Madison, the second week in January January 11, 1960 — The Madison Council of Parent- Teacher Associations stops sponsoring Saturday movies at the Strand and Eastwood because the children keep misbehaving. 140 January 14 1965 The city council ignores the advice from city attorney Edwin Conrad and adopts an ordinance, 14–7, barring the issuance of a […]
Officially English?
In 2013, then-Representatives André Jacque and Dave Craig introduced a bill that would have made English the official language of Wisconsin. The Republicans controlled the legislature at the time, but the bill didn’t receive a hearing. Now the bill’s authors are reviving the bill in the state senate. Their stated motives? To encourage non-English speakers […]
The Way We Eat: Isthmus Eats
In the past five years, meal kit delivery services have undergone the equivalent of an economic rollercoaster. Blue Apron, one of the first services in the space, lost more than 30% of their customers in the past two years. Their stock has dropped more than 90% since their Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2017. Hello […]
Wisconsin Lawmakers Push for Clean Water
Today, state legislators introduced a package of bills to improve water quality in Wisconsin. Throughout 2019, the Water Quality Task Force conducted 14 hearings across the state and worked with dozens of organizations. Now their bills will invest state dollars into programs they say are working and create new policies where they say improvements are […]
Madison “Not The Worst” for Homeless Individuals
On Monday, the City-County Homeless Issues Committee heard a presentation on a report from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty during its first meeting of the new year. The presentation looked at the Center’s Housing, Not Handcuffs report, which looks at how cities around the country treat acts such as sleeping or sitting […]
Madison, the second week of January in the 60s
Madison in the Sixties – the second week of January January 111960 — The Madison Council of Parent- Teacher Associations stops sponsoring Saturday movies at the Strand and Eastwood because the children keep misbehaving. January 14 1965 The city council ignores the advice from city attorney Edwin Conrad and adopts an ordinance, 14–7, barring the […]
