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In some places, Madison is still underwater. The Dane County Emergency Management released damage estimates for last month's flooding totaling in the tens of millions. 
CITY NEWS

The high cost of high water

The Dane County Emergency Management estimates that August’s floods caused more than $39 million dollars of damage to public infrastructure, according to a department release Wednesday morning.


Madison's East Side remains underwater a week after storms delivered historic rainfall to the city. Now, some students are entering the year with flooded apartments on their list of back-to-school stressors. 
CITY NEWS

Tenant rights surface after flooding

Dealing with nuance flooding becomes even more complicated when you live in a rental property. Teresa Mundo-Prado, program director for the Wisconsin Tenant Resource Center, shared advice on everything from working with city inspectors to filing for rent abatement for students who have been impacted by the flooding.


State Superintendent Tony Evers wins in the closest governor election Wisconsin has seen in over 50 years.
STATE NEWS

Primary elections result in few upsets

With partisan nominations for governor, U.S. Senate, lieutenant governor, Congress and most of the state Legislature on the line, more Wisconsinites turned out to vote in Tuesday’s primary election than any primary since 2002. Most major races saw longtime frontrunners pull away with expected victories. Democratic primary for governor State superintendent Tony Evers, who has been a consistent leader in name recognition, polls and party backing, pulled out a convincing win. With over 41 percent of the vote, Evers, a former school teacher, gathered more than twice the support of his opponents, trailed by firefighters’ union head Mahlon Mitchell with 16 percent and former state Rep.



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