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Madison Media Digest: Education, homelessness, government, community

By Michael Mirer
Created 06/06/2016 - 10:29am

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Here’s what we were reading while mourning the champ [2].

Education

The Madison School Board may push back middle school start times [3]. Chris Rickert supports the idea [4]. West High School’s Rocketry Team won second place [5] in a NASA competition. The Madison Public Library was honored in a ceremony [6] at the White House. The north side’s Vera Court Neighborhood Center comes up with clever and creative ways to confront budget constraints and entertain children [7].

Homelessness

Homelessness is on the rise in Madison and Wisconsin [8], with inadequate state support seen as one reason.  As part of its series, the Wisconsin State Journal spoke to a number of homeless individuals to discuss the challenges they face [9]. About a dozen homeless individuals moved into supportive housing [10]. We looked at the challenges homeless students face [11]. 

Government

Bob Jambois will run against Ismael Ozanne [12] for Dane County District Attorney. Some Madison-area state representatives face contested races in November [13]. Three people have filed to run for Dane County Treasurer [14]. In response to a proposed moratorium on alcohol-selling establishments, Downtown business owners said issues beyond the rise in bars contribute to a challenging business climate [15]. Madison has embraced urban agriculture and more intensive projects are possible under current law [16]. Madison received a grant from the USDA [17] to help combat food insecurity and expand the availability of farmer’s markets throughout the city. MPD’s SWAT Team might get body cameras [18]. Dave Blaska thinks the city needs to get serious [19] on dealing with crime and gun violence. Madison Bikes will advocate for two-wheel travel [20]. 

Community

Opioid usage and overdoses are up in Madison [21]. The Progressive announced its new publisher [22]. The North Side is without a grocery story as Willy Street Co-Op prepares to open in the old Pierce’s location [23]. A South Madison activist focuses on health issues and food availability [24]. We wrote about Mothers in the Neighborhood last year [25]. Business incubator 100State partnered with [26] Centro Hispano. Madison’s Muslim community held a graduation for UW-Madison students [27].

The Evjue Foundation awarded $1.2M in grants to a range of community groups [28]. Centro Hispano will host a Farmer’s Market for the second year in a row [29]. The Marquette Waterfront Festival is one of the East Side’s four signature summer events [30]. Downtown bookstore A Room of One’s Own is up for sale [31]. It will take two restaurants to replace the departed Bluephies on Monroe [32], and those will serve healthier fare. A new bakery will open on State Street [33]. Henry Vilas Zoo studied its own safety procedures [34] after an incident in Cincinnati in which a 3-year-old fell into a gorilla enclosure, causing zoo staff to kill the animal.

Madison’s May temperatures were above average, but cooler than recent Mays [35]. Brat Fest buys rain insurance, in case weather disrupts the musical acts [36]. A Madison company has received an NIH grant to test a tool that would help connect patients to health care resources [37]. A new Madison learning-based video game company is running a Kickstarter [38].  A local app designer won an exclusive contract with New York’s Fashion Week [39].

