Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway released the following statement in response to the Common Council’s approval of a zoning change for the property at 437-445 W Johnson Street:
I applaud the Common Council’s vote on the planned development. While I share…
Every day throughout the school year, a team of dedicated people spread out across Madison to help make sure our kids get to school safely. These fine folks stop and direct traffic, greet kids and families with a smile, and help build a culture of…
Much has been written about the ongoing labor shortage across the state and across the country. The pandemic caused a major disruption in America’s labor force—something many have referred to as The Great Resignation. In 2022, more than 50 million…
As smoke from wildfires continues to impact air quality in Madison, the City has taken a number of steps to help people protect residents’ health and get access to indoor relief from outside air.We encourage everybody to take the air quality…
Recently the Madison community lost Juan José López, a longtime community leader. The Madison Common Council and I remembered him with an honoring resolution last week. The text of that resolution is below.
Recognizing, honoring and commemorating…
On June 6th, 2023 the City of Madison and Dane county raised the Juneteenth flag on the City-County building to honor Juneteenth. In 2021, Madison joined other municipalities in making the Monday following Juneteenth a paid holiday. This year, once…
Today, Mayor Satya hosted a public safety briefing covering activities of the Madison Police Department, the violence prevention activities of the Public Health Madison Dane County, Vision Zero and the Madison CARES program for mental health crises…
This week for the first time, the City of Madison raised the Trans flag at the Madison Municipal building. I was joined by Alder Dina Nina, Madison’s first trans alder, in making remarks for the historic occasion. See my remarks below, and view the…
