Helpful Resources

City, County & State Government Related Links:

http://www.ci.madison.wi.us
City of Madison, Wisconsin

http://www.co.dane.wi.us
Dane County, Wisconsin

http://wisconsineye.com
Coverage of State Capital proceedings, community, events, civic forums, etc.

http://www.wisconsin.gov
State of Wisconsin

http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us
Wisconsin Governor's Office

http://www.legis.state.wi.us
Wisconsin State Legislature      

The District Boards Association is the state organization for the district board members that govern each college, the website is a great resource for legislative updates and what is happening in the state that affects the Wisconsin Technical College System

The Wisconsin Student Government is the statewide student advocacy group comprised of elected student representatives from each technical college that advocate for student issues and partner with other organizations in the Wisconsin Technical Colleges to push for common interests in the legislature.

http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov

Do you know who your legislators are? This site has contacts, calendars, committees, hearings, bills, laws and research. There are also links to sessions and some hearing online.

http://www.ethics.state.wi.us

This is the site for the Ethics and Accountability Division of the Government Accountability Board including lobbyist registries. This site iccludes: who is lobbying, lobbying topics, lobbying efforts, and ethics rules and filings.

http://www.wispolitics.com

http://www.thewheelerreport.com

These sites have public versions of subscription services that provide access to Capitol news and media coverage, press releases, editorial coverage, blogs, and links to newspapers.

http://www.districtboards.org

http://www.wtcsystem.edu

These sites have bills of interest and state budget bill updates. Also there are advocacy resources, updates, talking points, legislators by college district, and WTCS information and data.

Crisis Related Links:

http://www.danecountyrcc.com
Rape Crisis Center - Dane County

Education Related Links

http://chronicle.com
The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://www.witechcolleges.org/explore_careers/online_learning.php
Largest provider of online learning in WI

http://www.matcmadison.edu
Madison Area Technical College

http://www.uwsa.edu/tis
Transfer Information system - University of Wisconsin

http://www.wtcsystem.edu
Wisconsin Technical College System

Leadership Related Links

http://studentleader.com
Student Leader Magazine dedicated to student leadership

Living in the Greater Madison Area Related Links

http://www.madison.com
Madison, Wisconsin Search Engines for News & Entertainment

http://www.madisonclick.com
Madison Web Directory

http://www.tenantresourcecenter.org
Tenant Resource Center - Madison

Miscellaneous Links:

http://www.wacteonline.org
Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education

Student Government Related Links

http://www.asm.wisc.edu
Associated Students of Madison - University of Wisconsin

http://parliamentarians.org
National Association of Parliamentarians

http://www.unitedcouncil.net
United Council of UW Students, Inc.

http://www.wsg.tech.org
Wisconsin Student Government

http://www.actonline.org/issues.aspx

This is the site for the National Association of Career and Technical Education. This is also a good link to federal issues and advocacy resources.

Transportation Related Links:

http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/metro
Madison Metro Bus and Para-Transit Services

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