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[1] http://madisoncommons.org/?q=content/media-digest
[2] http://host.madison.com/wsj/sports/tom-oates-muhammad-ali-made-his-mark-in-madison-back/article_c19038f7-813f-544d-8e32-88012664dff3.html
[3] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-school-board-to-discuss-later-middle-school-start-times/article_c2bdc8df-a1c4-5454-beca-911bfbef2209.html
[4] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/columnists/chris-rickert/chris-rickert-shift-to-later-school-starts-moving-about-as/article_32d2de9f-9e4f-5b62-960d-44fa886a35a8.html
[5] http://isthmus.com/news/news/rocketry-club-madison-west-high-nasa/
[6] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/06/01/madison-public-library-honored-at-white-house/
[7] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/06/02/a-box-of-creativity-on-madisons-north-side/
[8] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/rising-homelessness-should-be-wake-up-call-to-wisconsin-leaders/article_134bdd79-d537-5934-85bc-ecfb0a9d4e30.html
[9] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/in-their-own-words-hear-some-of-the-voices-of/article_b87c9b20-44ca-582b-a980-2f2b667c3957.html.
[10] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/qualifying-madison-homeless-residents-start-moving-into-rethke-terrace-apartments/article_70aee19d-0197-5924-8eeb-fb42c7f20b67.html.
[11] http://madisoncommons.org/?q=node/2988
[12] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/06/01/dane-county-da-ozanne-will-face-challenger/
[13] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/election-guide-which-dane-county-lawmakers-have-challengers-in/article_f9f36816-3240-53b6-a910-b2e0ad82cdfd.html
[14] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/dane-county-treasurer-s-race-down-to-three-candidates/article_731c97e3-da9f-5a45-8c11-c9b248935a34.html
[15] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/downtown-madison-retailers-sound-off-on-proposed-beverage-business-ban/article_9e3704a6-0c80-54e6-b39d-89c5324bee9b.html
[16] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/the-farmer-next-door-madison-has-embraced-urban-agriculture-but/article_e7563a23-2235-5011-8ede-2da39ef5693f.html.
[17] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/06/03/city-of-madison-receives-u-s-department-of-agriculture-grant-for-double-dollars/
[18] http://www.forwardlookout.com/2016/05/madison-police-swat-team-to-get-body-cameras/24942
[19] http://www.ibmadison.com/Blogger/Bring-It/June-2016/Orange-is-the-color-of-Madisons-confusion/
[20] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/madison-bikes-a-local-bicycling-advocacy-group-launches-this-week/article_8c230675-c40d-51cb-9ebf-93ae0cc2d5f5.html
[21] http://isthmus.com/news/news/fentanyl-likely-to-blame-for-spike-in-dane-county-overdoses/
[22] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/06/02/norm-stockwell-named-publisher-of-the-progressive/
[23] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/no-grocery-store-for-nearly-months-on-north-side-as/article_447b3b61-633d-532c-a728-a2b48aa5c41c.html
[24] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/know-your-madisonian-allied-community-builder-wants-to-open-doors/article_124970c8-1d9d-5bd4-902d-b0600f0b123d.html
[25] http://madisoncommons.org/?q=content/learning-from-neighbors-how-to-fight-diabetes
[26] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/06/03/the-power-of-collaboration/
[27] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/muslim-student-graduation-chance-to-combat-divisive-anti-islam-rhetoric/article_525ddb16-d54a-585c-af10-ebe5df97c8e6.html
[28] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/evjue-foundation-awards-million-to-uw-area-nonprofits/article_a3df6ade-6476-53e8-90ab-02669df75586.html
[29] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/second-season-of-centro-hispano-farmers-market-set-for-june/article_9564ae6f-8b8c-5cc5-a892-61bb12d28f05.html
[30] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/q-a-bob-queen-recalls-the-first-marquette-waterfront-festival/article_fc2db317-bfc9-524f-97d9-020caeaf9903.html
[31] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/a-room-of-one-s-own-bookstore-up-for-sale/article_473e7d2d-2f94-55f7-8dae-6506876165ff.html
[32] http://host.madison.com/ct/entertainment/dining/food-fight-replacing-bluephies-with-two-health-minded-restaurants/article_c53bae92-3de9-5230-8be0-6481b5a69d29.html
[33] http://host.madison.com/ct/entertainment/dining/downtown-doughnuts-coming-to-state-street-at-new-dough-baby/article_4555c629-7a23-5095-be62-4a4b1ffaab1b.html
[34] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/staff-at-henry-vilas-zoo-review-facility-safety-following-gorilla/article_7f390c0e-31ac-5991-9a58-6639dacb7310.html
[35] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/data/madison-experiences-cooler-may-than-in-recent-years/article_2424fc9c-3ace-5b5d-bc9e-f44aa38b216f.html
[36] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/madison-s-brat-fest-benefits-from-rain-insurance/article_76311774-c54a-5a94-9d2f-4cd8c15a0116.html
[37] http://host.madison.com/ct/business/technology/madison-s-my-coverage-plan-lands-nih-grant-to-develop/article_dfa0fd78-8a13-53bd-a87d-db7145b50a59.html
[38] http://host.madison.com/ct/business/technology/fuel-a-rocket-with-food-in-a-madison-startup-s/article_b4b6d29f-8b0b-5d02-b9d7-2bd7bec1c083.html
[39] http://host.madison.com/ct/business/technology/madison-app-developer-markable-lands-exclusive-deal-with-new-york/article_74a579c9-e036-53d0-8f89-a5960dd69476.html