Emily Otten

Both Milwaukee and Chicago will receive a total of $75 million in federal grants to fund security at their respective presidential nominee conventions this summer. While this funding is what Wisconsin legislators hoped for, the influx of funding for security purposes could have some serious consequences on the Milwaukee community, mostly related to the increased...

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A new Madison apartment complex intended for University of Wisconsin students will be built on Broom Street, offering 1,600 beds with 165 of those beds offered for under-market affordable housing rates, according to the Cap Times. While it is important to provide housing for students and residents in Madison amidst the housing crisis, Madison is...

UW-Madison’s Premier Independent Student Newspaper

UW-Madison’s Premier Independent Student Newspaper

UW-Madison’s Premier Independent Student Newspaper

The University of Wisconsin System is changing its identity to the “Universities of Wisconsin” in a rebrand costing around $480,000. The president of the system, Jay Rothman, identified the rebrand as necessary, claiming it would help draw in more students and increase the number of graduates across University of Wisconsin schools. But nearly half a...

The city of Madison needs to fund more accessible public transportation to best support Madison’s disabled community.  The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that 25.5 million Americans have travel-limiting disabilities, meaning that their disability makes it difficult to travel using inaccessible forms of transportation, like a car without a wheelchair ramp.  Although personal vehicles are...

Madison residents with travel-limiting disabilities left with few ways to use public transportation

Wisconsin’s labor shortages increased from October to November 2022, with more workers in healthcare, social assistance fields dropping out of the workforce