Legalizing Cannabis in Wisconsin: Do the benefits outweigh the costs?
In the state of Wisconsin a 13-year-old boy was diagnosed with brain cancer and given six months to live. However, his parents refused to give up
Common Ground with… Carole Schaeffer
Carole Schaeffer’s long and impactful real estate development career began in 2005, when she was named executive director of Smart Growth Greater Madison, a group
Dane County looks for new ways to combat misinformation ahead of the 2024 elections
It’s been three years since a victor was crowned in the 2020 presidential election, yet despite widespread evidence that no voter fraud took place, people
Kristen Roman: From UW–Madison volleyball standout to chief of campus police
Chief Kristen Roman has long understood the value of teamwork. Roman, originally from Illinois, was a standout athlete on the UW–Madison volleyball team, recording over
More city and county funding means expansion of Madison’s CARES program
Behavioral health emergency assistance may soon be a 911 call away for more residents of Madison and Dane County. Earlier this month, the Dane County
Madison reinvents itself, again
UW–Madison senior Rhia Dhingra is one of the many Madison residents currently living in a building that won’t be here this time next year. Like
Protecting Madison minds: Tackling youth athlete concussions
Teenage athletes are often thought to be temperamental, snippy or moody. But after working in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at UW Health, nurse Kelsey
Shelter and housing plans bring hope to Dane County’s homeless population
In February 2017, Torrie Kopp Mueller visited Grace Episcopal Church in downtown Madison — well, at least the basement of it. Mueller had just been
Common Ground with… Karen Oberhauser
Managing, monitoring and connecting community members to over 1,200 acres of woodlands, savannas, prairies and wetlands could seem unimaginable for some. For Karen Oberhauser, director
The NHL’s pride tape ban brings to light why having a gay hockey league is so important in the first place
When the NHL banned Pride Tape, a sports tape brand that aims to “promote diversity, equality and inclusion through sport,” on Oct. 10, the national