Homeowners who rent their places for the weekend to Wisconsin football fans may soon have to get a special permit from the city and a license from the health department.

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A lawsuit from two Madison residents contesting the merits of a controversial downtown hotel expansion project will not be heard by the state Supreme Court.

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Three Madison aldermen want the city to rebid the Central Public Library reconstruction, not because of the threat of a lawsuit, but because, they say, it's the right thing to do.

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Citing a lack of communication from the project’s developer, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said Friday The Edgewater redevelopment project probably won’t happen.

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A state appellate court Thursday rejected the arguments of two Madison residents fighting the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment, inching the project closer to a construction start.

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The city of Madison has saddled Krupp General Contractors LLC with 104 conditions to keep a $100 million west side redevelopment rolling.

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By James Briggs The ongoing Madison protests have opened unprecedented lines of communication between public officials and their constituents. Besides the most common methods — meetings, phone calls, letters and e-mail — many officials in recent weeks have taken up ...

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By James Briggs A CVS Pharmacy Inc. store planned for Madison’s west side isn’t facing the scrutiny that a downtown development would, according to Eric Sundquist, a Plan Commission member. CVS plans to demolish a gas station and car wash ...

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By James Briggs The city of Madison plans to create a subcommittee to prevent development proposals from getting bogged down in too many committee meetings. “Yeah, I know, I’m cringing myself,” said Mark Clear, president of the Madison Common Council ...

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