For more than 20 years, Madison Parks has honored Earth Day by recruiting volunteers for the Earth Day Challenge. Each April, volunteers assist in sprucing up parks throughout the city, getting them ready for the busy summer season. The exception in…
Madison police officers responded quickly to shots being fired inside the men's shelter last night. They were fortunately already on the scene responding to a prior medical call. While the investigation is still underway, it appears that officers…
Mayor Rhodes-Conway announces the appointment of Krishna Kumar to serve as General Manager for the Madison Water Utility. Mr. Kumar has served as General Manager for both the Marin Municipal Water Utility and the Valley of the Moon Water District in…
My condolences go out to the victims and their families of the horrific murders in Atlanta, George on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. I stand in solidarity with our Asian American neighbors and residents in Madison, and across the country, in calling for…
Today the City Attorney released the report relating to the voice and data analysis of a vulgarity heard on the Zoom recording of the September 1, 2020 Common Council. The report is inconclusive in identifying an individual who uttered the…
Anti-Asian harassment and violence has soared in the United States since the onset of COVID-19, and inappropriate and racist comments by some political leaders have fanned the flames.
The City of Madison does not tolerate harassment, hate speech or…
The April 6, 2021 Spring Election ballot will ask Madison voters four advisory referendum questions about the size of the Madison Common Council, the amount of alderperson pay, the length of alderperson terms, and whether alderpersons should be…
The Parking Division saw a busy end to 2020 and productive beginning for 2021. Over the past several months, staff has been busy removing and replacing nearly all of the on-street pay stations and number markers. New IPS single-space “smart” meters…
Today, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced that she would no longer require City staff to participate in mandatory furloughs that were anticipated as part of the cost saving measures necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This means the City of…
The City of Madison Parking Division will re-open the Wilson Street Garage on Tuesday, March 16th. A number of completed tasks, repairs and inspections have been completed to safely reopen the garage, following a sprinkler malfunction on February…
MADISON, WI – The City’s sandbag locations are stocked and ready ahead of the spring rains. Each year, Engineering crews stock each of the sandbag locations for residents to use for free to support residents with potential private flooding concerns…
Starting at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, March 22, until approximately 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, Stevens Construction will close the 10 block of East Doty Street in order to remove the tower crane at the Judge Doyle Square construction site.
East…
Effective March 15, 2021, the Parking Division will take another step toward returning to normalcy during this pandemic recovery period. The Parking Division implemented a COVID-19 recovery work plan in June of 2020 that included temporary parking…
Fish Hatchery Road contractors will close Fish Hatchery Road and Greenway Cross, at the intersection tonight, Thursday March 11 starting at 8:00 p.m. and continuing until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, March 12. These closures will be used to allow…