On a day when the state Assembly took up Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to expand state Medicaid, the legislative body made strides in other areas byswearing in state Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Franklin, the second Latina member of the Assembly in state history and the first from the Republican Party.
Gov. Scott Walker fired one of his aides Tuesday after it became clear she had posted demeaning comments about Hispanics on social media.
University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Donald Downs said Wednesday he was “very surprised and honored” when the university asked him to deliver the Dec. 22 Winter Commencement speech.
A degenerative neurological disease found in deer and elk called Chronic Wasting Disease regained prominence in the state Monday after test results from a deer killed in a hunting preserve tested positive for the disease, the first positive deer from a hunting preserve in five years.
Orhan Pamuk, a recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature, spoke at Union South Monday about his novel “Snow” and the importance of retaining individuality within one’s culture as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
The Joint Committee on Finance voted Monday on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to extend the deadline for BadgerCare participants to transition to federal exchanges.
Wisconsin GOP claims Mary Burke indicted herself using illegal secret poll
The Young Progressives to host women’s rights forum featuring state Representatives
The final Badger home football game of the 2013 season Saturday against Penn State saw a high number of all-around rambunctious behavior, as well as a University of Wisconsin-Madison student streaking on the playing field.
A proposal to redefine the policies dictating what behaviors are accepted of visitors to the City-County Building aims to strike a balance between the humanitarian needs of the public and the workplace needs of city staff, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.
A quarantine has been placed on the Dane County wood supply to contain the recently confirmed presence of an invasive species of East Asian beetles, Emerald Ash Borer, in northern Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior and 2014 Rhodes Scholar Drew Birrenkott will continue his studies at Oxford University in England after graduation, but as a true Wisconsin native, he said there are certain things he will miss.
Three professional health organizations awarded the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics the 2013 Partnership in Prevention Award Tuesday for its steps forward in reducing health care associated infections.
Pope Francis issued a statement Tuesday denouncing the modern focus on business and profit-making and called for a renewed mission of ending poverty, drawing attention from campus-area Catholics.
State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, is circulating a new bill that would prohibit licensed mental health service providers from persuading or counseling people under the age of 18 to change their sexual orientation, according to a press release Wednesday.
University police arrested a University of Wisconsin-Madison student at the Kohl Center during the UW men’s basketball game Saturday for fourth degree sexual assault, battery and disorderly conduct, UW-Madison Police Department Spokesperson Marc Lovicott said.
Despite widespread skepticism about whether or not the digitalization of America’s dialogue can advance modern thought, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dietram Scheufele said there are only three common behaviors that, if corrected, could transform the current state of polarizing disagreements online into beneficial conversations.
A small fire that occurred at approximately 1:45 p.m. Friday in Chamberlin Hall caused minor damages and an evacuation of the building, according to a news release
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Drew Birrenkott is the recipient of the 2014 Rhodes Scholarship and will be invited to spend two or three years of study, all-expenses paid, at Oxford University in England.
President Barack Obama announced a historic nuclear weapons deal with Iran that would limit its ability to create nuclear weapons in a nationally televised address Saturday night.
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