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“About Us”

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“Why Get Involved?”

City of Madison Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development. “2025 Housing Snapshot.” 2025. https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/documents/reports/2025%20Housing%20Snapshot.pdf

Wisconsin Legislature Legislative Fiscal Bureau. “University of Wisconsin System General Program Operations, Budget Paper No. 810.” June 8, 2023. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/budget/2023_25_biennial_budget/302_budget_papers/810_university_of_wisconsin_system_uw_system_general_program_operations.pdf

Dynes, Adam M., Michael T. Hartney and Sam D. Hayes. “Off-Cycle and Off-Center: Election Timing and Representation in Municipal Government.” American Political Science Review. August 2021. https://adamdynes.byu.edu/00000198-9af7-df6b-a1ff-bfff34be0000/0wp-2021-dynes-hartney-hayes-apsr-off-cycle-off-center-pdf

McCauley, Jane. “How Wisconsin’s Youth Vote Will Shape the 2024 Election.” PBS Wisconsin. Oct. 25, 2024. https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/how-wisconsins-youth-vote-will-shape-the-2024-election/

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Coppock, Alexander and Donald P. Green. “Is Voting Habit Forming? New Evidence from Experiments and Regression Discontinuities.” American Journal of Political Science. October 2016. https://alexandercoppock.com/coppock_green_2016.pdf

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Clark, Patricia. “Madison Office of the Independent Police Monitor Avoids Budget Cuts.” The Badger Herald. Nov. 13, 2024. https://badgerherald.com/news/madison/2024/11/13/madison-office-of-the-independent-police-monitor-avoids-budget-cuts/

City of Madison Sustainability & Resilience Office. “About Our Office.” City of Madison. Accessed February 2026. https://www.cityofmadison.com/sustainability/about

City of Madison Sustainability & Resilience Office. “Sustainability Plan.” Adopted Aug. 6, 2024. https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13773353&GUID=30FA24BB-F08D-4A47-A1F6-AA24B8916331

Stacy, Christina, Chris Davis, Yonah Slifkin Freemark, Lydia Lo, Graham MacDonald, Vivian Zheng and Rolf Pendall. “Land-Use Reforms and Housing Costs: Does Allowing for Increased Density Lead to Greater Affordability?” Urban Studies. 2023. https://yonahfreemark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Stacy-et-al-2023-Land-Use-Reforms-and-Housing-Costs.pdf

“The News That Didn’t Arrive”

Lamoreux, Abby. Sophomore, biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Personal interview.

“Not Apathy, but Absence: Why UW Students Miss Local Elections”

Lamoreux, Abby. Sophomore, biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Personal interview.

Govindarajan, MGR. District 8 Alder, City of Madison Common Council. Personal interview.

Wagner, Michael. William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal, and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Personal interview.

Mak and Wagner, Michael. “Multi-Platform Social Media Use and Incidental Exposure: A Two-Step Analysis of the Conjoint and…” Social Media + Society. October-December 2025. https://prowag.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/mak-wagner-2025-multi-platform-social-media-use-and-incidental-exposure-a-two-step-analysis-of-the-conjoint-and.pdf

Hopkins, Daniel J. and Gorton, Tori. “The Minimal Effects of Making Local News Free: Evidence from a Field Experiment.” The Journal of Politics. 2025. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394039334_The_Minimal_Effects_of_Making_Local_News_Free_Evidence_from_a_Field_Experiment

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“When You Show Up” Audio Story

Govindarajan, MGR. District 8 Alder, City of Madison Common Council. Personal interview.

“Follow Local Issues”

City of Madison Legislative Information Center. https://www.cityofmadison.com/cityhall/legislativeinformation/

Madison City Channel. https://www.cityofmadison.com/information-technology/city-channel

Madison City Channel Meetings. https://www.cityofmadison.com/information-technology/city-channel/meetings

Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education. https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/about/board-of-education

MMSD Board of Education Video Coverage. https://videos.madison.k12.wi.us/Board%20Meetings

MMSD Board of Education YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvo1cQVR0MPaTo_SvQRSoXQ

MMSD BoardDocs. https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/mmsd/Board.nsf/Public

The Capital Times. https://captimes.com

Isthmus. https://isthmus.com