Public Safety

I'm sure its no coincidence that the Mayor's memo and the police department memo came out in the same day, but the police seem to completely ignore the mayor's request for a 6% cut, as usual. Cuz, you know, they're special, they get whatever they want. Which is a compromise of only 20 more officers (instead of 34) and millions more for their training facility cuz they botched the original budget.

With Apologies to Bill Maher, I thought I would steal his famous segment. New Rule: You can't advocated...

I received this email from a local Village resident(thanks for putting me on the mailing list). While I am not surprised that one...

Answer is: It depends upon what you look at.Here are some interesting numbers I ran across about the last year . . ....

There were too many items yesterday for me not to do a round up - so here it is . . . COUNTY BOARD...

The record-setting heat we have been experiencing this week may actually help convince Republicans to change their stance on global warming. It is not...

Rarely, have I seen:a) such a colossal brazen attempt to get media attentionb) over a "feel-good",c) "solution-in-search-of-a-problem" ordinanced) that has "unintended consequences",e) has "no...

14 chefs are furiously cooking at home right now, preparing tasty treats just for you tonight!!!

Thanks to Tariq Pasha and the Steering Committee of the Dane County Youth Resource Network for the following information and analysis. Could Madison...

By 5:00 today, we'll have the final list of spring candidates for County Executive, Mayor, Alders, School Board and some judgeships.

The Cottage Grove Planning Commission recently approved the plans for the new CVs/caremark in Cottage Grove, "with almost no debate." ...

Has war been declared on the homeless? Should we fence off our parks, prevent people from getting food from food pantries and prevent...