Firefighter Union President Mahlon Mitchell was one of nearly fifty union members who attended the City Council’s 2020 budget deliberations last night to voice their support of a proposal to staff a ninth ambulance. Mitchell noted that the union was not seeking increased wages or reduced hours, but rather the City’s support to protect the […]
WORT Weekly Rewind: November 1st, 2019
In this November 1st edition we review an Assembly bill that would change how the state expunges criminal convictions, the city council’s vote on a proposed wheel tax, new legislation that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana statewide, Madison’s call for residents to be mindful of their salt use in the winter, and […]
City Council Considers Wheel Tax, Amendments
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the $40 wheel tax included in her 2020 budget is one of her only options to gain revenue, short of cutting other essential City of Madison services. “When I say that the vehicle registration fee is our only option, it is literally the only option that the State legislature has […]
New Agenda for Madison Common Council
Madison voters elected a new mayor last April, ousting so-called “mayor-for-life” Paul Soglin in favor of Satya Rhodes Conway. But the mayor’s seat wasn’t the only turnover. Voters also sent nine new Alders to the 20-member Common Council, none of whom have ever held elected office before. The grassroots party Progressive Dane won nine of […]
Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Fifteen
District 15 is on Madison’s east side. It’s been represented by David Ahrens since 2013 and isn’t seeking reelection. The district includes Atwood from Olbrich down to Monona, as well Stoughton Road from East Washington to Monona. It also includes most of Highway 30. Three candidates are vying to fill Ahren’s open seat. The top […]
Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Thirteen
District 13 is on Madison’s near west side. It’s been respresented by Allen Arnsten. The retired attorney has been filling in for Sarah Eskrich, who announced over the summer she would be stepping down. Arnstead isn’t running for the seat. The district includes the Vilas and Greenbush neighborhoods, as well as South Park street until […]
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