Dylan Brogan News Today

The city is holding a series of engagement meetings to spell out budget details before an expected property-tax referendum in November.

Weve added the 553 winners of this years Best of Madison Readers Poll to the Madison time capsule.

Yoanna Hoskins, a product of Madison schools, has been an influential member of the school board. In the fall she heads to Stanford University.

Madison city council candidate Charlie Fahey was just 103 votes shy of representing the UW campus. Now that the election is over, Fahey has revealed he is a Republican who helped campaign for conservative Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly.

The Realtor PAC should have spent its money on the one open seat on the Madison school board. Madison real estate firms should be less worried about what’s going on with the city, than what’s happening with public schools.

A tax-exempt advocacy group called “RASCW Housing Advocacy Fund” is spending $18,000 to $21,000, per race, to design and mail out campaign literature, buy online advertisements, and purchase text messages services on behalf of 10 local office seekers

Despite opposition, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway has stubbornly stuck to the agenda she campaigned on in 2019 when she defeated long-time incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin.

The Madison school district lost 42 substitutes due to resignations or terminations in November 2022. There are also 100 permanent teaching positions that are vacant.

Isthmus is a hybrid these days. Still an alt, but a print monthly rather than a newsweekly. We’re also now a nonprofit; but unlike many, we cover culture in addition to news. Making our way in this new world can be both exciting and terrifying.

Its still unclear why WKOW anchor George Smith disappeared suddenly from the station in July. But there is an update.