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Occupy Madison members plan to stay at Token Creek County Park until their 90-day permit expires, after county officials relocated the group from Lake View Hill County Park Tuesday.
The Dane County Parks Department ticketed members of Occupy Madison as well as others who were at the Lake View Hill County Park Sunday night for being at the site after park hours ended, according to a local housing activist.
County officials approved in a 33-2 vote Thursday the opening of a temporary day warming shelter on 827 E. Washington Ave., a site across the street from the lot formerly used for an Occupy Madison camp in fall 2011.
Although the city and county told Occupy Madison residents they would have to leave their encampment at a county park by Tuesday at noon, people remained at the site as of 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Students should not be alarmed if they see large smoke clouds coming from the Lakeshore area in the next week or two as the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve will receive prescribed burnings to restore and manage the prairies with weather permitting, according to a statement released by the university.
While civil rights issues in the 2012 presidential election were doomed from the start due to the two candidates being Bush 2.0 (President Barack Obama) and Bush 2.5 (former Gov. Mitt Romney), a few state initiatives were passed that lit up the gloomy aura hanging over our country (pun intended). In both Colorado and Washington, ballot initiatives called for the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. In Massachusetts marijuana was legalized for medical use. Colorado also has decriminalized the personal cultivation of marijuana.
Some have called this 2012 election historic, reasoning that it has ushered in the most female senators in U.S. history and had the highest turnout of Latino voters in any election thus far. While this is certainly significant, this past election was particularly historic in the fact that presidential campaign spending reached its highest level in American history, with collective spending between President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney nearly reaching two billion dollars. This increase in spending wasn’t limited to the presidential race, however. Congressional races around the country also experienced large increases in campaign spending, with some outside groups spending more than the candidates themselves.
I would like to consider myself an independent voter. In truth, I am probably more of a moderate Democrat than an Independent, but I have always disliked labels because most things factoring into them are contingent and malleable. Tuesday, Nov. 6, I was forced to do something that I hope I never have to do again: vote straight democrat. It isn’t that I will never again vote straight Democrat or that I never again want to vote straight Democrat. Rather, I hope with all of my heart that I never again feel it absolutely necessary to do so. In fact, I sincerely want to be able to one day endorse a Republican candidate.
Voters across the country arrived at the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot for the next president of the United States, as well as various state offices. But some states also voted on referendums, including the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage. Here’s how it breaks down:
Although the cost of Monday’s rally for President Barack Obama was free to attend, the city of Madison will have to pick up the charges for much of the labor required to make the event possible.
Dane County Board members announced a set of initiatives Friday for the homeless that includes a temporary warming shelter and housing.
Occupy Madison members returned to an encampment on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue Saturday night because they have not found another option for shelter from the impending winter weather.
Madison’s city Council’s decision to approve a new comprehensive zoning code, representing five years of planning, was met with applause from both Council members and city staff Tuesday.
Due to neighborhood opposition of a proposed downtown homeless shelter, a county official is proposing an alternate location closer to Madison’s downtown.
Madison’s police chief clarified the rules Monday regarding parade permits and how the Madison Police Department handles police presence during special events.
The 42nd annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival concluded a weekend's worth of events with a march up State Street Sunday after Mayor Paul Soglin repealed a mandatory additional fee for police overtime.
Despite a conflict with the Madison Police Department over proper permit documentation, the 42nd annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival will continue as planned from Thursday, Oct. 4 to Sunday, Oct. 7.
Members of student government approved a resolution Wednesday that would defy a University of Wisconsin-Madison housing policy by authorizing student voter registration inside university residence halls, pending Chancellor David Ward’s approval.
Wisconsin state legislators extended the expiration date on temporary rules for issuing concealed carry permits at a hearing Thursday. This was the second time the expiration date was extended since August.
Fourteen years ago, Madison Police Department Sgt. Tony Fiore began his law enforcement career patrolling downtown Madison at nights, work he now supervises for the Central District’s Community Policing Team: tavern safety inspections, or “bar checks.”
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