This past Monday, numerous media outlets, including WORT, reported that the Lafayette County Land Conservation Committee would not vote on a resolution that sought to prosecute journalists and discipline county officials for how they handle information relating to a water quality study in southwest Wisconsin. However, that resolution remained on the agenda and was taken […]
City Council Rejects Ambulance
Firefighter Union President Mahlon Mitchell was one of nearly fifty union members who attended the City Council’s 2020 budget deliberations last night to voice their support of a proposal to staff a ninth ambulance. Mitchell noted that the union was not seeking increased wages or reduced hours, but rather the City’s support to protect the […]
Dane County Approves Funding for Controversial Salvation Army Campus
Last night, the Dane County Board of Supervisors passed a budget item that will give nearly $1.5 million to the Salvation Army of Dane County for its proposal to demolish its existing shelter and build an expanded shelter in the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood on Madison’s east-side. The Salvation Army purchased the old St. Patrick’s Catholic School […]
Madison Students March on State Capital, Support DACA
Hundreds of high school and college students from across the Madison area met at the State Capitol earlier today with one message: Preserve DACA. They chanted phrases such as “Up, up with education. Down, down with deportation” as they approached the State Capitol. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It is a program […]
Madison Fire Chief Calls for Ninth Ambulance
In 2010, the City of Madison added its eighth ambulance. Now, nearly ten years later, Madison Fire Chief Steven Davis is calling upon the City to add its ninth. According to Davis, emergency calls have grown about 5 to 7 percent each year, and resources have not kept up. Davis also says that when all […]
What’s the Word: Incarceration
From Governor Tony Evers’ pardons to Oklahoma’s record-day of commutations, stories of incarceration and freedom have recently dotted both local and national headlines. Today on “What’s the Word,” Adam Schuster digs into the history of American incarceration, tracing its complex attachment to slavery in the U.S. and how Wisconsin prisons compare to those across the […]
