News
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Sunday, May. 31, 2020
Downtown Violence Results in Mayoral State of Emergency and Curfew
Tonight at 11:30 p.m. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew on Madison’s Isthmus beginning at 12:01 a.m. May 31st until 5:00 a.m. May 31st and again 9:30 p.m.
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Saturday, May. 30, 2020
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway: ‘Serious Social Change is Needed in our Nation’
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway was joined this evening by a number of City Alders and Community leaders in denouncing tonight’s violence and destruction on State Street and downtown Madison.
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Friday, May. 29, 2020
Pride Survives
Monday, June 1 marks the beginning of Pride Month. Last year at this time, we had a flag-raising for the Pride flag at both the Madison Municipal Building and the City County Building.
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Thursday, May. 28, 2020
Madison Announces “Streatery” Restaurant Program
Today the City of Madison is announcing a new program to aid restaurants who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tuesday, May. 26, 2020
Phase One Reopening Begins Today in Madison
Last week, Public Health Madison & Dane County released Forward Dane, a phased reopening plan for Dane County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Friday, May. 22, 2020
Wear your Cloth Facial Coverings this Memorial Day Weekend!
Boating. Grilling out. Beverages. Picnics. Flags. Memories. Here in Madison, we know how to celebrate the start of summer. But summer this year will be different from any in our lifetimes.
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Thursday, May. 21, 2020
A Message from the Mayor About the Heroes Act in Congress
I wanted to let you know that here at the City of Madison, our staff have worked thousands of hours responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – transporting people to the hospital, working on contact tracing the ill, setting up
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Tuesday, May. 19, 2020
City of Madison Invests in the Madison Black Chamber of Commerce and the Latino Chamber of Commerce to Help Businesses During the COVID-19 Crisis
Equity is a top priority for the City of Madison. Our communities of color have disproportionately felt the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and businesses owned by people of color here are struggling.
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Monday, May. 18, 2020
Public Health Madison and Dane County Announces Preparation Phase to Open Up Businesses in Dane County
Today, Janel Heinrich, the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County issued a “Forward Dane County Plan,” a road map for how and when our county will open its economy based on the progress the community makes on a
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Thursday, May. 14, 2020
Data and Science Will Guide Our Decision Making
Last evening, I was pleased to join Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) Director Janel Heinrich and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi as a new countywide public health order was issued to protect the health and
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Wednesday, May. 13, 2020
Meet Justin Stuehrenberg- Metro Transit’s New General Manager
This is a stressful time for everyone as we work to practice social distancing, maintain a schedule and remain healthy, but consider the complications that moving a family across a few state lines during this pandemic woul
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Tuesday, May. 12, 2020
Community Testing Site Now Available at Alliant Energy Center
On April 20th, Governor Evers released the Badger Bounce Back plan – a multi-step, data-driven plan to reopen the economy while protecting everybody’s health.