The hunt for a venue for a new men’s homeless shelter continues for the city of Madison after a seller backed out of an initial, tentative deal to put the facility on the city’s east side.
Several alders on the Madison City Council felt that they were being asked to “take sides” in the ongoing battle between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its students.
The City of Madison installed the drop boxes during a record-setting time for absentee ballot requests.
The Madison school district will carry on with virtual learning at all grade levels until Jan. 22, 2021.
Residents from under-reported areas, including off-campus housing, are especially encouraged to fill out the 2020 Census.
The City of Madison hired an unprecedented 6,000 poll workers this fall in anticipation for the upcoming Nov. 3 election, a total that dwarfs recent election cycles.
The long-time member of the County Board passed away over the weekend.
Public Health Madison & Dane County will offer a drive-through flu clinic to prevent the spread of the flu while COVID-19 cases in the county remain high.
As Dane County’s inpatient record goes up, so has the number of symptomatic and syndromic cases.
To thwart the continued transmission of COVID-19, the Madison Police Department began instituting measures to limit social gatherings in the downtown area with the support of UW-Madison leadership.
The City Council approved an ordinance allowing the Madison Police Department to continue, with constraints, to obtain equipment through its 1033 program and passed measures to launch a study on de-escalation alternatives before banning tear gas Tuesday night.
A proposed ordinance would prohibit the Madison Police Department from obtaining equipment through the "1033 Program," a federal program that allows law enforcement agencies to acquire military gear.
City leaders have announced all the community-selected appointees ahead of the Tuesday City Council meeting.
Supervisors support the resolution but do not believe the County Board has the authority to make demands of the university.
A new policy in the Madison Metropolitan School District that would allow staff to use transgender students’ preferred names and pronouns without consulting parents has been halted amid a temporary injunction after facing a conservative advocacy group’s legal challenges.
As Madisonians prepare to cast their ballots in this year’s presidential election, residents must also decide whether or not they support the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Future Ready Referenda.
The Plaza tavern’s GoFundMe campaign likely to reach $75,000 goal after just one week.
The Friday event proceeded as planned amid calls from GOP legislators to cancel.
The Madison Police Department spent nearly $20,000 on tear gas, pepper spray, foam bullets and other riot control materials in response to protests after the death of George Floyd from May 30 to June 1, according to an open records request.
The Finance Committee voted to approve the program that could fund 48 body cameras for police officers.
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