Walker outlines platform on job growth, taxes
By Beth Pickhard | Jan. 26, 2010Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker spoke at the Capitol about economic issues just hours before Gov. Jim Doyle's State of the State address Tuesday.
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker spoke at the Capitol about economic issues just hours before Gov. Jim Doyle's State of the State address Tuesday.
A 23-year-old woman from Rockford, Ill. was robbed in the early hours of Jan. 24 while visiting Madison over the weekend, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee met Monday evening to discuss the significant redevelopment plans underway at Gordon Commons.
A proposal for a high-rise apartment complex on Mendota Court moved one step closer to completion Monday night when the city's Plan Commission granted approval to the new development.
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are now allowed to hear cases involving their campaign contributors after the Court approved new rules on a 4-3 vote Thursday.
The Madison Initiative Student Oversight Board ranked the second round of proposals for the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates funding Saturday and Sunday.
On the 37th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, Madison community members gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's new health center located at 2222 S. Park St.
A quality rating system for child-care providers who receive funding from the Wisconsin Shares program aims to rank child-care quality under a new plan Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday.
An academic staff committee released a report Wednesday stating their belief that the proposed restructuring of the graduate school is unnecessary.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture cleared UW-Madison's Research Animal Resources Center as compliant with animal welfare standards according to a report released last week.
The future of the Associated Students of Madison bus pass program was the subject of discussions at the Downtown Coordinating Committee's first meeting of the year Thursday. Committee members also discussed new electronic parking meters and the possible introduction of longer, articulated buses.
The state Senate passed a job creation bill Thursday by a 32-1 vote. State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, was the only member to vote against the bill.
H1N1 vaccines are still available on campus for all UW-Madison faculty, staff and students.
The Wisconsin women's hockey team returns to the Kohl Center for a two game tilt with St. Cloud State this weekend. The Badgers come into this series ranked seventh in the nation, and tied with Bemidji State for third place in the WCHA.
Corporate donations to legislative and presidential campaigns are no longer restricted to maximum caps on their amount after a U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday overturned a 63-year-old law.
Gov. Jim Doyle introduced a health-care plan Thursday aiming to cover thousands of low-income, childless adults, but critics questioned a lack of details about the plan.
UW-Madison junior Maggie Baker is not the only student on campus who was devastated to hear about the earthquake in Haiti and felt compelled to do something to help out.
Sunday marks the beginning of the popular biannual Restaurant Week in Madison, presented by Madison Magazine.
The unemployment rate across Wisconsin increased 0.5 percentage points from November to December, according to a statement released Jan. 21 by the Department of Workforce Development.
The UW-Madison School of Social Work will hold a ceremony next week in remembrance of the UW-Madison student who was killed Dec. 31.