As part of sweeping cutbacks to the Madison Library System’s operations, the Library Board voted on Thursday to shut down the Monroe Street branch for all of 2021. In a 5-4 vote, board members recommended a budget that would cut five percent, or about one million dollars, from the system’s 2021 budget. The tight decision […]
Local business owners express concern over demonstrations
Overall violent crime rates downtown and along the State Street area are down from this time last year, according to Madison Police Captain Kelly Donahue. Speaking to an assembly of Downtown Business Leaders earlier today, Donahue attributed the drop to COVID-19. “There was no significant increase, obviously in some areas like burglary, we had a […]
City to cut ten million dollars from tourism-related operations
On Tuesday, Madison’s Room Tax Commission voted unanimously to cut a total of ten million dollars in funding from the city’s tourism marketing and tourist-related operations. As part of the cuts, the Commission voted to cut $2.8 million in funding to Monona Terrace and $895,000 from the Overture Center. The slashes to the city’s hospitality […]
Immigration attorney Glorily Lopez explains recent ICE rule change
On Monday, the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, under a directive from the Trump administration, issued new rules that would revoke visas from some international students throughout the country. Students would be required to enroll in at least one 3-credit course held in person in order to be eligible to stay in the United States […]
City, County leadership announce mandatory mask policy
Starting next Monday, masks will be mandatory in Dane County. According to Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, county health officials plan to distribute masks in the coming days. “The masking order will go into effect Monday to make sure that we have the infrastructure in place to make everyone aware of the requirement and to […]
Police detain local protester in connection with attempted arson
Protest organizer Marquon Clark is being held in the Dane County Jail on charges of probation violation after he was stopped by police at a stoplight near Verona Road on Tuesday evening. He has not been charged, but is a person of interest in connection with last week’s attempted arson of the City County Building, […]
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