Last night, the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a new 2021 budget. The board will spend $615.5 million on an operating budget and $80.7 million on its capital budget. Notably, the budgets will fund various affordable housing projects, more construction on the Lower Yahara River Trail, and provide funds to purchase land […]
City Officials Urge Caution as Holiday Season Approaches
With the holiday season approaching, and coronavirus cases steadily rising, Dane County officials are asking residents to take individual responsibility to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Local officials are also calling for the state legislature to reconvene to create a comprehensive state-wide plan for the pandemic. Outside the Alliant Energy Center exhibition hall today, Madison […]
Homeless Community Braces for Winter as New Shelter Announced
Editor’s Note: This story was broadcast before the sale for the new emergency homeless shelter fell through. According to the Mayor’s office, the sale was broken off by the property’s owner. In a press release sent on October 21st, Mayor Rhodes-Conway said the project will continue and city officials will seek a new location for […]
Dane County Board Passes Criminal Justice Reform Package
Last Thursday, the Dane County Board of Supervisors passed a large criminal justice reform package intended to address racial disparities in policing and incarceration. While local officials say the package is an important first step in bringing concrete change, some Madison residents criticized the package for not going far enough. The Dane County Board of […]
Dane County announces funding for new Center for Black Excellence and ...
Yesterday, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that he’d be allocating $810,000 from his 2021 county budget to support the construction of a new Center for Black Excellence and Culture on Madison’s south side. For more on the new center, and what it’ll offer to the greater Dane County Black community, WORT producer Jonah Chester […]
County and UW-Madison leadership exchange heated words via press relea...
On our new feature series, WORT sits down with the editorial staff over at one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers, The Daily Cardinal, to get an update on the latest campus news. On today’s episode, WORT producer Jonah Chester spoke with Kalli Anderson and Will Cioci, Editors-in-Chief of the Daily Cardinal, about the recent back-and-forth between […]
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