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NY to WI | local government reporter @CapTimes | previously @USATODAY -Wisconsin & @journalsentinel | send tips to agarfield @captimes .com
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Today marks two years for me at the
@CapTimes
!
I've written 337 stories and am so grateful to all the people who have talked to me and entrusted me with each one. I feel especially lucky to work with such a talented and hard-working staff who care so deeply about this community.
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TURNOUT UPDATE: Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said he is seeing steady to high turnout at polling locations.
At 11 a.m., Madison had counted 47,551 ballots, which is approximately 27% of registered voters. As such, Dane County is projecting roughly an 85% voter turnout.
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only in Wisconsin is this how holiday cards are delivered…
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In case anyone forgot, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion laws revert to state laws — and Wisconsin is one of eight states that makes abortion a felony, with penalties of up to six years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
(The law was written in 1849.)
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Minocqua Brewing Company started a super PAC only two days ago and have already raised $15 thousand to unseat
@SenRonJohnson
,
@RepTiffany
and
@sweak1
in 2022.
A Facebook post by the co. says it will "help free the Northwoods of corruption, sedition and conspiracy theories."
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McDonell now says 85% is "more of a floor" for this projection.
TURNOUT UPDATE: Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said he is seeing steady to high turnout at polling locations.
At 11 a.m., Madison had counted 47,551 ballots, which is approximately 27% of registered voters. As such, Dane County is projecting roughly an 85% voter turnout.
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you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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Part two of my little life update: I am thrilled to be sticking around in Madison and joining the
@CapTimes
as their local government reporter, covering the city of Madison and Dane County. Can’t wait to get started on Monday🤩
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Madison’s third lake? Nope, that’s just the intersection of East Wash and N Livingston.
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UPDATE: With 100% precincts reporting, Dane County saw 88% voter turnout, tied with 2018.
However, considering population growth,
@GovEvers
picked up ~17,000 votes from the last midterm, while
@SenRonJohnson
lost four points from when he was last on the ballot in 2016.
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my parents are visiting from New York and went to take a tour of the Capitol, and I GUESS they found the press room there (how???) and asked everyone if they knew their daughter
i'm screaming, i thought this kind of parental embarrassment was supposed to stop after age 12
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80 degrees and full on golf ball sized hail coming down in Madison
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.
@MadisonWIClerk
will also be posting updated numbers on their account throughout the day!
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Very excited to report (pun!) that I'll be working as a local and watchdog reporter for
@USATODAY
Network-Wisconsin, covering the city of Wausau and central Wisconsin. Can't wait to get at it in a couple weeks!
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Around 170 voting sites will be operational in Milwaukee tomorrow, according to the City of Milwaukee Election Commission. That's around 95% of the city's polling locations.
Only five Milwaukee polling locations were open for the April 7 primary.
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BREAKING: A Dane County judge will hold Michael Gableman in contempt of court for failing to provide evidence related to an open records lawsuit filed by
@weareoversight
. Story to come for
@CapTimes
from
@byjackkelly
.
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BREAKING: In a hotly anticipated ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s legislative maps, creating a seismic change in the state’s political landscape ahead of the 2024 election cycle. Via
@AndrewBahl
for
@CapTimes
.
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UW Health Chief Quality and Safety Officer says contract tracers are finding a high percentage of newly infected COVID patients in Dane County have been in large gatherings at bars and taverns.
He said those spaces are "the perfect environment for COVID-19 to make a comeback."
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2020 has been a crazy year. It's also the year I graduated from college, landed an incredible internship and got a real, adult job. I know most people scrolling Twitter won't actually read these but to celebrate making it through the year, here are my favorite stories I wrote:
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I like election day because I learn things like there is a town in Wisconsin called Koshkonong
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My latest cover story for the
@CapTimes
: Madison rent prices are soaring at a record pace and residents are feeling the effects ripple through their lives. There aren’t any immediate solutions.
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UPDATE: The first photos of Bandit have arrived :')
VERY IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS:
@HenryVilasZoo
just announced the arrival of a new, two-year-old red panda named Bandit. He'll be joining the Zoo’s female red panda, Tai, starting June 14. Pics to come. 🐼
He's got family connections to Dane County, too. (1/3)
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you're telling me the farmer's market AND the terrace are back this week???? i might die
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VERY IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS:
@HenryVilasZoo
just announced the arrival of a new, two-year-old red panda named Bandit. He'll be joining the Zoo’s female red panda, Tai, starting June 14. Pics to come. 🐼
He's got family connections to Dane County, too. (1/3)
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here is your monthly reminder that the
@CapTimes
news team is a completely separate entity from our editorial board — we do not see what gets published ahead of time or know anything about it for that matter! we read opinion articles for the first time with readers
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From inside the Sylvee,
@ChappellRoan
opens with three local drag queens. (Side note: I’ve never seen it this packed in here.)
