Madison Media Digest

Here’s what we were reading while sampling all of the delicious craft beers Madison has to offer. 

Police and Local Government

Madison adopted an energy plan calling for carbon emissions to drop 80 percent by 2050. The Board of Estimates unanimously called for further negotiations between the city and a Chicago developer for work in Judge Doyle Square near the capital. There may be a break in an eight-year-old murder case in Madison. The County may purchase the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce building to house a long-planned homeless day center. Dave Blaska and others, apparently, want Mayor Paul Soglin to veto a review of the Madison Police Department; Soglin remains quiet on his opinion of the review; Alder Bidal-Seilaff and Chief Koval reflect on last week’s debate over it.

Education 

Madison West High School plans to continue crowning a gender-neutral Homecoming court. A Madison middle schooler expelled for bringing a BB gun to school filed a race discrimination claim against the school district. Chris Rickert thinks there are more damaging forms of discrimination in Madison schools than the discipline policy. 

Community

Students are not reacting well to the presidential campaign rhetoric. The city offers two programs to help homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops. Madison-based American Family Insurance seeks to reorganize so it can sell more than insurance. The city’s Equal Rights Commission will honor Annette Miller. Operation Fresh Start plans an expansion. A Capital Square prayer rally drew 3,500 participants and protesters calling for separation of church and state. A developer is looking at renovations at Blair Street and East Wilson. Residents and city officials are excited to see the possibilities in the Monroe St. reconstruction project. Hip-hop group the Black Poets Society reunites to celebrate the history and power of hip-hop music in Madison.