Who provides medical assistance for people who are in jail? That is a question the Dane County Board of Supervisors had to answer last week as a contract with a healthcare provider was coming to an end.
Operating Budget Amendments Propose Expanding CARES Program
It’s budget week for the City of Madison! Increasing funding for the police alternative response line – CARES – is the subject of two separate amendments in the operating budget. Alders are split, though, on how to fund that increase in funding. WORT’s Antonio Barreras Lozano reports.