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Madison's Superintendent Search Enters Public Feedback Phase

August 14, 2023

In this episode:

  • Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Justice Protasiewicz must recuse herself from gerrymandering case or face impeachment.
  • former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke blasts the Republican party for failing to find a strong challenger against Senator Tammy Baldwin.
  • Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes was not selected as Chicago's Chief of Police.
  • Madison tweaks its bus routes after overhaul.
  • Madison Metropolitan School District opens its search for a new superintendent to community feedback.
  • More details emerge about an attack on a deputy at the county jail.
  • Dr. Ajay Sethi talks about the future of Covid and the state of the vaccine.
  • "The Past Isn't Past" looks back on the acquittal of Jo Ann Little in 1975.
  • Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 344 Bill Carroll talks about the new hard-won contract with UPS.
  • and Harry Richardson reviews a new Japanese zombie movie on Netflix.