Will Husted

In balancing Madison’s future development, the city’s finance committee recommended a number of projects Monday night. The proposed plans include a $41.3 million grocery store with a mixed-income housing complex at 1402 S. Park St, aid to homeless shelters and a new downtown apartment structure. The committee’s vision of combining food accessibility with affordable housing units highlights city leaders’ views of an equitable future on the isthmus.

With less than four months until Wisconsin’s presidential primaries, groups are pushing state lawmakers to change student voter identification laws. The Associated Students of Madison and Common Cause Wisconsin have joined in calling for less restrictive policy in determining voter credentials in the state. Currently, Wiscards cannot be used to vote as they do not have a signature on them. Instead, students must obtain a voter identification card — which remains valid for two years.

University Health Services has grappled with a growing mental health problem derived from decreased stigma and increased symptomatology — despite consistently high rankings from the Princeton Review. Earlier this year, students and faculty alike packed a room in the student activity center to discuss their relationship with mental health.