Walker recycles 'brown bag' campaign strategy
By Ariel Shapiro | Mar. 17, 2010As the 2010 gubernatorial race heats up, the three frontrunners are using traditional, innovative and even recycled tactics to get their messages out to the voters.
As the 2010 gubernatorial race heats up, the three frontrunners are using traditional, innovative and even recycled tactics to get their messages out to the voters.
The UW System said they are unable to comply with a 2005 law requiring all state agencies to post their contract agreements online because of technology problems.
The Madison Common Council rejected a change to the Madison General Ordinances Tuesday that would allow the Equal Opportunities Commission, Affirmative Action Commission and Commission on People with Disabilities to sponsor ordinances and resolutions.
Throughout the highly publicized property battle between Brothers Bar and Grill and the UW System Board of Regents, student organization MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) said it has slipped through the cracks in university priorities.
A lawmaker charged with driving while intoxicated likely will not be expelled from the state Assembly, according to a lawmaker involved in the expulsion resolution.
This is the year the Badgers go to the Elite Eight, and I'll tell you why.
UW-Madison continued its search for a new director of undergraduate admissions Monday, as five finalists for the position were named.
The city's Downtown Construction Projects meeting Monday outlined the city's plans for improvements and road construction in several campus and downtown areas.
A high-speed rail stop could be located near downtown Madison under two new Amtrak station proposals.
Experts argued the ethics of primate research at a debate held at Memorial Union Monday.
Shots were fired on the 100 block of South Bedford Street early Monday morning during an altercation between two men.
The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee met Monday to discuss further redevelopment plans for Gordon Commons.
More than 80 state agencies, including UW-Madison, are not in compliance with an open records law that requires all state agencies to report their contractual agreements on an aggregate website maintained by the Government Accountability Board.
The Madison Police Department arrested several individuals for possession of heroin Thursday evening, according to MPD South Police District Cpt. Joe Balles.
An officer from the Madison Police Department arrested a 27-year-old man after suspecting him of being involved with a series of thefts from vehicles in the Greenbush and Vilas neighborhoods.
A strong-armed robbery on the 100 block of Langdon Street occurred Friday at approximately 2:40 a.m. and resulted in a woman's purse being stolen.
The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Shared Governance Oversight Committee and the Student Oversight Committee submitted 31 recommended proposals to Chancellor Biddy Martin in mid-February. That leaves 83 of the original 114 proposals on the outside looking in as Martin is slated to make her final decision on which proposals to fund by the end of March.
Tommy Thompson leads incumbent U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., in a hypothetical matchup, according to a poll released Friday from the conservative-leaning Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
Documents from the UW System revealed that the highest paid UW-Madison official makes over three times as much as the governor.