Dane County is poised to allocate more than $8.2 million to fund the construction of 465 affordable housing units. Those units will be scattered across the region — with 189 in the city of Madison and 276 in the county’s other communities. For more on the project, and how county officials are approaching affordable housing […]
School funding takes center stage in Jill Underly’s State of Educati...
State Superintendent Jill Underly took office earlier this spring, as COVID cases were on the decline and the potential for a semi-normal fall semester seemed possible. Now, as the state contends with the surging Delta coronavirus variant, those hopes have been dashed. “The past 18 months have tested us in ways we could never have […]
Madison in the Sixties – Muhammad Ali
Madison in the Sixties – Muhammad Ali He was still Cassius Clay when he came to Madison in April 1959 to box at the UW Field House in the elimination trials for the Pan American Games. Just 17 years old, he was already showing great promise, winning light heavyweight titles in the Golden Gloves and […]
Madison common council greenlights pay increases for city general empl...
Fourteen hundred Madison general municipal employees are lagging behind fire and police employees in wage increases. Yesterday, Madison’s common council passed a resolution to close that gap. The measure — which passed 19-1, with Alder Keith Furman as the lone hold-out — will match General Municipal employees’ pay increase schedule with protective service employees by […]
City Redistricting Pushback: UW-Madison Students
All of Madison’s alder districts need to have roughly the same population size. City staff and the Redistricting Committee armed with new census data are trying to make that happen. However, Alder Julia Bennett (district 8) is concerned that the proposed changes will crack the vote of UW-Madison students. The eighth alder district houses many UW-Madison […]
Two Statues Back at the Capitol. A Third on the Way?
This morning, two statues returned to the grounds of the State Capitol after a fifteen month hiatus – and a third may be on the way. The two statues – of Forward and of abolitionist and civil war fighter Hans Christian Heg – are back around the Capitol Square. They’ve been out of commission for […]
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