The Halloween Party on State Street this year combines daylight-saving time, a request from city and university leaders that bars close before the clocks turn back and an angry Tavern League.
A letter Tuesday signed by Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley asks bar owners to voluntarily stop serving alcohol at 2 a.m. Oct. 30 so that the Saturday night crowd stops drinking a bit earlier that Sunday.