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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin plans to reintroduce a ban on sleeping on downtown sidewalks after 7 am, even though the Common Council rejected the same proposal earlier this week. Soglin said yesterday it’s not really about sleeping.
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Some of the biggest names in Badger football history — Ron Dayne, Brian Calhoun and Terrell Fletcher — came together for a panel discussion as part of the Morning Sports Report.
Kaleem Caire and Marcus Miles are hosting the Premiere Black Male Photo Shoot next Sunday to highlight the wide range of men in the community.
Centro Hispano’s annual Fiesta Hispana will bring families together tomorrow.
Madison365 editor Dave Dahmer sat down with Dr. Shawn Robinson, who couldn’t read until he was 18 but now works to change the narrative around black men and dyslexia.
Columnist Matthew Braunginn wonders just what it’s going to take before white people take “modern lynchings” seriously.
State Senator Lena Taylor says we can’t build Milwaukee up by first tearing it down.
In other news …
The police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher has been charged with first-degree manslaughter.
The family of Keith Scott, shot and killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, released cell phone video of the moments leading up to the killing recorded by his wife.
A federal court ruled that banning dreadlocks in the workplace is not discrimination.
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