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Media Digest February 14th 2018

by Megan Duncan | 02/14/2018 - 9:17am

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More than 100 changes to landlord-tenant laws have made a big difference to Madison renters.

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A local women’s theater strives to give women a voice

by Maki Watanabe | 01/24/2018 - 12:56pm

Kathie Rasmussen Women’s Theatre’s Artistic Director and co-founder, Jan Levine Thal, addressing the audience before their production of Paula Vogel’s The Mineola Twins in October 2017 (Maki Watanabe/Madison Commons).

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Media Digest December 4th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 12/04/2017 - 3:20pm

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A Madison neighborhood is planning to monitor its own air quality because of frustration with the state department usually tasked with that job.

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Media Digest November 17th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 11/16/2017 - 1:34pm

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The final city budget is out, and it comes with changes to police staffing, police body cameras, and the public market.

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Cap Times Talk discusses the role of diversity and inclusion in building strong neighborhoods

by Aaron Hathaway | 11/16/2017 - 11:05am

Looking north toward the capital building from Lake Monona (Aaron Hathaway/Madison Commons)

City planners and community members met in an open forum at the High Noon Saloon last Tuesday to discuss how to build healthy neighborhoods in Madison.

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Media Digest November 7th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 11/07/2017 - 12:43pm

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More than 400 people attended Madison’s first game development conference, and the group hopes to grow larger in the next year.

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Tags: The Grid, City Life, Food, Development, Local Business, Local Media

Media Digest November 1st 2017

by Megan Duncan | 11/01/2017 - 3:22pm

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After the Roman Catholic bishop overseeing the Madison area last week issued guidance that suggested some gay people could be denied funeral rites, the community is circulating a national-attention-getting petition to have the bishop removed.

Tags: Education, City, Development, Diversity, Local Business, Local Media, Safety, Services

Media Digest October 24th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 10/24/2017 - 2:47pm

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A deep dive into the protest history of the Wisconsin capitol building shows just how strong the city’s roots of dissent run.

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Media Digest October 17th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 10/17/2017 - 4:31pm

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Whistleblowers are supposed to be protected from losing their jobs in Wisconsin. But, it’s not working that way.

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Media Digest, October 10th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 10/10/2017 - 10:04am

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Undocumented immigrants are the vital to keeping Wisconsin dairies running 365 days a year.

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Media Digest, October 3 2017

by Megan Duncan | 10/03/2017 - 8:17am

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An allocation of $76 million in the budget means a long-debated jail project will proceed along West Dotty Street.

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Media Digest, September 12th 2017

by Megan Duncan | 09/12/2017 - 9:00am

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President Donald Trump’s decision to end protections for immigrants who came as children will have a local impact. Laura Patricia Minero, a Ph.D. candidate at UW-Madison is enrolled in the DACA program and fears what’s next.

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