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Madison Gets Serious About Historic Preservation

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Humans have inhabited the area where Madison now sits for at least 12,000 years.  Over a thousand years ago, the Woodland Culture people built the highest density of effigy mounds of anywhere on the globe.  By 1800, the area had become the homeland of the Ho-Chunk, who called the area Taychopera, which means “land of […]

Wisconsin Will Hold Spring Elections Tomorrow

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Wisconsin’s elections are still on tomorrow after a last second back-and-forth between Governor Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers. Earlier today, with Wisconsin’s presidential primary less than twenty-four hours away, Governor Tony Evers issued an executive order suspending in-person voting in the state.   “We expect more cases [of COVID-19], we expect more deaths, [and] we expect […]

Wisconsin National Guard Members to Work at Poll Sites

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Due to the ongoing outbreak of novel coronavirus, fourteen states and one U.S. territory have made changes to their upcoming elections, either switching to mail-only voting or postponing them entirely. Wisconsin is not among them.  The state Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee have sued the state to postpone the upcoming April 7th election, […]

State Commission Deadlocked on Elections Motion

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is undecided about whether or not next week’s presidential primary should take place as scheduled.  Earlier today, the Commission failed to pass a proposal from Commissioner Chair Dean Knudson that would have had the Commission tell a federal court it doesn’t think the election should be moved.  Three Commissioners appointed by […]

City Council to Consider Opposing F-35s

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While the COVID-19 outbreak demands immediate and ongoing attention from all levels of government, some local matters simply can’t be paused.  Tomorrow night, Madison’s city council will consider over one hundred agenda items, including a resolution to oppose the stationing of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field on the city’s northeast side.  “This resolution is […]

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