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Paul Soglin: Madison faces ‘unprecedented fiscal crisis’

The mess is the result of a series of financial decisions made over the past five years; it is not a result of the pandemic. In fact the fiscal relief provided by the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act only masked the poorly thought-out decisions pushed forward by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway.

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Susan De Vos: BRT preys on local bus service

Madison’s bus rapid transit (BRT) and local bus service could and should complement each other. Instead, Madison’s Network Redesign Plan places them in opposition by preying on local transit service funding to support BRT.

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Dan O’Donnell: Why Governor Evers’ email scandal matters

“Warren.Spahn@wisconsin.gov” has sent or received 17,000 emails since Evers took office—an average of more than 11 per day—in a blatant and calculated attempt at evading Wisconsin’s Open Records Law and shielding from the public correspondence that it has an absolute right to view.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 1

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the new lawsuit challenging ACT 10, Madison Dem Sen. Melissa Agard’s bid for Dane County executive, a judge dismissing an open meetings complaint against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos over his impeachment advisory panel, Gov. Tony Evers’ alias email account, the redistricting lawsuit before the state Supreme Court and more.

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