Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are small housing units built on the same property of an existing home. The small flats are also called “granny flats” or “backyard cottages,” and are only allowed on properties that have a single-family home. Now, City of Madison leaders are looking to cut red tape – changing zoning requirements […]
Residential Project Aims to Help Avoid Grocery Shortage in South Madis...
The Pick ‘N Save located on S. Park Street plans to shut down in 2022. This means some Madison residents might need to travel nearly three miles to get to the nearest full-grocery option. In the face of the space being used by businesses – and to avoid a food desert for the area, neighborhood […]
City of Madison 2022 Budget Brief
In October of 2020, at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, the City of Madison, like governments everywhere, braced for the worst. With the globe in lockdown, travel, tourism and parking revenues tanked,and new construction tailed off, depriving the city of the only sources of revenue over which it had any control. Fast forward to […]
Madison Leaders Show Support for UW Health Nurses’ Union Effort
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented numerous challenges for frontline medical workers. Since last March, nurses and hospital workers have faced staffing shortages, inadequate personal protective equipment, and medical misinformation. Susan Nicol, a registered nurse at UW Health, said at a press conference today that many nurses are afraid to speak up for fear of being […]
City and County Require Workers to be Vaccinated
Local officials announced on Tuesday that all City of Madison and Dane County employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get weekly COVID-19 tests. The move comes as coronavirus cases across the state have spiked in recent weeks. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, and Public Health Madison and Dane County Director […]
LGBTQ Representation in Elected Office with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
Madison Mayor Satya-Rhodes Conway recently issued a proclamation honoring the life and legacy of Harvey Milk. Milk was one of the first openly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States when he was elected as San Francisco city supervisor. His election was an inspiration to members of the LGBTQ community that they, too, could run […]
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