Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today the Wisconsin state senate considered a slate of bills, from legalizing paddlewheel raffles, requiring the national anthem at state sports arenas, to a handful of election related legislation. Also on the docket were five police reform bills which, according to the Associated Press, are the legislature’s first passed bills […]
How local grocery stores and retailers recycle plastic bags
WORT 89.9FM Madison · How local grocery stores and retailers recycle plastic bags Photo courtesy Griffin Wooldridge on Unsplash. Four weeks ago, the city of Madison announced an end to its plastic bag recycling program, saying the program was no longer feasible. Pellitteri Waste Systems, which contracts with the city to recycle, said […]
New City Council Sworn In
What may be the most diverse Madison Common Council in history was officially sworn in this afternoon, as leadership changed hands from outgoing to incoming alders. Outgoing alder Marsha Rummel has served the east side for fourteen years. She decided not to run for reelection this cycle. “When I was elected, the council was majority […]
MAPS: Ward by ward, here’s how people voted for contested Madiso...
The new leadership on the Madison Common Council will take office April 20th. For a cap on our spring elections coverage, here’s how Madison voted for alder in contested alder elections on April 6th, 2021. Twelve Madison alder seats had a competitive election during the spring election: seven incumbent alders faced a challenger, but were […]
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bills on Holocaust Education, PTSD, and Fede...
Today, Wisconsin’s state assembly met to vote on a slew of bills. The first two bills, one which set aside money to help soldiers with PTSD and another to require that the holocaust be taught in middle school and high school, passed with unanimous support. Then the assembly spent hours discussing a series of bills […]
Madison Ends Plastic Bag Recycling
Photo courtesy Christopher Vega on Unsplash. On Tuesday, the Madison Streets Division announced that the city would cease recycling plastic film and plastic bags – and that residents should no longer place plastic bags into their recycling. But according to city recycling spokesman Bryan Johnson, recycling plastic bags has always been somewhat problematic. “We were […]
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