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I’m at the Madison City Council meeting where the group will discuss the highly-debated transit-oriented development and additional zoning regulations to go with it. Follow along here — story to come for
@CapTimes
.
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I'm baaaack! The Dane County Board will take up a resolution shortly that would make the county a sanctuary for people who are transgender and nonbinary.
It's likely to be met with pretty heavy resistance. Follow along here and catch up with
@CapTimes
:
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Today is my first day reporting for the
@wausauherald
and
@USATODAY
Network-Wisconsin on local government and education issues. Send me your thoughts and tips: agarfield
@gannett
.com.
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I’m at the capitol building where folks are gathering for the second protest to protect abortion rights. Follow along here.
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Story to come for the
@CapTimes
. Here’s a quick clip from the end of one group’s presentation, when someone yelled out to the group, “How many people here are opposed to this plan?”
I’m at a contentious public meeting with city staff and residents of Madison’s west side about the West Area Plan draft. Over 150 people, filling up this room with overflow in the hallway.
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From
@MayorOfMadison
on the Gableman report:
"It's clear to me that attorney Gableman's report is full of lies and half truths. He just simply doesn't understand how elections are run, how city government works or, frankly, Wisconsin law."
More to come from
@CapTimes
staff.
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little life update: tomorrow is my last day as a government watchdog reporter for
@wausauherald
and
@USATODAY
-wisconsin. it’s been so wonderful getting to know wausau & meeting so many people with unique stories to tell. thank you to everyone who shared theirs with me.
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today is my one-year anniversary at the
@CapTimes
and it turns out I've written exactly 200 stories 🥳
feeling very grateful for all my wonderful colleagues and all the people who've shared their stories with me. if you aren't already a member, what the heck are ya waiting for?
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I got my first email ever today criticizing a story I wrote. Kinda excited about it.
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It’s official: Madison’s District 14 aldermanic race will be decided by a game of chance.
The city clerk has two slips of paper with the candidates names and a member of the Board of Canvassers will pick one from a bag at random.
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In 2018 when I worked at the
@dailycardinal
, I told the state news editor I thought there was a typo in a headline bc of the word "gubernatorial."🤦♀️
Here is your reminder that it is indeed a word and it's a race on the ballot tomorrow, along with many others. Make sure you vote!
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🙃
here is your monthly reminder that the
@CapTimes
news team is a completely separate entity from our editorial board — we do not see what gets published ahead of time or know anything about it for that matter! we read opinion articles for the first time with readers
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just received an email that opened with “hello mrs. gannett” and I am laughing far too much
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Thanks to
@scottgordonwi
for finding this clip — it is unequivocally false that the recent zoning changes in the city have “eliminated single family homes.” It loosened some rules.
You can read about those changes in the
@CapTimes
:
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I’m over on E. Washington Ave. where
@MayorOfMadison
Satya Rhodes-Conway will shortly be announcing the groundbreaking for the Bus Rapid Transit east to west line. Story to come for
@CapTimes
.
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My cover today for
@CapTimes
: In the works for two decades, the town of Madison merges with Madison and Fitchburg
“It’s like a Midwest goodbye...it’s taken 20 years. Now it's like, ‘Holy crap, it's really happening.’”
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Fortunately, we have the fantastic addition of
@elmcgroarty
to the
@CapTimes
, whose beat is disinformation. She's an authority on this topic and I imagine will have some great information for all of us.
In the meantime, I'll just leave this here:
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what the actual f is going on
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I talked to Ebony in my latest story.
Here’s a quote I loved but didn’t make it in the article:
“We’re not gonna see change until police come down here in clothes that look like mine, sit on the lawn with these kids and stop judging them and ask them what they need.”
Meet Ebony. She’s been the last person to leave the Madison downtown protest for several days now. “I’m here to make sure people get home safe.”
Tonight’s protest wrapped up a few minutes ago without incident.
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NEW for
@CapTimes
: Madison has recently overhauled zoning for single-family neighborhoods in an attempt to address the city’s perennial housing shortage.
I've spent the past months talking to supporters and opponents about what it means for the future.
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It’s official:
@SatyaForMadison
has been re-elected as Madison’s mayor for another four years. She says she just got off the phone with
@reyesformadison
who conceded.
