Current News Releases (90 day retention)

• Public Safety Review Committee Invites Public Input on Police Department Budget Posted Sep 22, 2020

  Part of our mission of the Public Safety Review Committee is to advise the Mayor and Common Council on matters related to police and fire department budgets. Before COVID-19, the committee decided to make feedback about the …

• Statement from Council President Carter and Mayor Rhodes-Conway on Behavior at the September 1 Common Council Meeting Posted Sep 2, 2020

  Over the past few months, the culture and civility of Common Council meetings has drastically deteriorated, culminating in what appears to be the use of gender based profanity addressed at a member of the public at the …

• CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR AT-LARGE SEATS ON POLICE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BOARD Posted Sep 2, 2020

  The application process for at-large nominations for four (4) seats on the City of Madison Police Civilian Oversight Board is now open. The deadline for submitting nominations or self-nominations is Wednesday, September 16, …

• Council Leadership Statement on Shooting of Jacob Blake Posted Aug 24, 2020

  When will it stop? Here we are again with another shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the presence of his children. Legal or not, we deplore the killing of unarmed Black men in Wisconsin and across the …

• Council Leadership Statement on Passing of Anisa Scott Posted Aug 13, 2020

  Council President Sheri Carter and Council Vice-President Syed Abbas statement on the passing of Anisa Scott: “Today we come before you, with our colleagues on the Common Council, and the entire City of Madison, mourning the …

• Press Advisory: Stop the Violence & Protect our Youth Posted Aug 11, 2020

  Please join Council President Sheri Carter, other elected officials and community members as they address the recent shootings and homicides in the City and how to move Madison forward. Advocating putting the guns …

• 2020 Census – 30,000 Madison households still need to respond Posted Aug 7, 2020

  As of July 31, an estimated 30,000 Madison households still needed to respond to the 2020 Census according to the Census Bureau. The city’s 2020 self-response rate (72.4%) was lagging the final 2010 self-response rate (77.2%) …
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