Author: Nathan Steagall

In February – in the wake of federal agents shooting and killing two Minneapolis residents – Milwaukee council members were defiant.

Members introduced ICE Out, a package of legislation aimed to curtail the federal agency’s work in the city. Within months, Milwaukee Common Council members unanimously passed one of the key pieces of that package, an ordinance that prohibited ICE agents from wearing masks while working in the city,

Community members gathered to remember a young man from Edina whose life touched many people across Minnesota.

Poisoned, killed, skinned and dissected. In 2023, six beagles purchased from Ridglan Farms were injected with methylene blue by researchers at University of Wisconsin–Madison before being euthanized and dissected for research.

Photos obtained through public records during a recent Rise for Animals investigation show the six dogs unconscious before being killed, their organs on display. The images are too graphic for news organizations to publish, and the university unsurprisingly fought to conceal them.

As the founder and executive director of The Playing Field in Madison, I am seeing programs struggle with the reduction and planned elimination this month of Child Care Bridge Payments from the state. A UW-Madison report estimates that as many as 1 in 4 Wisconsin childcare programs could close with significant consequences for families already struggling to find care.

A Smithsonian museum specialist will visit Madison later this month for a free lecture focused on the military service of Native Americans.

Rachelle B. Pablo, who is Diné and serves as a Museum Specialist with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, will present “The National Native American Veterans Memorial: Honoring the Military Service of Native Americans” on Tuesday, June 23rd, at 7 p.m. at the Fluno Center on the UW-Madison campus.

It was the second and final day of the Democratic State Convention and all seven democratic candidates running for governor were given five minutes to tell their party why they should be the democratic nominee for governor.

If you’re finalizing a late-summer itinerary for Paris or planning a fall foliage tour through Japan, you may be thinking about how you can best learn a little French or Japanese before you go — and with good reason. Learning a language for travel not only helps with logistics like getting directions but also fosters deeper connections with a country’s people and culture.

For a long time, Megan Kokalj refused to jump into the water at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Soderholm Family Aquatic Center from any point higher than the 5-meter platform.

The Wisconsin Dive Club held its final practice at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, ending a three-and-a-half-year run at the downtown Madison facility.

The club, which serves nearly 90 families, will no longer have access to the pool this fall after the University of Wisconsin-Madison denied its specific request for pool time.

Katie Knill said her son joined the club almost a year ago.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) announced a new policy memo May 22 stating that individuals seeking a green card must return to their home countries to complete the process. Students who arrive on visas and stay for longer than its validity will be among those most affected.

The USCIS memo describes obtaining a green card, or an “adjustment of status,” as an “extraordinary act of administrative grace,” and a privilege granted by the government rather than a right.

Madison’s City Council approved plans Tuesday to redesign Regent Street near Camp Randall Stadium, following months of debate over a new layout for one of Madison’s main cultural hubs and one of the west side’s major east-west connector streets.