Madison Common Council rejects alder pay raises for 2025
By Joseph Panzer | Jan. 25, 2024The resolution to increase alders’ pay passed at a meeting earlier this month but will need to be adopted at a later date.
The resolution to increase alders’ pay passed at a meeting earlier this month but will need to be adopted at a later date.
District 13 incumbent Jay Brower announced his candidacy for the Dane County Board of Supervisors in a press release Monday.
Dane County Parks held a meeting Wednesday to promote public input on two projects: Its Parks and Open Space Plan and the Great Sauk-Walking Iron Trail.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, who will step down in May, threw his support Tuesday behind state Sen. Melissa Agard as she runs to succeed the outgoing executive.
More than 1,000 people gathered at the Wisconsin state Capitol building Saturday afternoon to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
The Electric Group and its partners are bringing holiday cheer to Madison’s Olin Park with their Holiday Fantasy in Lights demonstration, a light show available from dusk to dawn every day from Nov. 11 through Dec. 31.
The City of Madison shared plans to conduct an experimental State Street pedestrian mall in the summer of 2024 for pedestrians and bikers to freely walk on the streets in hopes of creating a more active State Street.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi requested all departments cease use of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, by the beginning of 2024.
Madison Metro Transit activated changes to the city’s bus routes on Sunday that included additional trips and shifts in departure and arrival times.
The Madison Reading Project delivered its 100,00th book of the year to the Salvation Army on Darbo Drive, the very place where the initiative originated a decade ago.
As housing prices in Madison have continued to rise, developers have proposed several large housing developments responding to student housing needs.
The city of Madison Finance Committee approved the funding for five housing projects, totaling approximately 375 units, 300 of which will be affordable.
The City of Madison’s Streets Division announced it will remove 6% of salt routes to reduce the amount of salt entering local waterways and harming water quality, city officials said.
Dane County leaders announced the additional funding for the “Farm to Foodbank” program ahead of the holiday season as demand is expected to rise.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $110.6 million in federal funding for Madison's bus rapid transit (BRT) line on Friday.
Members of the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe held a rally in downtown Madison Saturday, waving swastika flags and chanting antisemitic slogans.
The final approved budget includes additional funding for the John Nolen Drive reconstruction project, bike path extensions and vehicles for the city's Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (CARES) program.
In exchange for towering apartment buildings, developer Core Space promised to include 10% affordable housing units in its 1,650-bed development for 40 years.
Workers at Madison’s two unionized Starbucks locations held a walkout Wednesday to protest staffing shortages and stalled contract negotiations.
A silent transformation is underway in Madison.