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the weather sucks and i have a cold but here’s a friendly reminder that the madison farmer’s market starts in nine days
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feeling inspired
@BySamanthaWest
and really think twitter needs more grandpa content, obviously
my 88 year old grandpa is getting his second covid shot this week and can’t stop talking about coming to visit over the summer :’)
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you ever play cotton eye joe at the crystal corner bar
i have
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can we talk about something other than the curderburger now
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NEW PIG NEWS🐷: Madison loves Rudi the pig, and its ordinances may soon accept him.
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The Dane County Board is discussing a resolution now that urges
@PublicHealthMDC
officials to repeal the mask mandate.
Over 80 people have registered for public comment. Settle in, folks.
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ive loved hugh jackman for an embarrassingly long time. this is a dream.
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President
@JoeBiden
on the
@CityofMadison
’s purchase of 46 all-electric buses: “It’s a big deal.”
President Biden knows how important clean air and fighting climate change are for our community. I was honored and humbled that he chose to lift up our work in Madison when talking to the country's mayors.
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@BLACKJANUSGOAT
@badachie
great question that I am looking into as we speak! will report back :)
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proud of my
@CapTimes
family today and always (and a big thank you to WNA for my three awards 🤗)
Cap Times wins 18 awards in Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest
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In case you were wondering about Madison and Dane County voter turnout compared to other spring elections in the past decade...
Madison reached record-high turnout, with 63% of voters casting ballots. Dane County came close, falling just short of 2016 numbers.
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NEW: A Madison couple is starting a house of hospitality for newly arrived asylum seekers just as Wisconsin is seeing a new spike in refugees, and they’re looking for the community’s help.
via
@CapTimes
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excited to be celebrating one full year with the
@wausauherald
and
@USATODAY
-wisconsin!
(me rn, shocked i survived this very stressful year)
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i cant believe we have to do this every year
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was at an interview today and my source asked me what happened to my forehead and i had to explain that i slipped **while bowling** and had to get stitches.
and then he said, “you’re definitely gonna need a cooler story than that.”
LIKE I KNOW, JASON, I KNOW.
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my first article with the
@journalsentinel
: “The escalating unemployment rate is the new curve we need to flatten in the state.”
Unpaid unemployment claims top 728,000 as state Senate holds hearings on backlog
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ICYMI yesterday: Dane County has the highest vaccination rate among the Latino population in the state — and is perhaps leading in the country as well — with 91% of those 12 and older having gotten at least one shot of the COVID vaccine.
via
@CapTimes
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badgers sing “why do you build me up buttercup” because of the line that follows: “just to let me down” lol every damn time
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cover stories are one of my favorite parts of working at the
@CapTimes
— there’s also A TON of work that goes into them. these are about half of the interviews I conducted for my upcoming cover:
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Good morning! The resolution to make the county a sanctuary for people who are transgender and non binary passed 25-1, with three abstentions. Story to come very shortly for
@CapTimes
.
I'm baaaack! The Dane County Board will take up a resolution shortly that would make the county a sanctuary for people who are transgender and nonbinary.
It's likely to be met with pretty heavy resistance. Follow along here and catch up with
@CapTimes
:
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“You showed up because you saw democracy was on the brink of existence and you did a damn thing about it.”
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I know it can be tempting to read coverage of these events in the NYT when they cover Madison news, and that's ok! But make sure you're also supplementing that with local coverage from reporters on the ground, who have been following these issues in the community.
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A judge found the WI Office of Special Counsel, led by Michael Gableman — who's leading the GOP-backed review of WI's 2020 election results — in contempt of court after determining it had not complied with a previous court order.
via
@byjackkelly
& me
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NEW: How Madison is planning for its own Amtrak station — and how it's different from the last time around. via
@CapTimes
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f — and i can’t emphasize this enough — global warming
(my basement in NY from an hour ago, we can’t bring ourselves to look now)
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Madison's air quality is the worst it's been in decades, reaching "very unhealthy" levels in parts of the city. The AQI was 274 this morning, according to the EPA.
Everyone should avoid physical activity outdoors, and vulnerable groups should stay indoors as much as possible.
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Madison City Council is meeting in person for the first time in over two years ‼️ Updates for the
@CapTimes
in this thread.
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ok madison, i’m on mission to find the best chocolate chip cookie. now i’ve tried many a cookies in my years here, but i want to know where i can find the very best of my very favorite dessert 🍪
i will try to document my search so lmk your recommendations!
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Alright, folks, I had to take a tweeting break but I'm BACK and the council is about to take a final vote to include historic districts in the TOD overlay.
It passes 14-5.
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