Former Gov. Tommy Thompson said he will not challenge U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, for his seat, he said during the Tax Day tea party rally at the capitol Wednesday.
The Associated Students of Madison announced the members of the 17th student council session Wednesday, after the student body voted April 12-14.
With a record turnout, UW-Madison students voted against raising student-segregated fees to fund the proposed renovations for the Natatorium.
The Mifflin Street Block Party and Central Library plans were discussed Wednesday during the West Mifflin Street Neighborhood meeting.
Former Governor Tommy Thompson has neither confirmed nor denied a potential bid for the U.S. Senate race against U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, but will announce his decision Thursday at a Tea Party rally in Madison.
The Madison Street Use Staff Commission discussed approving the permit for the annual Mifflin Street Block Party Monday.
After being denied entrance to the Delta Upsilon fraternity house, a man damaged parked cars and windows of the house Saturday, according to police.
Democratic frontrunner and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who joined the gubernatorial race in November 2009, now faces the challenge of catching up with his Republican competitors who have been formally in the race for a year.
The Madison Common Council approved a resolution supporting fair trade by Madison businesses at its meeting Tuesday.
The Common Council heard a briefing by Madison Public Library Board President Tripp Widder on the Central Library redevelopment project Tuesday.
UW-Madison students have been actively demonstrating their support or opposition to a referendum that would increase student segregated fees to extensively expand the Natatorium with a $60 million renovation.
Four high-ranking members of UW-Madison's student government may have broken organizational bylaws by voting to substantially increase salaries for positions they later filled, according a Student Council member.
The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that prohibits texting while driving.
The Vending Oversight Committee placed a motion to revoke the vending license of Jeffrey Okafo of Jin's Chicken and Fish Monday night.
The Faculty Senate voted to approve a proposal Monday to ensure that faculty members can freely criticize the actions of UW-Madison administrators and policies.
The state superintendent may get more control over struggling Wisconsin schools under a new plan proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle Monday. The legislation aims to increase the involvement of parents in their child's education, the use of ""consistent"" curriculums across struggling districts and increased state superintendent power over teacher and principle assignments. The plan follows multiple public school education reform proposals, including a controversial mayoral-takeover plan, aimed at making Wisconsin more viable in the competition for federal Race to the Top dollars. Michael Apple, UW-Madison professor of educational policy studies, said the new proposal is a ""compromise"" but said he is worried about the idea of a consistent curriculum across districts. ""I worry that the notion of consistent curriculum could have a negative effect on those schools' that are willing to take risks of linking their curriculum to students culture,"" he said, noting bilingual schools. He said the proposal is ""by and large about money"" and said he is worried about blaming schools and teachers for larger problems. ""Obviously Wisconsin needs the money; there's no doubt about that, but I don't think we want to sell our soul in the process of doing this … This proposal has a little of that, though again, it's an interesting compromise.""
For the last six months, gubernatorial candidates Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former congressman Mark Neumann have been engaged in a close competition in an invisible primary–a race for campaign contributions.
The rezoning request of a Dayton Street property was filed in a Madison Plan Commission meeting Monday.
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