District 15 is on Madison’s east side. It’s been represented by David Ahrens since 2013 and isn’t seeking reelection. The district includes Atwood from Olbrich down to Monona, as well Stoughton Road from East Washington to Monona. It also includes most of Highway 30. Three candidates are vying to fill Ahren’s open seat. The top […]
Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Thirteen
District 13 is on Madison’s near west side. It’s been respresented by Allen Arnsten. The retired attorney has been filling in for Sarah Eskrich, who announced over the summer she would be stepping down. Arnstead isn’t running for the seat. The district includes the Vilas and Greenbush neighborhoods, as well as South Park street until […]
Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Twelve
District 12 includes parts of Madison’s East and North Sides, and had been represented by Larry Palm, who has been on the council since 2005. He announced last fall that he wouldn’t seek reelection. This district stretches east and north of East Washington Avenue, and includes Eken Park and Emerson East neighborhoods, as well as […]
Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Three
District Three is on Madison’s far east side and had been represented by Amanda Hall. Hall bought a house outside of the district and had to leave her seat. The district stretches along Milwaukee street and Cottage Grove Road east of Stoughton Road. It also includes the neighborhoods east of I-90. There are three candidates […]
Madison In The Sixties: February – February 1969 – The Black S...
50 years ago this week, a symposium sparked the climactic and most successful political protest of the sixties in Madison, the Black Studies Strike. Madison, February 1969 – The Black Studies Strike, part 1 The climactic protest of the decade is sparked by a symposium, as the weeklong conference “The Black Revolution: To What Ends?” […]
Madison In The Sixties: January – The Movement
Students strike for a Black Studies department, Madison hires its first African-American police officer, and teenagers burn a cross on a black family’s front law. Madison in the Sixties – The Movement January 3— Governor Warren Knowles appoints Madison police department’s number two man, inspector Herman Thomas to the State Equal Rights Council. January […]
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