Madison firefighters local 311 will not agree to reopen their contract according to Mahlon Mitchell, President of local 311. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway has asked for city departments to cut their budgets across the board. To achieve these cuts, she has raised the issue of reopening the contract with the local. Regarding reopening the contract, […]
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Signs Executive Order Mandating Masks
Photo by Engin akyurt on Unsplash. “A few months ago, Wisconsin was in pretty good shape,” said Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. “The numbers were improving and we had made real progress in fighting this virus. Unfortunately, things have changed drastically since then. The tide has turned and we’re seeing a surge in new cases across […]
Wisconsin Congressional delegates push back on recent Trump tweet
In a tweet this morning, President Trump proposed delaying the November elections, arguing that a mail-in election would be the most “INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.” With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to […]
Madison, 1968 – Civil Rights on campus, part 1
Madison in the Sixties. Civil Rights on Campus, 1968 – part 1. “Wisconsin is a terribly bigoted place,” UW junior Gene Parks says in late April, “and If progress toward racial equality is going to be made, it will have to come within the white communities.” Director of the University YMCA’s Project TEACH, one of […]
City Finance Committee pauses vote on 1033 program
The Federal 1033 program allows police departments to purchase surplus equipment from the Department of Defense. Critics say it’s helped militarize police departments across the nation since then. “Beginning in the nineties, there was this ramping up of the idea that police were waging a war on crime. And one of the ways this war […]
Police union issues vote of no confidence in Mayor Rhodes-Conway
Madison’s local police union revoked their support of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway today. In an open letter, the Madison Professional Police Officers Association announced a declaration of no confidence, writing “We did not make this decision easily or in haste. Instead, our vote is the culmination of many months of frustration in the absence of […]
