Police across the state will not be in a forgiving Christmas spirit when it comes to drunken drivers and those riding without a fastened seatbelt this holiday season. Wisconsin police are taking part in a “Booze and Belts” national campaign promoted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The campaign… Read more »

When University of Wisconsin psychology professor Patti Coffey was a Madison undergraduate in the early ’80s, students did not walk to class with iPods and there was no ‘jumping around’ between the third and fourth quarters of home football games. In an interview with The Badger Herald, Coffey details what… Read more »

The University of Wisconsin System released Wednesday the first flexible option degrees in a new program aimed at helping non-traditional adult students earn degrees. In the fall of 2013, UW-Milwaukee will begin offering a diagnostic imaging degree, an information science and technology degree, two nursing degrees and a certificate in… Read more »

Wisconsin emergency volunteers are continuing to play a part in providing disaster relief to the East Coast in light of damage left behind after Hurricane Sandy. Members of the Wisconsin-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (WI-1 DMAT) were deployed Saturday to Middlesex, New Jersey, according to a statement by the City… Read more »

The Government Accountability Board said absentee and early voting numbers are high again this election cycle, according to a statement released Thursday. “Absentee voting continues to be robust around the state,” GAB Chief Kevin Kennedy said in the statement. An estimated 412,611 Wisconsin voters requested absentee ballots as of Wednesday,… Read more »

President Barack Obama’s campaign reached out to college campus newspapers Thursday with a conference call that included the vice president’s wife. Dr. Jill Biden, Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards talked to student reporters and laid out the reasons Obama should be reelected. Biden,… Read more »

The head of the Government Accountability Board made an appearance on television recently to ensure voters know what to expect during the November elections. Kevin Kennedy addressed some common questions voters have regarding the upcoming Nov. 6 election in an interview with WisconsinEye. His answers covered everything from where, when and… Read more »