The Common Council should refer this legislation back for meaningful stakeholder engagement before creating unintended consequences for residential neighborhoods. Key Points Ordinance creates low-density housing and is unlikely to accomplish the city's stated goals. Key provisions contradict best practices, undermining goals for density, affordability, market acceptance, and neighborhood compatibility. Ordinance permits parking ramps and 16-car surface lots by right in reside

Madison's Police Civilian Oversight Board has hired Aeiramique "Meeka" Glass as Interim Independent Police Monitor. Glass brings extensive experience from Baltimore's troubled police department—and is currently suing her previous employer after being fired for demanding real oversight independence. The central question now is whether Madison will provide the genuine independence it claims to value.

The 2015 shooting of Tony Robinson Jr. by Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny led to the creation of the Office of the Independent Monitor. This banner from the original 2015 protests was carried again at a 10th anniversary memorial march in March 2025. Photo: Ruthie Hauge/Cap Times. At tonight's Common Council meeting, Alders Isadore Knox Jr. (District 14), Barbara Harrington-McKinney (District 20), and Joann Pritchett (District 9) introduced an 11th-hour floor amendment to de

Key Points DMI ’ s consultants began work in July—two months before tonight ’ s Council vote on the $150,000 contract The actual contract...