2 charged with tearing down Wisconsin Capitol statues

October 22, 2020 10:07 am Leave a comment

Prosecutors charged two more men Wednesday with damaging property for allegedly helping topple two statutes on the Wisconsin Capitol grounds during a June protest against police brutality and racism.

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Madison mayor proposes spending less on capital projects in 2021

September 1, 2020 2:56 pm Leave a comment

The mayor of Madison rolled out a capital budget proposal on Tuesday that would put less into construction projects as the city grapples with the ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Evers seeks federal grant for Capitol statue of Black leader

August 21, 2020 10:20 am Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday requested $150,000 in federal grant money to pay for a new statue on the Capitol grounds of the state's first Black secretary of state and to restore two statues that were torn down by protesters in June.

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Women charged in beating of Wisconsin state senator

July 29, 2020 1:55 pm 1 Comment

Kerida O'Reilly, left, and Samantha Hamer appear in booking photos taken on July 27 by the Dane County Sheriff's Office. Prosecutors charged both women Wednesday with battery in connection with an attack on Wisconsin state Sen. Tim Carpenter, during a protest against police racism outside the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison last month. (Dane County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Prosecutors charged two Madison women Wednesday with attacking a Wisconsin state senator during a chaotic night of violence outside the state Capitol last month.

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2 arrested for attacking senator during Wisconsin protests

July 28, 2020 9:49 am Leave a comment

Wisconsin’s “Forward” statue lies in the street on Capitol Square in Madison on June 23. Two Wisconsin legislators are introducing a bill that would make defacing or destroying statues a felony. The proposal would make damaging or defacing any structure, plaque, statue, painting or any other monument of historical significance on public property or maintained by the government punishable by up to three-and-a-half years in prison and a $10,000 fine. (Emily Hamer/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Two women have been arrested for attacking a Wisconsin state senator during a chaotic night of violence near the state Capitol last month.

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Petition filed to recall Madison’s mayor, unrest cited

July 9, 2020 8:03 am 1 Comment

A petition has been filed to recall Madison's mayor by a resident who says she didn't do enough to protect the city during recent civil unrest.

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Coronavirus puts plans for Madison public market in doubt

July 1, 2020 3:25 pm Leave a comment

A rendering of the proposed Madison Public Market scheduled for construction starting next year. Although Madison’s 2020 budget would put various large building projects on hold, it would still set aside money for the construction of the public market on the city’s east side. (Renderings courtesy of Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle)

Plans to begin construction on the new Madison Public Market may be faltering as the city of Madison grapples with the budgetary fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Madison panel advances plans for hotel, state office building

June 10, 2020 3:48 pm Leave a comment

Hotel developer North Central Group, Middleton, has plans for a Moxy Hotel on the 900 block of East Washington Avenue, near downtown Madison.

A Madison committee advanced plans this week for an eight-story hotel and five-story state office building that are part of a project to overhaul an entire block east of the city's downtown.

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Commission OKs plans for $125M development in Madison square

May 5, 2020 2:26 pm Leave a comment

A rendering showing the Madison developer Urban Land Interests’ plans for the $125 million redevelopment of a largely unused site — known officially as Block 101 — near Capitol square. Urban Land won the Landmark Commission’s approval on Monday to make way for the project by demolishing buildings on a block bounded by East Washington Avenue and North Webster, East Mifflin and North Pinckney Streets. (Renderings courtesy of Urban Land Interests)

A project to redevelop retail space and build an office tower on a block on Madison's Capitol Square took an initial step forward on Tuesday.

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Protesters vow to rally without permit

April 22, 2020 2:15 pm Leave a comment

A crowd gathers on April 15 in Lansing to protest against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order, which was imposed in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Organizers of a rally against Wisconsin's stay-at-home order say they're proceeding with the event on Friday even though their permit to hold it on the grounds of the state Capitol has been denied. (Matthew Dae Smith/ Lansing State Journal via AP File)

Organizers of a rally against Wisconsin's stay-at-home order said Wednesday that they'll proceed with the event even though their permit to hold it on the grounds of the Capitol was denied.

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