The City of Madison has been selected as a Great Lakes Cohort participant in the Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) Food Matters Regional Initiative. Since 2016, as part of the Food Matters project, NRDC has partnered with cities to achieve…
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway today announced the recipients of the combined City-County Humanitarian Award honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The award winners, selected by the City-…
Today, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway joined Tenant Resource Center (TRC) Executive Director Robin Sereno to announce the creation of an estimated $16.2 million emergency package to help prevent evictions in…
Tuesday evening, the Madison Common Council adopted new requirements to advance electric vehicle (EV) charging in Madison. The new ordinance, championed by District 12 Alder Syed Abbas, requires at least 10% of newly-constructed parking for…
In the face of rising food security brought on by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, policymakers on the Common Council, City staff, and members of the Madison Food Policy Council have created the 2021 Healthy…
Today the Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) released the results of more testing for PFAS in the soil and shallow groundwater of two historic fire training areas. PFAS are a large group of man-made chemicals that are fire resistant, and repel oil…
Lawsuit Challenged Democracy in the ParkI am glad these absurd lawsuits against the Wisconsin vote are being knocked down one by one. I am particularly glad the ballot boxes we secured and installed to help keep voting safe in the midst of a…
The City of Madison Department of Civil Rights has hired Kristy Kumar for the position of Equity & Social Justice Manager. This is a new position to lead a new division within the Department. Kumar officially starts in January and will report to…
Beginning Monday, December 7, the City of Madison will move to the next stage of speed changes in this city-wide effort for the Vision Zero initiative. Similar to the recent East Washington Ave, Milwaukee Street, and Raymond Road changes, digital…
When I released my Executive Budget in October, it included a mandatory furlough program requiring 2-4 furlough days for each City employee in 2021, with higher paid employees taking more days than lower paid employees. The impact was to be spread…
Following 10 successful seasons of bike share, Madison BCycle and the City of Madison have renewed their operating agreement to continue operating the electric bike share program in Madison for another 10 years. The agreement includes an option for…
Starting Wednesday, November 25th, the City of Madison will fly the flag of the Ho-Chunk Nation in front of the Madison Municipal Building on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway signed a proclamation today causing the flag to be…
From the very beginning of this pandemic, Public Health Madison & Dane County has relied on science and data to guide their actions, and they continue to do that in Public Health Order #10.
The City of Madison’s Traffic Engineering team was recently presented Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of Wisconsin’s 2020 Project of the Year Award. This distinction was earned for the City’s Active Traffic Management System, which combines…
Last night the Madison Common Council approved the 2021 Capital and Operating Budgets. The Council adopted a $166.4 million Capital Budget and a $349.5 million Operating Budget that was about $28,000 below the allowable levy increase.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced today that the temporary homeless shelter for men will be leaving the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, where it has operated since March 30, and moving to the recently vacated City Fleet Services…
Madisonians cast 161,836 ballots in yesterday’s historic 2020 election, an all-time record which represents 84.7% of registered voters.
With almost all the vote in, statewide the unofficial election results show Joe Biden ahead by 20,000 votes. This…
