thursday, while the Democrats will soon vote to determine the Senate Minority leader.
Madison’s Urban Design Commission members approved plans Wednesday for exterior improvements to both the 306 West mixed-use development and the Concourse Hotel, which will include a new Starbucks, as well as provide recommendations for renovations to the Park Hotel.
As students exhaust themselves with late nights at the library in the midst of midterm season, one UW-Madison undergraduate combats an entirely different source of stress.
Universities blame states, states blame the federal government, the federal government blames students and students blame universities. Any combination edges closer to the truth about the ever-growing calamity that is higher education’s accessibility.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met Wednesday for discussion on their proposed budget for the 2016 fiscal year.
Months after approving the Recreational Sports Master Plan in March’s campus referendum, students are yet again being called upon by the Division of Rec Sports to help shape and create the facility renovations as an advisory group.
A new smartphone application can now save students from waiting 20 minutes for a treadmill or the frustrations of not finding an open racquetball court at the SERF.
Newly re-elected Gov. Scott Walker met with his cabinet Wednesday for the first time since decisively winning a second term Tuesday evening.
State Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, announced Wednesday she will run for majority leader in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Studies on how sleep affects cognitive functions in humans and animals could see major advances, thanks to a $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health given to sleep researchers working in the School of Medicine and Public Health.
On a day that saw local U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., win an easy re-election, state Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-Campbellsport, was victorious in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday.
Republican Brad Schimel has been named Wisconsin’s new attorney general, drawing approximately 51.6 percent of the vote, compared to approximately 45.4 percent for Democrat Susan Happ.
The Wisconsin state Senate remained in Republican hands Wednesday morning, after Democrats lost in three competitive district races.
UW-Madison is instituting a 2015 Campus Master Plan to update and evaluate previous campus development efforts.
Five people were displaced after an electrical fire broke out in a two-unit building on the 200 block of South Mills Street Monday afternoon, according to a City of Madison release.
In a gubernatorial race experts predicted to be one of the closest in Wisconsin’s history, Gov. Scott Walker won convincingly in an election the Associated Press called at 9:45 p.m.
Months of campaign speeches and voter registration drives culminated to nearly half of UW-Madison students turning out to vote during Tuesday’s gubernatorial election, which is up from about 36 percent in 2010.
The city of Madison will come alive with music next year after Board of Estimates members voted unanimously to recommend amendments to the 2015 executive operating budget Monday that provide funding for citywide events such as the Revelry and Make Music Madison festivals.
A man broke into a home on the 1200 block of East Dayton Street Friday night, according to a report by Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
Following extensive debate concerning funding for credit-producing programs, the Student Services Finance Committee approved F.H. King’s 2015-’16 budget Monday but cut funding for an internship program that members said violated policy.
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