The Dane County Parks Department ticketed members of Occupy Madison as well as others who were at the Lake View Hill County Park Sunday night for being at the site after park hours ended, according to a local housing activist.
Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, confirmed Sunday she would not run for reelection to her City Council seat in April and will instead pursue a master’s degree to move her career “to the next level.”
Gov. Scott Walker confirmed Friday that Wisconsin will defer implementation of a healthcare exchange to the federal government, a decision he had to make as a first step toward establishing the Affordable Healthcare Act in the state.
Madison police arrested a local man Wednesday afternoon for drug-related charges after an officer found the 27-year-old passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle on West Gilman Street, according to a police incident report.
After city Council approved the $192 million Capital Budget and $267.1 million Operating Budget this week, Mayor Paul Soglin signed the City of Madison 2013 budget Friday.
Metro Transit bus drivers began enforcing a long-standing policy of requiring people to show identification with their unlimited ride bus passes Monday and have since confiscated several bus passes.
County officials approved in a 33-2 vote Thursday the opening of a temporary day warming shelter on 827 E. Washington Ave., a site across the street from the lot formerly used for an Occupy Madison camp in fall 2011.
Developers and community leaders broke ground Thursday on the long-awaited $98 million Edgewater redevelopment project.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi signed the $524.6 million 2013 County Budget Thursday, following a vote by the County Board.
Madison’s Common Council approved the $267.1 million 2013 Operating Budget, which grants the Overture Center for the Arts $1.75 million in city funds and does not raise bus fares.
Developers of the Edgewater Hotel will break ground on a $98 million renovation project Thursday.
Madison police arrested four teenagers, ages 14 to 16, Tuesday afternoon for a weapons violation after an officer found the teens in a vehicle with a loaded handgun in its glove compartment.
Madison’s city Council will deliberate and vote on Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed operating and capital budgets for 2013, including a set of amendments packaged together, during three upcoming meetings this week.
After the city of Madison issued an eviction notice for Occupy Madison members to vacate a site on East Washington Avenue Wednesday, the group set up camp at a county park Saturday.
A county court charged a former University of Wisconsin-Madison plant researcher Friday with two felonies for allegedly growing marijuana in a university lab.
Local music artists expressed concern with Mayor Paul Soglin’s plan to implement a free city-wide music festival in 2013 at a town hall meeting Thursday.
Construction on the renovation of the 100 block of State Street began Thursday and is expected to be completed in the the spring of 2014, according to the Block 100 Foundation.
Beginning Monday, students using their unlimited-rides bus pass will have to show their WisCards to bus drivers when boarding Metro Transit vehicles that require the swipe of a pass to board.
City officials gave initial approval for one proposed downtown building and postponed further discussion of two other building proposals at an Urban Design Commission meeting Wednesday night.
The city of Madison issued an eviction notice to members of “Occupy Madison” living on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue Wednesday, ordering all persons to vacate the site by Nov. 9.
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