Of the nearly 200 uncounted ballots that Madison city clerk’s staff discovered after Election Day, about 70 might have gotten counted if the staff members had promptly alerted the county.
Tag: Madison
Posted inGovernment
Nearly 200 Madison ballots went uncounted. Officials don’t know exactly how.
Madison election officials discovered 193 absentee ballots well after Election Day. They didn’t alert the public until seven weeks later.
Posted inEducation, Justice & Safety
Analysis: Six common factors in the school shooting at Abundant Life Christian
The shooting at Abundant Life Christian in Madison, Wisconsin, follows the same patterns as hundreds of other attacks at schools.
Posted inEducation, Justice & Safety
Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
A shooting at a Wisconsin Christian school occurred in a study hall and was reported to police by a second-grade teacher. Police identified the shooter as a 15-year-old female student.
Posted inPublic Square
Arthur Kohl-Riggs finds comfort in Madison’s ‘third spaces’
Along an eclectic life’s journey, a former protest candidate for Wisconsin governor reflects on the importance of community.
Posted inChange is on the Air
Madison’s Spanish-speaking radio station gives ‘a way of life’ to the Latino community
La Movida on WLMV/AM 1480, Madison’s first Spanish-speaking, 24/7 radio station, now in its 24th year on the air, is an invaluable resource for the Latino community.
Posted inEducation, Government
Elections can be polarizing. How are Wisconsin teachers bringing them into the classroom?
Teachers across the country are facing decisions on how to talk about elections in an increasingly polarized world. In Wisconsin, there are a lot of factors that may influence that decision.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests Madison city clerk was lying about absentee ballots
The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots themselves.
Posted inForward, Government
Wisconsin cities want presidential candidates to pay for pricey campaign stops
Some cash-strapped municipalities hope presidential campaigns will pick up the tab for their expensive visits to the state.
Posted inEducation, Justice & Safety
After police remove tents, make arrests, protesters at UW-Madison rebuild encampment
Student protesters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison clashed with police Wednesday after officers cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment just two days after the student protest began.
Posted inFact briefs
Did Madison, Wisconsin, allocate $700,000 in federal COVID-19 funds for services for undocumented immigrants?
Yes. The Madison Common Council approved a proposal to allocate $700,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to undocumented immigrants.
Posted inNews & Announcements, News about Wisconsin Watch
Meet Matt Mencarini: Wisconsin Watch’s first statehouse reporter
Wisconsin Watch is pleased to announce it has hired Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Matt Mencarini to cover the statehouse, where he will focus on threats to Wisconsin’s democracy.