Author: rchappell

“It took 172 years to have a Black woman serving in this place in history and so I don’t take that for granted,” Nia Trammell said. Trammell is the first Black woman to serve as a judge outside of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin.

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For Everett Mitchell, a Dane County Circuit Court Judge since 2016, one of the traits that he says makes a good judge is curiosity.

“It’s never rubberstamping what people do, but rather be curious upon every hearing that you have. As long as you remain curious, you continue to ask the right questions, the best questions, the thoughtful questions and you push,” he says, “and the community can bring the best out of what we can do.”

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The protest in downtown Madison began peaceful, with protesters chanting “Black Lives Matter,” and ended, many hours later, with fires and vandalism to downtown businesses. Madison365’s Fatoumata Ceesay was there to take pictures and report:

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COVID-19 has brought forth a variety of issues for the country to address: access to healthcare, racial equity, and educational opportunity. However, one unforeseen and

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With so many sports canceled during the coronavirus pandemic, people are left wondering what they can do to move their bodies other than walk their dog, jog, bike or maybe play a little tennis.  People wonder if spikeball and basketball are OK to enjoy, and even soccer doesn’t feel quite right.  But there is one community of athletes in town that is enjoying the ride mask-free: The kiteboarders.

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Opportunity Calculator is one of two Wisconsin teams which will take proposals to the finals of the Alliance for the American Dream competition. 

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