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Centro Hispano's new chair, Madison Public Market art installations & more news

Art installations reflecting Madison’s diversity begin at Madison Public Market

By Madison365 staff

October 7, 2025

The Madison Public Market is expected to open in the first quarter of 2026, and work is now underway to begin installing some of the first pieces of art. When installations are complete, the Madison Public Market will showcase a vibrant collection of public artworks that reflect the diverse voices, histories, and cultures of the […]

Suzanne Johnson looks to support the evolution and growth of Centro as its new board chair

By David Dahmer

October 7, 2025

By day, Suzanne Johnson is the senior vice president of branch banking for Park Bank, a community bank with nine locations throughout the Madison area. In addition to that, since May of this year, she has also been the chair of the board of directors at Centro, Dane County’s largest organization working to improve the […]

Save Dairy Drive Coalition issues statement on Madison alders who felt threatened outside City-County Building

By Omar Waheed

October 7, 2025

Protesters from last week’s rally outside of city hall released a statement in response to allegations of threats lobbied by District 8 Alder MGR Govindarajan and District 5 Alder Regina Vidaver’s comments to the Isthmus. Rallies have been organized to call for a reconsideration of demolishing the Dairy Drive city-sanctioned campsite that over 20 unhoused […]

Wisconsin rarely grants compassionate release as aging, ailing prisoners stress systems

By Wisconsin Watch

October 7, 2025

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and Sreejita Patra / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch   It’s hard to find hope in a terminal illness. But for Darnell Price, the spread of a cancerous tumor opened the door for a new life. It was a chance to spend his remaining days outside of prison. Two Wisconsin […]

‘I don’t know how I’m going to feed my kids’: Shutdown hits federal contractors hard

By CNN

October 7, 2025

By Matt Egan, CNN   New York (CNN) — Audrey Murray is losing sleep over the government shutdown that could soon derail her paychecks. Murray, 65, has worked as a cleaner at the Smithsonian Museum of American History for nearly three decades. Now she is among the hundreds of thousands of federal government contractors whose […]