Another hassle for Occupy Madison homeless encampment
The Occupy Madison homeless encampment spent most of last summer at Dane County campgrounds. It hoped to do the same this year when the parks reopened for camping. But when the campers showed up at...
View ArticleMadison receives four proposals for Judge Doyle Square development
The city of Madison received four proposals for Judge Doyle Square, the two-block area that includes the Municipal Building and an aging parking ramp. The proposals are expected to be made public later...
View ArticleJudge Doyle Square proposals fall short of consultant's recommendation
The city received four proposal for Judge Doyle Square, the two-block area off the Capitol Square that includes the Municipal Building and an aging parking ramp. All the developers propose hotels...
View ArticleJail Library Group connects Dane County inmates to knowledge, community
David Person loves reading to his 2-year-old daughter. But unlike most parents, he can't do it whenever he wants. Person is currently locked up in the Dane County Jail for violating his probation.
View ArticleMadison narrows choices on major Judge Doyle Square redevelopment
The committee evaluating proposals for Judge Doyle Square -- the two-block area that includes the Madison Municipal Building downtown -- eliminated one of the four development teams from contention...
View ArticleNeighbors worry about East Washington hotel project's effect on traffic,...
The first of two neighborhood meetings for development projects just east of Capitol Square revealed deep concerns from neighbors about parking, neighborhood design and the future of Frank Lloyd...
View ArticleCity of Madison solicits budget proposals online
It isn't the most practical idea to ever percolate through the city's budget process. But it also sounds kind of awesome: a special event where people can ride go-carts around Capitol Square. The idea,...
View ArticleGroup pushes for new 24-hour-a-day homeless shelter in Madison
Ulysses Williams is trying to get everyone to focus. The 58-year-old was homeless for about 14 months until he finally saved enough money to get his own apartment last August. Since then, he's made it...
View ArticleThe downtown hotel boom: Should Madison chip in to add more rooms for Monona...
The way Sanford DeWitt sees it, there are two kinds of travelers. There are the "spreadsheet guys," who "have to have everything planned out, have to have an itinerary." "They're going to stay at a...
View ArticleNew Madison planning head Katherine Cornwell moves to town in Gypsy Farm Bus
Katherine Cornwell was busy packing her beehives in Denver on Tuesday afternoon. Due to start her job as director of the city's planning division on June 10, Cornwell first had a bit of an adventure to...
View ArticleRenovated Madison Central Library will have expanded mission
For Trent Miller, the tricky part is coming up with a catchy name. Miller, who is program coordinator at the Madison Public Library, is about to have a world of possibilities open up. Madison's Central...
View ArticleDane County supervisors expect real results from new Poverty Commission
Dane County Supv. Jenni Dye knows what many people think about committees. "Sometimes people think of committees and commissions as where ideas go to die," she says. "We're hoping the opposite...
View ArticleWill major development change the character of State Street?
Max Grinnell fell in love for the first time on State Street. Not with any particular person, but with the urban setting in all its messy beauty. "It was an exciting place to be. The reason I was down...
View ArticleMadison to train staff in "dignified" communications after hostile emails by...
Amelia Royko Maurer wants to know what's so special about 15 seconds. The 15 seconds in question are the ones when Madison Police officer Stephen Heimsness shot and killed her friend Paul Heenan...
View ArticleWisconsin goes back to budget deficits
Andrew Reschovsky is disappointed. The economics professor at UW-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs has been studying the state's problem with budget deficits for decades. And say what you...
View ArticleStephen Heimsness agrees to resign from Madison Police Department
The city of Madison has dismissed its complaint against Police Officer Stephen Heimsness after reaching an agreement with him to resign. The agreement stipulates that Heimsness will not return to duty...
View ArticleWhat are Madison police doing to watch out for the homeless?
After a homeless man was fatally beaten on the Capitol Square June 18, Capt. Carl Gloede says Madison police started hearing comments that "this happens all the time and nothing ever happens about it."
View ArticleRacial profiling on Madison Metro?
Jessie Reeder has been a student at UW-Madison for seven years. She's also a regular Madison Metro bus rider. In all those years, she's never once been asked to show an ID to prove her student bus pass...
View ArticlePaul Soglin holds early fundraiser for 2015 mayoral run
Mayor Paul Soglin won't face reelection until 2015, and so far nobody has officially decided to run against him.
View ArticleThe Onion will cease publication in Madison
"The Onion" will no longer be printed in Madison after the July 25 issue. The satirical newspaper was founded in Madison in 1988 and went on to become a national brand.
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