Madison365 Week in Review for February 19

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    After the Dane County Sheriff called on the County Board to approve additional funding for the jail consolidation project, the County Board voted to delay the decision for two more weeks.

     

     

    A federal judge ruled that Monona police committed a “clear cut violation” of the Constitution when they entered a home and detained a Black man who was staying there.

     

     

     

    Tomika Vukovic has been named co-executive director of organizational empowerment at Wisconsin Voices.

     

     

     

    The Wisconsin Badgers will retire the number of Michael Finley on Sunday.

     

     

     

    A Madison photographer is running the “Pooch Playoffs” to find the city’s cutest pup and raise money for canine cancer research.

     

     

     

    A Room of One’s Own bookstore in Madison has revived its popular “Books for Black Bookish Wonders” program for Black History Month.

     

     

     

    UW-Madison’s on-campus indoor mask mandate will end on March 11, the day before spring break.

     

     

     

    Arvina Martin has been named executive director of Emerge Wisconsin.

     

     

     

    The fourth annual Black History Education Conference is taking place at UW-Madison this weekend.

     

     

     

    Cavalier Johnson and Bob Donavan made it through the Milwaukee mayoral primary and will face off in the April 5 general election.

     

     

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to prohibit state courts from routinely shackling children.

     

     

     

    Edgewood College is hosting an exhibit of Enrique Chagoya prints, as well as a visit by the artist.

     

     

     

    Madison College is hosting a series of events celebrating Black culinary culture for Black History Month.

     

     

     

    In her second term as Madison’s poet laureate, Angela Trudell Vasquez is working to connect with youth and communities of color.

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