As a heat wave is expected to push temperatures into the upper 90s, downtown residents seek cool spots.
The board’s six current members are scheduled to meet Monday and select its newest member.
“This is what emergency preparedness is all about. We drill for crises like these,” Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said. “We hope we never have them, but we are ready when we do.”
Several restaurants plan to keep the doors shut Friday and reopen Saturday.
With the two MGE fires extinguished, East Washington’s downtown-bound lanes reopened and traffic cleared, but it still wasn’t quite business as usual along the corridor.
"We don’t believe that there’s any continuing threat here at all," Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said.
This video, taken by Jonlyn Anderson, shows the early stages of the fire at MGE's transmission facility in downtown Madison on Friday, July 19.
The film punctuates dry, mannered dialogue with sudden moments of utter weirdness that sweep our legs out from under us and leave us on the mat.
Since the most radical abuses of the gubernatorial veto already have been eliminated, the latest Republican proposal to reduce Evers’ veto power further is simply a continuation of Republicans removing powers from the governor’s office when it’s occupied by a Democrat.
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While Jon Favreau’s new version is undeniably gorgeous to look at, the zippy, colorful action has been toned down to seem more “real.”
With no statewide race on the ballot next year, eyes are on Wisconsin's House races heading into 2020, where few candidates have officially mounted challenges against seated incumbents.
The City Council authorized $120,000 as a part of a U.S. Department of Justice grant for “People on the Premises” program. The program fulfills a "safe passages" violence reduction strategy outlined in a wider initiative.
Gov. Tony Evers' Department of Transportation Thursday announced a new $75 million local road funding grant program that could provide money for transit projects, including the Milwaukee streetcar.
More than 600 students have participated in the program, according to the Dane County TimeBank.
“We deal with so many serious issues throughout the week,” said Dr. Ruben Anthony, Jr., president and CEO of the Urban League, saying the picnic is a chance to relax and “let our hair down.”
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Wisconsin progressives such as William T. Evjue, Frank Lloyd Wright and Robert La Follette are long gone, but their legacies live on — and we can renew them.
The U.S. women’s team lawsuit to gain equal pay and working conditions shows some problems remain unsolved, but it’s up to the rest of us to fight in our own ways for equity for everyone.
It was a treat solving the world's problems with a couple of icons who made their mark on Madison.
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The Cap Times Movie Chats series continues Wednesday, July 24, at Marcus Point Cinema with the 1989 Civil War epic "Glory" starring Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington.
The discussion series continues on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Join Cap Times political reporter Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in Wisconsin.
The Corner Table is a podcast about food and drink in Madison produced by The Capital Times. This week's episode is about Wisconsin's confusing liquor laws.
Join Cap Times political reporter Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in Wisconsin.
Listen to host Lindsay Christians' live chat with Martha's Daughter chef Nyanyika Banda, recorded on June 18 in Old Sugar Distillery's Rickhouse.
Barak and Hadas Blum rented the house next door to Kathy Brozyna for four years before buying their first home this June. For Brozyna's third Family Table feature, she joined the Blums for dinner, the first home-cooked meal at their new address. Brozyna writes how she learned how to make sha…
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