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Family and friends held a vigil Monday for Tony Robinson, an unarmed teenager fatally shot by a Madison police officer in 2015, to commemorate the anniversary of his death.

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Discontent persists two years after officer shooting of Tony Robinson

By Gina Heeb and Claire Lancaster | Mar. 6, 2017

Grief and anger were palpable as hundreds of friends, family and community members held a demonstration Monday night to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the death of Tony Robinson, a teenager shot and killed in 2015 by Madison Police Department Officer Matt Kenny. Family and friends still seeking justice Demonstrators chanted, “The whole damn system is guilty as hell, indict, convict, send those killer cops to jail,” and “No justice, no peace, no racist police,” as they marched from Madison East High School to the Social Justice Center—a block from where Robinson was shot.

Houses on Mifflin Street usually hold hundreds of party-going UW-Madison students one Saturday at the end of spring semester, but, this year, one group of housemates will make their house an alternative space to hold discussions of the current political climate.

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Residents plan to ‘make Mifflin a protest again’

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 6, 2017

Toward the end of every spring semester, Mifflin Street residents open their doors to hundreds of UW-Madison students and Madison residents for a Saturday of celebration.

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.

A man connected with three different downtown burglaries that occurred in January was arrested Wednesday by Madison police on multiple counts of theft.

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Man arrested in connection with three recent downtown burglaries

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 2, 2017

A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in connection with three different downtown burglaries, according to the Madison Police Department. Grahm T.

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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.

A 31-year-old man crashed into an East Washington Avenue hotel Wednesday after being shot multiple times by a suspect who is still at large.

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Man fatally shot on East Washington Avenue, crashes into hotel

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 1, 2017

A man drove into an East side hotel and died after being shot multiple times by a still-at-large suspect early Wednesday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.

Mayor Paul Soglin said Tuesday that the proposal to cut funding for Wisconsin’s Farm to School program is a “fake austerity measure.”

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Soglin knocks school nutrition program funding cuts

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 28, 2017

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says cutting funding to a state nutritional program that encourages locally-grown food in schools sends a message to the community: Wisconsin lawmakers prioritize penny-pinching over health and agricultural benefits.

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.

A 23-year-old Madison man was arrested Sunday around bartime after beating a man unconscious and striking a woman in the face, according to Madison police.

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Suspect arrested in downtown parking garage for beating man unconscious, striking woman

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 27, 2017

A man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman downtown, according to the Madison Police Department. Percell T.

An incident on North Frances Street resulted in a man being knocked unconscious Tuesday morning.

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Man arrested near west side for sexual assault of 14-year-old girl

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 27, 2017

A man was arrested on the west side of Madison last week following an investigation into the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, the Madison Police Department said Monday in an incident report.

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Capitol Square reconstruction work to start Monday

By Noah Habenstreit | Feb. 26, 2017

The City of Madison is set to embark on a project that will “reconstruct” the south side of Capitol Square, with preliminary construction work beginning Monday.

The 300 block of North Lake Street will be closed from Saturday, May 6 to Saturday, May 13.

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Two men arrested after drug deal results in foot chase across campus

By Cailynn Hensen | Feb. 23, 2017

Two men were arrested Wednesday afternoon after involvement in a drug-related foot chase across UW-Madison campus, according to Madison Police Department.

A historic $3.35 million settlement was reached Thursday between the family of Tony Robinson, an unarmed nineteen-year-old who was shot and killed in 2015 by Madison Police Department officer Matt Kenny, and a city of Madison insurer.

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Family of Tony Robinson to receive $3.35 million in settlement

By Megan Provost | Feb. 23, 2017

Early Thursday morning—nearly two years after Tony Robinson, an unarmed 19-year-old, was shot and killed by Madison police officer Matt Kenny—a lawsuit filed against the city of Madison by the Robinson family concluded in a $3.35 million settlement.

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Spring primary sees relatively strong voter turnout

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 22, 2017

Tuesday’s municipal primary had relatively strong voter turnout in Madison and Dane County, according to the city and county clerks’ offices.

Lake Monona ice begins to melt in the week leading up to all-time high winter temperatures in Madison, peaking at 68 degrees on Feb. 22.

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Winter temperatures in Madison hit all-time high

By Gina Heeb | Feb. 22, 2017

Following a week of unseasonably warm weather, Madison broke the record Wednesday for highest temperature ever tracked in the city during winter.

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.

Incumbent Tony Evers and former Beloit superintendent Lowell Holtz advanced to the general election for state superintendent Tuesday, after defeating opponents John Humphries and Rick Melcher in the spring primary.

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Evers, Holtz clinch state superintendent nominations

By Claire Lancaster | Feb. 21, 2017

Incumbent State Superintendent Tony Evers and former Beloit superintendent Lowell Holtz advanced to the general election in Wisconsin’s only statewide primary on Tuesday.

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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.