In a surprise announcement Thursday, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said the Madison Chamber of Commerce had accepted an offer to purchase their building as a site for the long-delayed homeless day shelter and resource center.
Pledge Edition: Happy Birthday Madison!
Happy Birthday Madison! The city of Madison is 160 years old today! In addition, today is A Public Affair’s last day of Pledge Drive! Today sub host Bert Zipperer talks with Brenda Konkel of the Tenant Resource Center to discuss housing rights, democracy and the attacks on tenant rights in Wisconsin. Click here or visit the […]
Wisconsin Tenants, Landlords, and AB 568
Last week the Assembly Real Estate Committee heard public testimony on AB 568, which would dramatically change — yet again — -the relationship between tenants and landlords in Wisconsin. The bill is still in committee, but could be released for a floor vote any day now. Brenda Konkel from the Tenant Resource Center joins Buzz […]
This Week in Local Government (Aug. 17th-23rd)
MADISON (WORT) — Dane County officials are moving forward with an indoor ban on e-cigarettes. The City of Madison is discussing whether to increase fees on sidewalk cafes and more debate is scheduled on Mayor Paul Soglin’s controversial bench ordinance targeting the city’s homeless residents.
Homeless Advocates Respond to Soglin's Bench Ordinance
MADISON (WORT) — Mayor Paul Soglin is proposing to the Madison Common Council some new ordinances that would limit the time that anyone could stand, sit, or lay down in the central business district. Several advocates for the homeless spoke to WORT’s Craig McComb in studio.
Homeless Advocates Dumbfounded by Soglin’s Veto
MADISON (WORT) — The Madison Common Council unanimously voted to add homelessness to the city’s list of protected classes in early June. But on Tuesday, Mayor Paul Soglin surprised many by vetoing the new protections for the city’s homeless citizens.