NEWS
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Next steps for Overture
Overture is predicting a $7 million budget shortfall this year even with severe staffing cuts. Read more
John Frautschy
No fall season for Overture
Overture leaders frame the news as a “preservation plan” — with the hope to resume holiday programming in December, and a regular slate of plays, concerts, dance and visual arts offerings in 2021. Read more
Jun 25, 2020
Dylan Brogan
Statues toppled, senator punched
Staff writer Dylan Brogan witnessed State Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) being attacked by protesters because the legislator was taking a photo of the crowd. Demonstrators have also become increasingly intolerant of the media. Read more
Jun 24, 2020
Linda Falkenstein
Pristine is overrated
The need for affordable housing versus the need to preserve wetlands come head to head in the Oscar Mayer Strategic Area Plan. Is a proposed greenspace of 14 acres enough? Read more
Jun 22, 2020
Protests in portrait
These images suggest souls that have waited for change for far too long. Read more
Jun 17, 2020
Judith Davidoff
No monkeying around
Only one entrance is open and visitors must stick to a one-way route. The play areas and outdoor buildings are closed, but food, drink and gifts will still be available for purchase. Read more
Jun 17, 2020
Dylan Brogan
"Less lethal" but still controversial
Campus Ald. Max Prestigiacomo wants to “demilitarize” the Madison police. He plans to start with blocking a $50,000 budget reallocation request to equip every squad car with a projectile launcher or shotgun capable of firing bean bags rounds. Read more
Jun 16, 2020
12:33 PM
Dylan Brogan
"Fire Matt Kenny"
City leaders say they are listening to the demands of protesters, who, among other things, want the officer who killed Tony Robinson booted from the force. But Chief Vic Wahl says “there is no basis under state law” for any disciplinary action. Read more
Jun 10, 2020
11:58 AM
Dylan Brogan
“Wake up” Madison
Large protests in Madison, organized by black youth, have stopped the violent behavior seen this weekend downtown. All-night occupations of the State Street side of the Capitol Square appear to be ongoing. Dylan Brogan reports. Read more
Jun 4, 2020
6:02 PM
PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS
300 Black-owned businesses to support
The Madison Black Chamber of Commerce has been compiling a list of local Black businesses and Black-led organizations since 2013. Read more
Jun 4, 2020
4:00 PM
Gretchen Rolfs
Tear gas and a pandemic
Tear gas is meant to irritate all exposed membranes. Police use of tear gas can have long-term respiratory effects, which raises new concern during a respiratory pandemic. Read more
Jun 4, 2020
3:00 PM
Judith Davidoff
“Kind of raw”
Fontana was hit hard. Other businesses board up preemptively as Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway supports protest but calls for the violence and looting to stop. Read more
Jun 2, 2020
6:45 PM
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Statues toppled, senator punched
Staff writer Dylan Brogan witnessed State Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) being attacked by protesters because the legislator was taking a photo of the crowd. Demonstrators have also become increasingly intolerant of the media. Read more
One step back
Restaurants and bars change with the changing rules. State Street Brats is temporarily closed, Dexter’s opens for takeout and Gib’s is in limbo. Read more
A tale of two branches
While researching his family tree, the Rev. Dr. Alex Gee meets some of his white relatives, learning how the rape of his great-great-great-grandmother resulted in two families separated by race and opportunity in Mississippi. Read more
Monumental idea
Even before the recent toppling of statues in Madison and around the country, Madison native Isaac Scott had a bold idea: Replace “Wisconsin” on the state Capitol dome with his clay sculpture of his sister, a Black woman Read more
