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Wisconsin voters will see only one statewide election on their ballots tomorrow the race for the state’s new superintendent.
Candidates Jill Underly and Deborah Kerr will square off to lead the state’s Department of Public Instruction. That race comes as the state’s schools have weathered a turbulent year, after the pandemic forced districts to pivot to online education last spring.
The winner will replace current State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, whose term will end this July. The race is technically nonpartisan, meaning that neither of the candidates have formally filed with a political party.
But the two candidates have a distinct ideological split, with a strong Republican backing for Kerr and strong Democrat and union support for Underly. The unusual race has been a wild ride, with controversy along the way for both candidates.
Mayor, alders to propose zoning changes for affordable housing to Madison Common Council
February 2, 2021 5:05 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– A proposal of zoning changes was nearly complete and ready to be introduced to the Madison Common Council last spring, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pushed aside until tonight.
The pandemic was just a small interruption in what Alder Patrick Heck called a “slow process” to make housing affordable in Madison.
“There were staff and alders working on this before I even became alder,” Heck said.
It’s an issue Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway made her passion project.
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Newly elected Rep. Samba Baldeh is the first Muslim member of the Wisconsin Legislature. Before becoming a representative, Baldeh, an immigrant from Gambia