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🗳️ Meet the Dane County Executive candidates
August 12, 2024
What’s up, Madison! The August primary election is tomorrow… are you ready?! Not sure what to expect or where you can vote? No problem, we’ve got you covered. Here is our guide to the August primary election. For a deeper dive into the ballot, give our conversation with Cap Times state government reporter Andrew Bahl a listen as he explains the candidates and referendums on the ballot.
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🗳️ The Dane County Executive Race Is On
- Aug. 13 is the primary election and one of the most-contested races on the ballot is for Dane County Executive.
- City Cast Madison host Bianca Martin sat down with Cap Times local government reporter Allison Garfield to learn more about the candidates and details about the race. [City Cast Madison 🎧]
♻️ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Repair!
- Madison Public Library introduced a new program that will run until Nov. 15 called the Care & Repair program. There will be a variety of free events focused on mending and repairing household items like clothing and bikes.
- This series includes 30 programs across all nine libraries. The goal is to help reduce the amount of waste in landfills and teach people how to make their items last longer. Let’s help Mother Nature, Madison! [City of Madison]
🏠Federal Funding for Veteran Housing
- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is giving $20 million to 243 public housing agencies across the country. Madison’s Community Development Authority will receive $68,320 to improve the HUD-Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program. This program helps veterans facing homelessness find homes through vouchers and other means. [City of Madison]
🤖 How is AI Changing Medicine Madison?
- UW Health is trying out a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to take notes during visits. They want physicians to give more attention to patients and spend less time on screens.
- In July, they began their pilot program with 20 physicians but have plans to expand up to 100 physicians.
- Related: How else is UW taking the next step with AI? [Cap Times, City Cast Madison 🎧]
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What To Do
Monday, Aug. 12
- American Red Cross Blood Drive at Garver Feed Mill
- Blues Dance Madison at The Harmony Bar and Grill
- Jakob Heinemann & Matthew Blair at Leopold's Books Bar Caffe
- Los Tangueros del Oeste at North Street Cabaret
- Motown Mondays with Nick Nice at Lola's
- Nimesh Patel at Comedy on State
- Shut Up and Write! at Lakeside Street Coffeehouse
📰Extra! Extra! For our fun news kicker today, I am taking you to Hayward. Why? For none other than the Lumberjack World Championships! Earlier this month, participants competed in events like log rolling, ax throwing, and tree climbing. Shoutout to the Wisconsin residents Livi Pappadopoulos for winning her sixth log rolling championship and to Kate Witkowski for winning the Women’s standing block chop and for taking third overall in the women’s all-around.
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