Madison365 Week in Review for April 6

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    In a historic local election, Satya Rhodes Conway easily unseated Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Aaron Richardson defeated Fitchburg Mayor Jason Gonzalez

     

    Donna Hurd, Syed Abbas and Christian Albouras all won seats on the City Council …

     

     

     

    and Cristiana CarusiAli Muldrow and Ananda Mirilli all won seats on the Madison School Board.

     

     

     

    Our Publisher and CEO Henry Sanders writes that the results mean marginalized groups now have unprecedented power in the city — and asks what they’re going to do with it.

     

     

    For the first time in more than 10 years, the Wisconsin legislature celebrated César Chávez day.

     

     

    Asian American students and activists handed out flyers outside Overture Center on the opening night of Miss Saigon.

     

     

     

    Meanwhile, Edgewood College cancelled a planned group outing to see the musical over Asian stereotypes in the show.

     

     

     

    Forward Madison begins its first-ever USL League One season tonight in Chattanooga, and the Brass Ring is hosting the watch party for supporters.

     

     

     

    Madison Police Chief MIke Koval and several other local law enforcement leaders came out in favor of driver licenses for undocumented immigrants.

     

     

    100 Black Men of Madison’s African American History Academic Challenge will mark 25 years today.

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