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While most court functions return in person, some advocate for keeping some meetings virtual.

Posted on Saturday, Feb. 27 – 6pm – Sustainable Saturday Night – Building Unity for a Just Budget Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/457305152119171 Join the largest number of groups ever to work together on the state budget. Help plan what we need to do over the next four months to overcome major racial and economic inequities. Wisconsin was once the leader for progressive income taxes supporting public education and local infrastructure. But since 2010 this stat...

Businesses near downtown Madison are removing plywood boards from their storefronts for the first time in months. The plywood protection was installed last spring after demonstrations turned violent last May and more than 75 businesses were damaged and looted, according to the Madison Police Department website. Social Impact Investment Director at the American Family Insurance Institute Nyra Jordan said the removal of these boards is symbolic of the change in Madison. “I think it’s good bec...

American Family Insurance rises to call for action, preserving State Street art in new book The book is available now and free to the public January 20, 2021 1:27 PM Jamie Perez Updated: MADISON, Wis. — Last summer, after the death of George Floyd, artists in our community started painting murals along State Street that captured the moment, mood and emotion behind the Black Lives Matter movement. The boarded up store fronts were transformed into works of art. America...

ONLINE: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observances Jan 18, 2021 12:00 PM December 27, 2019 Sameer A. Khan Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. While in-person commemorations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday are not possible during the pandemic, it is more important than ever, in the midst of multiple national crises, to celebrate his activism and advocacy of peaceful dissent. At noon, tune in to Wisconsin Publ...