News
Year-long restriction on new taverns taken out of ordinance
By Mike Orear | Apr. 22, 2010Prospective tavern owners will no longer face a one-year waiting period before they can sell liquor and beer downtown if they are replacing a business that used to sell alcohol.
ASM cuts women's center grant
By Kelsey Gunderson | Apr. 22, 2010The Associated Students of Madison voted to reduce the Campus Women's Center's operational grant at the Student Council meeting Wednesday.
Wood censured for OWI, avoids expulsion
By Alison Dirr | Apr. 22, 2010The state Assembly voted 73-24 Wednesday in favor of a substitute amendment ordering the censure, instead of the expulsion, of state Rep. Jeff Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, for operating while intoxicated charges that he will begin serving a 45-day jail term for next week.
Muggers rob woman on North Pinckney
By The Daily Cardinal , Jon Spike and Greg Stockwell | Apr. 22, 2010A 21-year old Madison woman was robbed on her walk home early Wednesday morning around 12:35 a.m.
Assembly to vote on climate bill Thursday, supporters nervous about fate in Senate
By Ariel Shapiro | Apr. 22, 2010After pushing back the vote on the Clean Energy Jobs Act Tuesday, the state Assembly will decide the fate of the bill Thursday. Supporters from both houses are concerned about how it then will fare in the state Senate.
Claim in Zimmermann case to move forward
Apr. 21, 2010A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that a negligence claim filed by the family of former UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann will move forward, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
PACE project yields discussion on alcohol consumption initiative
By Estephany Escobar | Apr. 21, 2010UW-Madison campus and community leaders held a final meeting Tuesday to honor the accomplishments of a 14-year initiative to reduce alcohol consumption.
Assembly passes BadgerCare Basic, pushes deadline on other major bills
By Hannah Furfaro | Apr. 21, 2010After spending most of the day in partisan caucus Tuesday, the state Assembly rushed to pass multiple bills early Wednesday morning before the legislative session comes to an end later this week.
Students learn rights, how to interact with police at Mifflin
By Grace Urban | Apr. 21, 2010As the annual Mifflin Street Block Party approaches, students were given the opportunity Tuesday to learn how to conduct themselves should they be confronted by law enforcement.
City in favor of rail station downtown
By Maureen Backman and Beth Pickhard | Apr. 21, 2010Madison's Common Council passed a resolution Tuesday supporting construction of a high-speed rail station in the Downtown area.
UW Transportation Services face setbacks during construction
By Melanie Teachout and Jon Spike | Apr. 21, 2010UW Transportation Services officials highlighted lost parking permit and meter revenue during its Tuesday meeting which addressed its $1 million budget deficit.
Milwaukee teen arrested for battery of three on Spring St.
By The Daily Cardinal | Apr. 20, 2010Early Saturday morning, an 18-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for battery and resisting arrest outside of a Spring Street house party where he assaulted three people, according to a police report.
Wisconsin lawmaker pleads no contest in Columbia County OWI
By The Daily Cardinal | Apr. 20, 2010State Rep. Jeff Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, pled no contest to charges of operating while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia in Columbia County Monday.
Senate to debate, likely pass confidential news sources bill
By Hannah Furfaro | Apr. 20, 2010The Wisconsin state Senate appears likely to pass legislation Tuesday aiming to strengthen a law that gives protection to news outlets and their confidential sources.
ASM, city officials debate high-speed rail locations
By Daniel Tollefson | Apr. 20, 2010The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss high-speed rail stops and alcohol policies with representatives from Madison's Downtown Coordinating Committee.
Fed bill may change UW sex assault reporting
By Kelsey Gunderson | Apr. 20, 2010Recently proposed legislation may require universities to report the number of sexual assault hearings and their outcomes annually.
City to use carbon data in improving energy efficiency
By Ashley Davis | Apr. 20, 2010The Sustainable Design and Energy Committee hosted a presentation Monday by graduate students in the Energy Analysis and Policy certificate program in an attempt to establish a carbon baseline for reducing energy consumption.
UW researchers study meteor fragment
By Gillian McBride and Kelsey Gunderson | Apr. 19, 2010UW-Madison researchers are currently studying what they believe to be a fragment of the meteor that passed over the Midwest last week.
Badgers stayed in Big Ten race until late despite lack of offense
By Parker Gabriel | Apr. 19, 2010Inconsistency plagued the Wisconsin men's soccer team at times this last fall, but the squad still had a chance to win the Big Ten championship before falling off late in the season, finishing 7-9-2 overall and 3-3-0 in conference play.









