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Madison Council Rejects Contentious Homeless Ordinance

October 16, 2015

Mayor Backed Ban On Downtown Sidewalk Sitting, Sleeping By Parth Shah The chants of protestors outside the City County Building carried upstairs into the Madison Common Council meeting Tuesday night as members voted down a controversial ordinance affecting the city’s homeless. Mayor Paul Soglin unveiled the Downtown Pedestrian Protection Ordinance in late July. It would […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Homelessness, Madison Common Council, Parth Shah, Paul Soglin, Sidewalk Sitting

Rebecca Bradley Takes Spot On Wisconsin Supreme Court

October 16, 2015

Walker Appointed Bradley Last Week By The Associated Press Rebecca Bradley has been sworn into office as a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Court spokesman Tom Sheehan said that Chief Justice Patience Roggensack administered the oath of office to Bradley on Monday morning, about an hour before the court was to hear oral arguments […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Patrick Crooks, Rebecca Bradley, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Parole Agents Would Be Allowed To Carry Guns Under New Bill

October 16, 2015

Many Agents Assert They Need To Be Armed When Tracking Down Repeat Parole Violators By Gilman Halsted Community corrections agents in Milwaukee are backing a bill that would allow them to carry guns on the job. Current law bars parole agents from carrying guns, but many agents say they need to carry firearms for protection […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Evan Goyke, Gilman Halsted, Parole Agents, Paul Reiff, Wisconsin Department of Corrections

Milwaukee To Release Teen Pregnancy Statistics, At Time When Prevention Funding Is In Jeopardy

October 16, 2015

Teen Pregancy Rates Have Dropped Dramatically In Milwaukee Over Past Decade By Shamane Mills Milwaukee is expected to release its most recent figures for teen pregnancy soon, at a time when some lawmakers want to cut funding for federal pregnancy prevention programs. Milwaukee once had the second-highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation. The most […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Family Planning, Shamane Mills, Teen Pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Myths Cause Flu Vaccination Disparities

October 16, 2015

by Sarafina Wright Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Washington Informer The National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership [NIVDP] kicked off flu season with free vaccinations for underserved communities whose livelihoods depend on them not falling ill to this disease. The NIVDP and the Mayor’s Office of Latino Affairs along with support from Walgreens […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Influenza, Sarafina Wright, Vaccinations

Black Polo Player Kareem Rosser is Smashing Polo Balls and Stereotypes

October 16, 2015

By Denise Meridith Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Arizona Informant Jackie Robinson in baseball, Tiger Woods in golf, Bill Pickett in rodeo: there have been many American pioneers, who defied the odds to become legends in sports, where Blacks had previously been excluded. On September 10, Arizonans may have gotten a glimpse […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Denise Meredith, Kareem Rosser, Polo, Polo Championships

Number of Black Teachers Rapidly Declines as Minority Student Population Increases

October 16, 2015

By Robert Bess Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Westside GazetteA The minority population has grown tremendously since the year 2000. According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population growth is due to U.S. births–and Asian population growth is due primarily to immigration since 2012. That alone has fueled a 5 percent population […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Teachers, Hispanic Teachers, Population Growth, Robert Bess

Wisconsin’s First Conference for Queer People of Color A Success

October 16, 2015

by Aarushi Agni Safe spaces can be hard to come by for a queer person of color on a mostly white college campus, steeped in a heteronormative, capitalist culture. Attendees and organizers of the first-ever Wisconsin Queer People of Color Conference strived to create this safe space last weekend. Among other measures, conference participants wore […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aarushi Agni, Coya White Hat-Artichoker, Danez Smith, Queerness, Wisconsin Queer People of Color Conference

Making a New Rap About Unity and The Black Dollar

October 16, 2015

By James G. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call WASHINGTON—The power of hip hop and the Black economy were the topics of discussion during a press conference at the National Press Club Oct. 9, kicking off the day’s events for the Justice Or Else weekend here. Real Hip Hop Network chairman Atonn […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Atonn Muhammad, Hip-Hop, James G. Muhammad, Justice or Else, Louis Farrakhan, Maurice Rashid Hood, National Press Club, Nuri Muhammad, Rodney P. Hunt

The Role and Politics of Nonprofits in Madison & Beyond

October 9, 2015

by Jacklin Bolduan Over the next few weeks, The Madison Times will be exploring the nonprofit sector, its role in our community, and the economic, social, and cultural values we place on this growing sector. This first piece will provide a brief background on nonprofits and some information on their presence in our communities. What […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charities, Jacklin Bolduan, Nonprofits, Wisconsin Nonprofit Association

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