Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Alder Syed Abbas, and Alder Tag Evers were joined by community leaders from 350 Wisconsin, Elevate Energy, and others to announce plans to develop a new Building Energy Savings program. The program aims to help commercial building owners identify opportunities to increase the energy efficiency of their buildings, which currently account for one third of community-wide greenhouse gas emissions. The program will include energy benchmarking and periodic tune-ups for large commercial buildings and other supporting initiatives.

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announces the launch of a guaranteed income pilot program called the Madison Forward Fund. Council Vice President Jael Currie and Dr. Katherine Magnuson from UW Madison Institute for Research on Poverty will also give remarks providing their perspective on this historic study and investment in Madison’s most vulnerable residents

City of Madison Police Department holds a press conference to give updates on two incidents that happened on June 15, 2022. One update shares the Madison Police Department’s involvement in a Columbia County homicide investigation, which involved a kidnapping that began in the City of Madison. The second update shares details about a stolen vehicle crash that led to a police operation at a West side movie theater Wednesday, June 15, 2022, evening.

Mayor Rhodes-Conway and a representative from Public Health Madison & Dane County meet with the local media via live stream. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes provides an update on Police Department policies and programs.

Mayor Rhodes-Conway and a representative from Public Health Madison & Dane County meet with the local media via live stream. Assistant City Engineer Greg Fries discusses the background of, and reasoning for upcoming changes in traffic medians in the City. And City Planner Ben Zellers provides an update on potential ordinance changes to support Transit Oriented Development (TOD).

Mayor Rhodes-Conway and Senator Baldwin announce federal funding for much needed improvements at Metro Transit’s maintenance site. The funding will assist the City with bus rapid transit, Metro’s redesign and the conversion of the City fleet to electric buses.