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Darrin Madison is running for State Assembly in Milwaukee, Rashad Cobb is Citizen of the Year in Green Bay, and COVID stats are improving. 

An early voting location at a Black men's health center had its signage stolen in what director Aaron Perry calls clear voter suppression. Plus, the Ho-Chunk Nation has officially opposed a mining permit in Central Wisconsin and COVID stats are slightly better, at least for the day.

On the pod today: an update on the case of a Appleton man in jail for an assualt on a Black woman, a series of proposals from the Dane County Board's Black Caucus to reduce disparities in the jail, and Black Restaurant Week coming soon!

An Appleton man was arrested after an assault on a Black woman, Dane Dances begins its 23rd season Friday, and COVID hospitalizations are the highest we've seen in months.

We lost two Black icons Sunday, a legendary athlete and a legendary performer. Plus, BMO Harris Bank will invest $650,000 in three Black Madison institutions over the next five years and COVID stats remain steady for the most part.

It's BIPOC Mental Health Awarness Month! Dr. Diane Gooding, NAMI Dane County president and UW professor of psychology and psychiatry, joins the show today to dig into disparities in mental health, stigma, barriers to care and what we can do about it.

Read her column here.

Another seismic shift in the race for US Senate. Plus, the Men's Health Center inside JP Hair Design is also now a place where you can vote -- an important point of access as lawmakers and judges make voting harder to do  -- and COVID spread continues to get worse.

Marlén Gongora joins us this morning to talk about a major grant coming to Wisconsin to tackle dementia in Indigenous communities. Plus, Rob has a recap of not one but two Forward Madison matches, and most of the COVID stats have leveled off for now.

On the podcast today: big news in the race for US Senate, a big racial justice event coming up soon, huge success for Dane County's Olympics of the Mind team and COVID stats once again looking not great.

A new farmers & artisans market in Marshall was designed with diversity in mind, and the BIPOC Birders Club of Wisconsin is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Plus, COVID cases are up but fatalities are still low.