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State Superintendent and Democratic nominee for governor Tony Evers took shots at Gov. Scott Walker in his tenth annual State of Education address, calling for significant increases in state aid and financial support to schools and students.
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Drinking fountains at six Madison schools test positive for lead

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 5, 2017

All six schools tested by Madison’s school district contain lead levels higher than the national standard for contamination in their drinking water. Water fountains at East High School, Sherman and Blackhawk Middle Schools and Gompers, Lowell and Lapham Elementary Schools, all on the city’s east side, contained lead amounts higher than 15 parts per billion, the Madison Metropolitan School District said Thursday.

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Clerk’s office steps up election transparency

By Cailynn Hensen | Mar. 2, 2017

A newly available program that allows the public to access ballots cast in the last presidential race is making Dane County a pioneer in election transparency. The county clerk’s office is now disclosing every ballot cast from the November election to the public on its website, through the computer program Election Audit Central. “This was impossible a couple of years ago,” said Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell.

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Hughes ends Madison School Board re-election campaign

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 1, 2017

Incumbent Madison School Board member Ed Hughes announced Wednesday that he is ending his campaign for re-election to seat seven in order to be with his wife, who is ill. “Yesterday, we learned that my wife’s cancer has returned,” Hughes said in an email statement.

Police Chief Mike Koval expressed Friday MPD’s discontent with the historic settlement reached in the Tony Robinson case last week, highlighting that it should not be seen as an “admission of guilt.”
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MPD chief: Tony Robinson settlement not ‘admission of guilt’

By Claire Lancaster | Feb. 27, 2017

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval echoed the discontent of the city’s police union leaders, asserting that the $3.35 million settlement last week paid to the family of Tony Robinson by the city’s insurer was not an admission of guilt. The federal civil rights lawsuit was brought by the family of Tony Robinson, an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed after an altercation with Madison Police Department Officer Matt Kenny in March 2015.

Tuesday’s primary narrowed down candidates for two different Madison School Board races. Ali Muldrow and Kate Toews will compete for seat six; Ed Hughes and Nicki Vander Meulen will vie for seat seven.
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Madison School Board candidates advance to general election

By Lawrence Andrea | Feb. 21, 2017

In Tuesday’s spring primary, candidate pools for two different Madison School Board seats were narrowed down to candidates who will advance to the general election. Madison School Board, Seat Six Ali Mudrow and Kate Toews are set to vie for seat six of Madison School Board in the upcoming general election, after defeating Cris Carusi in the spring primary Wednesday. Toews beat Carusi by a .3 percent margin, securing 30.2 percent of votes.

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Meet the candidate: Matt Andrzejewski for Madison School Board

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 20, 2017

Matt Andrzejewski, a university professor and father of a local high school student, says addressing education issues at any level starts with ensuring high teacher morale—especially in the case of Madison Metropolitan School District, where he is running for seat seven on the Board of Education. “How we honor and respect our teachers is a big concern to me,” Andrzejewski said.

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Meet the candidate: Ed Hughes for Madison School Board

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 20, 2017

Incumbent candidate Ed Hughes, who has served on seat seven of Madison School Board for nine years, says his experience would allow him to effectively lead efforts to secure adequate resources for schools and to address the district’s achievement gap in a fourth term, if reelected. Public education is “under assault” at the federal and state level, according to Hughes.

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Meet the candidate: Nicki Vander Meulen for Madison School Board

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 20, 2017

Nicki Vander Meulen says she would love to be “out of business” as a juvenile attorney. After seeing the same kids coming back to her for legal help, Vander Meulen—deciding it was time to strengthen restorative justice programs in local education—filed candidacy papers for seat seven of the Madison Metropolitan School District board.

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