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Madison, WI public records

The official records we read for Madison every day, as tables rather than stories: 86 rows across 4 kinds of record. Every row links to the source it came from. Nothing on this page is written by a model.

Upcoming public hearings

last read 2026-09-12 08:25 ET

Hearings on the published agendas, while a resident can still attend.

From the city's own agenda system. Each matter links to the agenda item.

Business openings and closures reported

last read 2026-09-12 07:50 ET

What Newzino reported from licence and permit records in the last 180 days. An opening needs two kinds of record for one business at one address; a closure is a licence absent from consecutive readings and is worded "appears to have closed".

Each row links to the story where one exists, and to the official record.

New licences and permits on the official rosters

last read 2026-09-12 07:50 ET

Every business record that appeared on the city's or county's own lists in the last 90 days. A record is not an opening by itself - a permit alone means plans filed - which is why this table is separate from the one above.

DateNameAddressRecord
2026-09-11 Anthony's Restaurants Llc 226 State ST Food service licence
2026-09-11 Cookunity Inc. 502 N Frances ST Food service licence
2026-09-01 Crosstown Traffic Vending – Total Water 5002 World Dairy DR Food service licence
2026-08-28 Habaneros Parrilla Mexican Grill 4653 Verona RD Food service licence

Where the source publishes no date, the row says when the record was first listed - the day we first read it, not the day it was filed. The day a roster was read for the very first time is left out entirely: on that day every long-established business would wrongly read as new.

Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education agenda

last read 2026-09-11 16:40 ET

Every substantive item the board took up in the last 90 days, from its own published agendas.

MeetingItem
2026-08-28 Chairperson calls meeting to order followed by opening comments
2026-08-28 Motion to approve minutes dated June 25, 2026
2026-08-28 Connector
2026-08-28 Key Dates (Retreats, Tech Listening Sessions, Other Key Dates)
2026-08-28 Discussion Item
2026-08-28 Role of Board Members
2026-08-28 Step Back: Data Review
2026-08-28 Draft Scenarios (Round 2 Community Feedback)
2026-08-28 Motion to go into Closed Session
2026-08-28 Motion to adjourn
2026-08-24 In-person Registration begins one hour prior to meeting start time and ends when meeting is called to order
2026-08-24 Closing Out the 2025-2026 School Year - Highlights from Summer Programming
2026-08-24 Apple Inc. Music Lab Purchase for Grades 9-12
2026-08-24 Chairperson calls meeting to order
2026-08-24 Written Statements Submitted for this Meeting
2026-08-24 Online General Public Appearance Registrations for this Meeting
2026-08-24 Motion to approve the minutes dated July 27, 2026
2026-08-24 People, Purpose, Pride
2026-08-24 Freedom Schools
2026-08-24 2026-2027 Draft Instruction Work Group Scope
2026-08-24 New Policy: Notification to Parents for Alleged Sexual Misconduct and Reporting of Inappropriate Staff and Student Relationships - 2nd Read
2026-08-24 Date and Possible Agenda Items for Next Work Group Meeting -- September 14, 2026
2026-08-24 Facilities Referendum Update
2026-08-24 2025-26 Unaudited Fund 10 Balance
2026-08-24 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget
2026-08-24 Operations Work Group Scope and Sequence
2026-08-24 Date and Possible Agenda Items for Next Work Group Meeting -- TUESDAY, September 22, 2026
2026-08-24 No Action Items Proceeded Through the Operations Work Group held on August 10, 2026
2026-08-24 Main Motion
2026-08-24 Requests for Shortened Day Agreements
2026-08-24 Interim Bills
2026-08-24 Referendum Invoices
2026-08-24 Contract Compliance
2026-08-24 Professional Development with EL Education
2026-08-24 Contract for Services for the 2026–2027 Strategic Partnership Between MMSD and Centro Hispano
2026-08-24 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Contract for Services for the 2026–2027 Urban League of Greater Madison (ULGM) Schools of Hope Middle School Tutoring Program
2026-08-24 2026-27 Reach Dane Daycare Contract
2026-08-24 UPDATED: Resilient response to the Effects of Stress & Trauma (REST) MS & HS - Mental Health Agency Contracts 2026-27
2026-08-24 J-1 Visa Sponsorship Services for Cultural Vistas International Bilingual Teachers
2026-08-24 Request BOE Approval for upgrading the current Planetarium Software and Computer System
2026-08-24 Thoreau LMC Renovation - Demco Furniture Order
2026-08-24 HopSkipDrive Transportation Services
2026-08-24 FY27-FY29 Alternative Transportation for Special Education - UPDATE
2026-08-24 Custodial Equipment Purchase
2026-08-24 Roof Rehabilitation at Vel Phillips Memorial High School Change Order 01
2026-08-24 Franklin Elementary School Site Improvements Change Order 01
2026-08-24 Lincoln Elementary Soffit Replacement
2026-08-24 Elevator Maintenance Contract
2026-08-24 Referendum 2024 Tax Consulting Services - Change Order 01
2026-08-24 Chloride Innovation grant – Brine Use, pursuant to Board Policy #6177
2026-08-24 Donation from Dick and Sandy Pfahler Giving Fund, pursuant to Board Policy #6177
2026-08-24 Donation from Estate of Gail Hettrick, pursuant to Board Policy #6177
2026-08-24 Grants and Donations (under $10,000)
2026-08-24 HR Transaction Report
2026-08-24 None for this meeting
2026-08-24 Board members may request separation of items from the consent agenda during the meeting
2026-08-24 Student Senate
2026-08-24 Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) Advisory Committee
2026-08-24 Citizens' Ad Hoc Committee Relative to Renaming Elvehjem Elementary School
2026-08-24 Citizens' Ad Hoc Committee Relative to Renaming Lindbergh Elementary School
2026-08-24 Citizens' Ad Hoc Committee Relative to Renaming Chavez Elementary School
2026-08-24 Policy Committee
2026-08-24 Board Governance Committee
2026-08-24 Collective Bargaining Agreement on Base Wage--Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin
2026-08-24 Proposed Revisions to the MMSD Employee Handbook
2026-08-24 Elvehjem Elementary School Renaming Vote
2026-08-24 Lindbergh Elementary School Renaming Vote
2026-08-24 Chavez Elementary School Renaming Vote
2026-08-24 Old and New Business
2026-08-19 Motion to approve minutes dated July 27, 2026
2026-08-19 Information/Discussion Item
2026-08-19 Motion to adjourn the meeting
2026-08-17 Guidelines for Registering to Speak
2026-08-17 Motion to approve the minutes dated August 5, 2026
2026-08-17 Discussion/Action Item

Items link to the first attachment on the agenda item, where there is one.

How to cite: link to this page or to a section anchor; the tables refresh as the sources do. Page generated 2026-09-12. Corrections: contact us.