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Madison Public Library encourages youth literacy through Read to a Dog events
By Ainsley Northrop | Feb. 16The event lets children practice reading in front of an audience of therapy dogs.
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Madison community center Centro Hispano celebrates Three Kings Day, distributing 2,000 toys to families
By Gabriela Verdeja | Feb. 12More than 600 people gathered to celebrate the cultural tradition rooted in generosity and community.
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Madison to vote on art for new library
By Elisabeth Carroll | Feb. 11Madison’s newest public library, the Imagination Center, seeks community feedback on a new public art installation.
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Board of Health unanimously votes to dismiss proposal to fund harm-reduction center
By Riley Nee | Feb. 10Local nonprofit CAYA misrepresented the race of their leadership when applying for the funds, sparking backlash.
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Madison expands affordable homeownership with ‘missing middle’ housing
By Grace Williams | Feb. 10The City of Madison celebrates two new affordable homes in the Owl Creek neighborhood, aimed at expanding affordable housing options for first-time homeowners.
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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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Madison seed library sprouts community gardening efforts
By Jane Dardik | Feb. 5Madison Public Library’s Seed Library distributes free native prairie and garden seeds each winter and spring, offering roughly 50,000 seed packets annually to community members across eight library branches.
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‘I would have done the same’: Nurses protest Alex Pretti’s death at the Capitol
By Sonia Bendre and Riley Nee | Feb. 3Around 150 nurses and medical professionals marched around the Capitol Friday in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s actions in Minnesota.
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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.
