Yesterday, the city of Madison released a tentative plan to mitigate PFAS contamination at one of its wells. Well 15 has been shut down since March 2019, after community members raised concerns over PFAS contamination at the site. The well, located in northeast Madison, is about a mile away from the Truax Air Field — […]
Digging into Madison’s Advisory Referenda on Alders
Madison’s Task Force on Government Structure wrote in their final report that “the city’s current government structure is an impediment to full participation and representation and, therefore, that the city’s structure is fundamentally unfair to a large portion of the city’s population, including, most notably, the city’s residents of color and low income.” As a […]
Madison’s advisory referenda on alder positions explained
Updated March 26th The Wisconsin spring election is approaching in just a few weeks on Tuesday, April 6th, and Madison residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on the job of alder. There are four referendum questions on the spring ballot for the City of Madison, which ask voters how they think the Madison […]
In dangerously cold weather, pandemic preparations pay off for Madison...
Dane County’s homeless shelters have spent the past ten months implementing plans to prevent community spread of the COVID-19 virus through the local homeless population. Now, those same pandemic-induced adaptations are helping local shelters weather this week’s dangerous cold front. Casey Becker, Director of Dane County’s Division of Housing Access and Affordability, says that the city […]
Dane County faces new legal challenge over recent public health orders...
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative legal group, announced today a new legal challenge against Dane county’s public health department. It’s the third time the group – better known as WILL – has challenged a COVID-19 emergency order issued by Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC), and its director, Janel Heinrich. WILL […]
Madison’s cost to service state facilities is growing, as state ...
The cost Wisconsin’s cities incur from maintaining and serving state facilities have steadily climbed since the mid-1980s. But, for the past ten years, reimbursements on those costs from the state government have remained the same, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The result is an ever-increasing financial burden on cities, forcing […]
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