Here’s what we were reading while getting hungry for Black Restaurant Week [1].
Education
A federal investigation into whether a student’s expulsion was racially motivated will move forward [2]. Madison Schools are reconsidering a contract with the police department [3]. The school district reported progress on hiring teachers of color [4]. Was this an unexpected outcome of Gov. Scott Walker’s stripping of collective bargaining rights from teachers and other public employees [5]? Students in the UW-Madison People Program and Darbo-Worthington’s Mentoring Positives may be entering the pizza business [6].
Justice
The State Journal looked at restorative courts, which divert young people out of the criminal justice system [7]. Some community leaders call for a federal investigation [8] of Genele Laird’s arrest, which caused outrage after it was caught on video. A Madison Police detective apologized on behalf of the department for online comments posted by two officers [9]. Chris Rickert wonders if the police and some in the public really understand each other [10]. Members of the police department spoke out about their own community reputation [11]. Southwest Madison received [12] a Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Grant.
Community
July 21’s megastorm damaged some of the city’s voting machines [13]. The city plans a wastewater treatment facility on Starkweather Creek to remove phosphorous from the lakes [14]. An immigrant from Cameroon talked about the challenges of adjusting to Madison [15]. A city grant program to support retail businesses downtown has seen one applicant since its passage this winter [16]. Homelessness is a highly individualized story [17]. The UW-Madison Walgreen’s will carry naloxone, which can treat heroin overdoses [18]. The Madison Community Foundation has a new development director [19]. So does Wisconsin Public Radio [20]. Madison recycles styrofoam [21]. The Urban League held its Unity Picnic on Saturday [22]. Dane County will be first in Wisconsin to implement an in-home long-term care program for elderly and disabled residents [23]. Meriter and St. Mary’s Hospitals received high marks from the federal government [24]. The Chamber of Commerce wants to brand Madison as a “health tech hub [25].” The Madison Planning Commission endorsed senior housing on the east side [26]. A pedestrian tunnel under Verona Road is closing for three weeks to add a skylight [27]. There’s a “lost city” inside the Madison Arboretum [28]. Madison’s first Black Business Expo drew participants [29] from across the country. The owners of The Edgewater owe $14M to contractors and architects [30], an arbitrator ruled. Madison gaming firms are trying to get in on the Pokemon Go craze [31].
The Madison Media Digest is off next week.
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[1] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/madison-black-restaurant-week-set-for-aug/article_07f82ef6-9a4b-5b2e-9960-fe06352a4a49.html
[2] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/madison-student-s-federal-complaint-alleging-discrimination-will-proceed-to/article_77e4d5d8-e5fd-5a8c-b56a-ebb21f336253.html?utm_content=buffer16615&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[3] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/madison-school-board-taking-a-closer-look-at-police-officers/article_9cba5923-3006-55c9-bdd1-01d27462b37d.html?utm_content=bufferc9c01&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[4] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-school-district-making-progress-on-hiring-teachers-of-color/article_0c6289e2-1910-5d81-94e3-bb6eb824db62.html?utm_content=buffer7a72b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[5] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/columnists/chris-rickert/chris-rickert-s-act-helped-madison-diversify-its-teaching-staff/article_f2ba05a6-a307-52db-b11f-a3bf0d6b40fc.html
[6] http://host.madison.com/ct/entertainment/city_life/with-all-veggie-off-the-block-frozen-pizzas-teens-take/article_4e4cb505-0819-5738-a83f-fc599c29f54e.html
[7] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/dane-county-community-court-to-offer-restorative-justice-to-more/article_1a17ef3e-badf-5aa4-bf00-cc7c60ee7eda.html
[8] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/07/28/complaint-requests-federal-investigation-officer-laird-mall-arrest/
[9] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-police-detective-responds-to-profane-petition-comments/article_42e08d6a-052b-5260-8374-2dfc3ea87758.html?utm_content=buffercd997&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[10] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/columnists/chris-rickert/chris-rickert-arrest-is-another-sign-madison-needs-policing/article_72a12644-a61d-5405-a949-38fdd7643268.html?utm_content=bufferaa482&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[11] http://www.ibmadison.com/Blogger/Bring-It/July-2016/Madison-Council-hears-that-Blue-Lives-Matter/
[12] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/07/28/byrne-criminal-justice-innovation-project-giving-boost-madisons-southwest-side/
[13] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/flooding-causes-replacement-of-madison-s-voting-machines-puts-clerk/article_91fcaaa1-5f31-5e52-8853-a1ff1046ed69.html
[14] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-planning-starkweather-creek-treatment-facility-to-reduce-phosphorus-levels/article_04205f3d-e15f-571a-ba49-48b3e6611d42.html
[15] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/feeling-lost-in-a-land-of-opportunity-cameroonian-teen-vanessa/article_41688b43-e4ee-567b-8384-408bc1c465ef.html?utm_content=buffer25fa0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[16] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-reviewing-first-downtown-retail-improvement-grant-applicant/article_4b7d4dc6-5523-546c-8c1f-7be670dd2d07.html
[17] http://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/editorial/don-t-be-quick-to-judge-the-homeless/article_d2502052-d656-513f-83f9-f74d773d9247.html
[18] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/uw-campus-walgreens-to-dispense-heroin-antidote-naloxone/article_ae6cd465-075b-5896-9fc5-f65910dce026.html
[19] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/07/28/madison-community-foundation-hires-angela-r-davis-development-director/
[20] http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/07/28/wisconsin-public-radio-welcomes-new-director-development-dora-zuniga/
[21] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/ask/just-ask-us/just-ask-us-parternship-between-city-and-local-company-creates/article_901195cf-50da-5e43-9bed-894e7c15835e.html
[22] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/photos-urban-league-unity-summer-picnic/collection_6c4b5694-0101-5461-a8c6-3899c9ca26a1.html
[23] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/family-care-iris-coming-to-dane-county-in/article_4d15e5f9-4c96-5ffc-9279-f94ef8282925.html
[24] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/meriter-st-mary-s-get-top-quality-ratings-from-feds/article_e2b9a104-e997-5ec6-9b19-ea664d1f4959.html
[25] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/chamber-of-commerce-wants-to-brand-madison-as-a-health/article_6eb3bcb4-56a3-5eb2-914c-e3d0a7de8c19.html
[26] http://host.madison.com/ct/business/senior-housing-a-welcome-addition-on-far-east-side-plan/article_f80046c3-c976-5730-a68f-ac630085fc81.html?utm_content=bufferf72d6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[27] http://host.madison.com/wsj/traffic/verona-road-pedestrian-tunnel-closing-for-weeks-new-skylight-will/article_16f1b30f-cd97-55b4-86ab-f766f016adb3.html?utm_content=bufferf9cfb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
[28] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/digging-up-evidence-of-madison-s-lost-city-in-the/article_f2946081-bd5c-5344-b7fc-544b0f13261c.html
[29] http://isthmus.com/news/news/inaugural-black-business-expo-draws-packed-house/
[30] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/arbitration-panel-rules-against-the-edgewater-hotel-orders-million-payment/article_01e709a1-9a2b-565e-b120-9379b28dcdb2.html
[31] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/madison-game-developers-feel-impact-of-pokemon-go/article_912f9bb5-aed8-5008-b1b3-50d890ebb1c3.html?utm_content=bufferdef84&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC