Plan Commission approves Alcohol Overlay District
By Dana Kampa | Mar. 25, 2014The Plan Commission approved the new Alcohol Overlay District with multiple changes recommended to the City Council in a meeting Monday.
The Plan Commission approved the new Alcohol Overlay District with multiple changes recommended to the City Council in a meeting Monday.
Wisconsin State Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, notified the Government Accountability Board he will not seek re-election in November.
Gov. Scott Walker signed the “Blueprint for Prosperity” bill into law Monday, which consists of large income and property tax cuts for the citizens of Wisconsin.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, which deals with federal student aid and is up for reapproval by Congress this year.
The state Assembly may discuss legislation to allow more sources of money for green energy projects within the year.
The Associated Students of Madison urges students to voice their input in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ongoing search for the next provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
The Madison Police Department is requesting help from federal agencies regarding the investigation of explosive materials in a residence on North Brooks Street, according to a police report.
An assailant dislocated a man’s shoulder in a West Gilman Street parking lot early Sunday morning, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
University of Wisconsin-Madison law and bioethics professor Alta Charo works to raise awareness for the dangers of “stem cell tourism,” according to a university press release Monday.
Madison Police are searching for a suspect who pulled a gun on two Tiki Shack employees early Sunday morning, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
University of Minnesota students and members of the Overpass Light Brigade protested for women’s rights in front of the Wisconsin state Capitol Monday night, holding up lighted signs reading “Hands Off Birth Control.”
The state Department of Justice requested the U.S. Supreme Court reinstate a law requiring abortion providers to be available at hospitals within 30 miles of patients Wednesday, according to the Sheboygan Press.
The state Senate passed a bill Friday limiting voting times to submit absentee ballots.
The state Assembly passed a bill Friday which aims to limit mesothelioma victims’ court access after extensive exposure to asbestos.
State Rep. Mike Endsley, R-Sheboygan, announced in a statement Friday he will not seek re-election to represent the 26th Assembly District.
The state Assembly passed bipartisan Senate Bill 300 Friday preventing cancer patients from paying more than $100 in copayments for a 30-day supply of oral chemotherapy drugs.
State Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, announced in a release Friday he will run for Wisconsin secretary of state in 2014.
The city of Madison’s Common Council members passed an ordinance to expand late-night food cart vending locations and referred the alcohol license density ordinance to the Plan Commission at their last meeting Tuesday.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered a new method for generating muscle cells from stem cells, according to a Friday news release.
Make Music Madison invited musicians and hosts Friday to register for the second annual summer music celebration which will be held June 21.