Two weeks ago, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway gave the city’s Board of Police and Fire Commissioners ninety days to select a new Chief of Police. But according to members of the board, that timeline isn’t feasible. A draft timeline of the selection process indicates the city won’t have a new police chief until December at […]
New group seeks to recall Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
On July 8th, a group called “Recall Satya 2020,” filed paperwork with the city Clerk’s office to officially kick off a recall attempt for Mayor Rhodes-Conway. The group will need to gather at least 36,204 signatures by mid-September to trigger an official recall election. Last Thursday, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Jon Rygiewicz, the […]
Federal moratorium on evictions set to expire this week
The federal moratorium on evictions is set to expire. The moratorium, passed in late March as part of the federal CARES act, temporarily blocked evictions on federally-subsidized properties. Lolita Phillips is a Community Partner with the Madison-based Tenant Resource Center and Ina’ Streets, a group that helps tenants navigate the eviction process. She says that […]
Proposed bill would make destruction of state statues a felony
On June 23rd, demonstrators protesting against the arrest of a local Black Lives Matter organizer toppled two prominent statues on the state capitol grounds. Protesters dragged the Forward statue, in chains, down State Street. They also beheaded the statue of Hans Christian Heg, an anti-slavery activist who fought for the Union during the Civil War, […]
Goodman Pool reopens for the summer
Today marked Goodman Pool’s first official day of summer. The pool, located on the city’s near southside, was originally going to reopen yesterday, but that plan was scrapped due to high chances of storms. Today, the weather was a comfortable seventy-six degrees with slight cloud cover. But, despite the ideal weather, there was no typical […]
New Madison Police Chief unlikely before December
According to a draft timeline of the selection process, the Madison Board of Police and Fire Commissioners intends to select a new permanent Chief of Police by the end of this year. That’s nearly double the timeline proposed by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, who says she wants a new chief to be selected in the next […]
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