News
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Thursday, Jun. 18, 2020
City Leaders Propose Program to Assist with Downtown Business Recovery
The Downtown Business District, an important center of community and commerce, is struggling.
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Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2020
City Leaders Advance a Proposal to Support Wealth Creation in Communities of Color
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and numerous Alders today advanced the Commercial Ownership Assistance (COA) program to increase opportunities for commercial property ownership among historically disenfranchised communities.
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Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2020
Dream Up and Dream Big
Two years ago, Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative, tapped UW–Madison to lead a local effort to produce innovative ideas that could increase the net income of 10,000 Dane C
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Monday, Jun. 15, 2020
City of Madison & Madison’s Central Business Improvement District State Street Mural Gallery Updates
State Street is always changing; but it has never looked like this before.
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Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2020
Statement of Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
Black lives matter. I believe deeply in this and yet I failed to center this in my message to the police department. I realize that this action has done deep harm to the Black community and for this, I apologize.
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Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2020
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Common Council Members Write to Sheriff Mahoney
On June 3, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and members of the Madison Common Council wrote to Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney to ask that he considering placing incarcerated individuals who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 int
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Monday, Jun. 8, 2020
Now Is Time For Change
This nation is once again confronting its original sin of slavery and racism.
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Sunday, Jun. 7, 2020
Join me in Supporting President Obama’s Call to Action on Police Reform
This week, former President Barack Obama called on every mayor in the United States to review their police department’s use-of-force policy and to pursue commonsense policy reforms.
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Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020
Madison Mayor Tells Trump Not to Deploy the Military Against Protestors
Earlier this week Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s office contacted the White House to make clear that President Trump’s threat to deploy the military to quell protests in American cities was unwelcome and unacceptable.
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Friday, Jun. 5, 2020
Statement of Mayor Rhodes-Conway Commemorating Breonna Taylor
Today Breonna Taylor, along with her friends and family, should be celebrating her birthday. Should be—but they cannot because she was forcibly taken away from them. Breonna Taylor should be alive today.
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Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2020
Statement of Mayor Rhodes-Conway
This has been a difficult few days for our city and our nation. The divider in-chief is working hard to escalate at the federal level, while leaders in our community are working hard to listen, learn and de-escalate.
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Monday, Jun. 1, 2020
Statement of Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
We are in the middle of two public health emergencies. One is the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus. In the last months, it has totally disrupted our lives.