UW graduate preserves Porta Bella in new film project
By Zoey Jiang | Feb. 5Broden McCune is writing and directing a film primarily set in Porta Bella, one of Madison’s oldest restaurants, before its likely closure.
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What to know about major construction changes coming to Regent Street in 2027
By Ted Hyngstrom | Feb. 3In a public information meeting Jan. 26, public officials presented proposal updates for the planned Regent Street Reconstruction project.
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New Imagination Center to fill resource gaps on Madison’s northeast side
By Madison Luick | Jan. 30Madison Public Library will open The Imagination Center at Reindahl Park in September, its first branch in a public park, with $320,000 of Madison’s Executive Budget.
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‘Alex could’ve been any one of us’: Large crowd protests ICE violence in Minnesota
By Jake Wesson , Peter Fishman and Drew Wesson | Jan. 27Despite temperatures in the single digits, hundreds of protestors rallied at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Sunday amid a surge in federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
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Advocacy groups outraged after UW Health pauses gender-affirmative care for minors
By Alaina Walsh | Jan. 26UW Health and Children’s Wisconsin paused gender affirming care for patients under 18 following recent federal actions, a decision that has prompted protests in Madison and raised concerns among transgender advocates, parents and patients.
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Madison housing agency to build more than 400 low-income rental homes after city council approves $14 million in funding
By Alexa Cattouse | Jan. 26Madison’s city council approved over $14 million in funding in December to help support Affordable Rental Housing Development’s plans.
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Your Madison April 7 election preview
By Lauren Eno | Jan. 22Madison voters will decide contested City Council races in Districts 8, 14 and 20 and Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education races. Candidate priorities include affordable housing, public education and representation.
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Shark Tank-funded Snow Scholars perseveres through growing pains
By Jane Dardik | Jan. 22Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban and Snow Scholars Investor told the Cardinal in an interview the negative comments made about Snow Scholars are “ridiculous and slanderous.”
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UW sophomore Ellen Zhang launches Common Council candidacy pushing for buses, sanctuary cities
By Alexa Cattouse | Dec. 10Zhang is the second candidate to announce her campaign announcement in the open race for the student seat on the Common Council.
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No Contract, No Coffee: State Street Starbucks workers join national strike
By Wilder Gervais | Dec. 9U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan and community members joined Starbucks workers this weekend as a part of the union’s nationwide Red Cup Rebellion strike.
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Middleton official says messaging key to city’s sustainability success
By Elizabeth Baumberger | Dec. 8City of Middleton Sustainability Coordinator Kelly Hilyard told The Daily Cardinal effective science communications is critical to getting a community to participate in sustainable projects.
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Snowstorm prompts second Small Business Saturday
By Zoey Jiang | Dec. 4Independent retailers in Dane County plan for Small Business Saturday ‘Version 2’ after southern Wisconsin snowstorm impedes on original date.
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State Street businesses prepare for slower business, colder weather
By Addison Balogh | Dec. 4State Street businesses are getting ready for the slower winter season.
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Abbott acquires Madison-based Exact Sciences in health care deal
By Haellie Opp | Dec. 1Exact Sciences will become the diagnostic wing of Chicago pharmaceutical company Abbott in the largest health care transaction of the last two years.
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Campus-area alder MGR Govindarajan will not seek re-election
By Alaina Walsh | Nov. 25District 8 Alder and Council Vice President MGR Govindarajan announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2026, concluding two terms representing Madison’s majority student district.
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Local leaders talk state of downtown Madison
By Grace Carlson | Nov. 24Downtown Madison Initiative published and hosted a panel about their 2025 report on trends in downtown Madison.
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Dane County Sheriff, county officials spar over budget cuts
By Jane Dardik | Nov. 24Sheriff Kalvin Barrett defends his agency’s budget, arguing further cuts would jeopardize public safety.
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Madison’s Black Business Hub developing a ‘Black Renaissance’ in South Madison
By Courtney Krenn | Nov. 24After more than a year of operating, leaders and business owners share their hopeful outlooks for the future of the space.
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