Thursday, July 21
Madison’s largest shopping malls could be getting a big upgrade, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. Two separate proposals submitted to the city include plans for an eight-screen movie theater and pub at East Towne and a Dave & Buster’s at West Towne.
Friday, July 22
More delays for the Garver Feed Mill redevelopment project. The State Journal reports that Chicago-based Baum Development has asked city officials for more time to secure funding from a mix of state, local and federal sources that will finance a quarter of the $20 million project.
Tuesday, July 26
Not everybody is loving the Pokemon Go craze. Sonia J. Teas is arrested for punching a police officer after she and a friend allegedly threatened two people playing the augmented reality game on Oakridge Avenue. Her friend, Harry Seidel, is alleged to have drawn a knife and said to the players, “Don’t play Pokemon here!”
The ACLU of Wisconsin files a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Shannon Andrews, a cancer researcher at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the State Journal reports. A transgender woman, Andrews says she was unfairly denied insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery.
Wednesday, July 27
Wisconsin is facing a nearly $1 billion gap in transportation funding over the next two years, according to a memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Gov. Scott Walker has pledged not to raise the gas tax or vehicle registration fees, but some Republicans say it’s time to fund Wisconsin’s roads.
