Legislators have mixed feelings on troop surge
By Grace Urban and Alex Kuskowski | Dec. 3, 2009President Obama's announcement Tuesday of his plan to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan drew mixed responses from Wisconsin lawmakers.
President Obama's announcement Tuesday of his plan to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan drew mixed responses from Wisconsin lawmakers.
Madison's Housing Committee approved two measures bolstering tenant protections against landlords with potentially questionable practices Wednesday night.
The Vending Oversight Committee gave initial approval to a new vending area that would prohibit vending in certain downtown areas at Wednesday's meeting.
State Representatives Donna Seidel, D-Wausau, and Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, discussed women's sexual health Wednesday at a discussion held by the College Democrats.
The Hammes Co. chose to appeal to the Madison Common Council against the decision of the city's Landmarks Commission to deny a certificate of appropriateness to the proposed redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel on Wednesday.
Activists gathered Wednesday on the steps of the state Capitol to protest abortion restrictions in the healthcare reform bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A panel of experts gathered to discuss the effect of HIV/AIDS on women worldwide and answer questions for UW-Madison students in honor of World AIDS Day Tuesday.
Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation Tuesday providing public financing for eligible Supreme Court candidates who abide by a $400,000 spending limit.
Over 70 percent of Wisconsinites said they think the U.S. health-care system is in crisis, according to a survey from UW Badger Poll.
About 35 individuals congregated in the Humanities building Tuesday to discuss President Obama's speech on his strategy in Afghanistan. Buzz Davis, a member of Wisconsin Impeachment and the Bring Our Troops Home Coalition, led the discussion.
The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates accepted 114 new proposals for its second-round deadline Nov. 23.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center Director Eric Trekell and Dean of Students Lori Berquam hosted a listening session for the UW-Madison community, students, faculty and staff Tuesday.
A new and improved Planned Parenthood facility opened Tuesday to replace two locations that had become overburdened and were in need of major updates.
This holiday season, consider donating to the Dane County Farmers' Market to help those in need.
University Health Services has announced plans for a large-scale H1N1 vaccination clinic this Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Southeast Recreational Facility.
For the first time ever, UW-Madison college freshman Jeremy Levin was hailed as ""kinda cool"" by students in his alma mater, Pembleton Senior High in northeast Wisconsin. Visiting his hometown over Thanksgiving break, Levin insisted on visiting the institution that once brought him so much pain, humiliation and creative limitation so he could show them how much wiser and sexier he had become over the past three months.
UW-Madison's Visitor and Information Programs will host a food drive this December in an effort to help area families in need.
Anti-gang and community policing programs will receive a substantial boost because of a new state grant adopted at Monday night's Board of Estimates meeting.
Wisconsin residents will gather at First Congregational Church Tuesday to commemorate the 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day.