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Milwaukee Kicks Off Peace Week
A week of events focused on creating peace and unity across the city of Milwaukee is underway. The city’s second Milwaukee Peace Week is aimed at fostering “dialogue, understanding, and collaboration among residents of all backgrounds,” according to a statement. Some of the events in Milwaukee this...
Whooping Cough On Rise in Wisconsin
Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in Wisconsin, especially in the northeastern region. Since the start of April, Brown County Public Health Department has investigated more than 65 cases and confirmed 11 cases of the bacterial disease. The City of DePere’s Health Department has investigated 20 additional cases this year and confirmed two people with pertussis.
Hovde Says 12-14 Week Abortion Ban a ‘Reasonable Time Range’
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde says an abortion ban between 12 and 14 weeks “is probably a reasonable time range” for people to decide whether to terminate their pregnancies — but Wisconsin voters should decide. Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says “women and their doctors should...
State Health Department Reinstates Vaccine Requirements for School Children
Children entering seventh grade or 12th grade will require meningitis vaccines under newly updated school and child care center vaccine requirements from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS). The agency has also reinstated a requirement that for a child to be exempt from the state’s chickenpox vaccine requirement in...
45 Sites Selected for Affordable Homes for Early Childhood Educators
A multi-million-dollar initiative to create affordable housing for a special group of workers — early childhood educators — is taking a major step forward. It’s part of a bigger goal of erasing racial disparities in homeownership by targeting mostly minority residents. The project, from the Community Development...
Two Vendors Exit 3rd Street Market Hall
Make Waves, a plant-based restaurant serving smoothies, wraps, acai bowls and more, has shuttered its location at 3rd Street Market Hall. Its sibling vendor, Greenhouse, is also closed. The restaurants, led by Peter Engel and Emily Ware, were known for their health-focused menus and emphasis on vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free...
ACLU Urges Citizen Oversight of Police Surveillance
“You don’t know when privacy will matter,” Jon McCray Jones, a policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, told Wisconsin Examiner. “You don’t know what will be criminalized in America.” McCray Jones was discussing concerns about how surveillance by police affects communities. In many Wisconsin cities, efforts by police to purchase and deploy surveillance technology goes unchallenged and unnoticed. McCray Jones and other privacy advocates want to change that.
Milwaukee Officials Praise Rescheduling of Cannabis by Biden
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, joined by Sen. LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) and Rep. Kalan Haywood (D-Milwaukee), celebrated the ongoing rescheduling of cannabis by the Biden Administration. The plant, better known as marijuana, has been listed as a Schedule I narcotic for decades, placing it in the same category as highly dangerous drugs which do not have accepted medicinal uses or have high risks for abuse. Reclassifying cannabis as a Schedule III substance acknowledges the plant’s medicinal properties, and adjusts the penalties for possessing it.
Ron Johnson Calls on GOP to Set Aside ‘Squabbles’ on Abortion
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson urged members of the Republican Party of Wisconsin to set aside intra-party “squabbles” on abortion limits, telling party activists, “We have to win elections.”. The warning from Wisconsin’s top Republican follows multiple statewide elections where Democrats have used the abortion issue to help...
The State of Politics: GOP Senate Hurts Evers’ Talent Searches
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is looking for cabinet secretaries for two important state agencies – the Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR). DNR has not had a leader since October and the DOC since March. But consider the challenges in pondering the DOC job, If...
Trade Hotel Workers Organizing Union
Workers at the Trade Hotel are organizing a union with the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Workers (MASH) organization. The union announced Friday that workers at the Trade Hotel, 420 W. Juneau Ave., have demanded recognition from their employer NCG Hospitality, a hotel management and development company based in Middleton, Wisconsin. MASH represents the more than 1,000 service and hospitality workers at the Fiserv Forum and Pabst Theatre Group venues.
Advocates Plead for Task Force on Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls
Democratic lawmakers, family members of victims and advocates renewed the call Thursday for the creation of a task force on missing and murdered Black women and girls in Wisconsin. The proposed task force, which is inspired by a task force within the Department of Justice on missing and murdered Indigenous...
ID Checks No Longer Mandated at Emergency Food Pantries
This story was originally published by Wisconsin Watch and WPR. Wisconsin’s emergency food pantries can now decide whether to check clients’ identification and verify their addresses. By October, the state will require them to stop asking. The change will improve access to a key federal program, the Wisconsin...
Scooters Return To Milwaukee’s Streets, This Time Permanently
Dockless electric scooters are back on Milwaukee’s streets. The two authorized providers, Lime and Spin, were allowed to deploy their scooters Friday. And unlike in years past, they don’t have a hard end date for which they need to be removed. The city approved a permanent regulatory program in March, ending a five-year period where three separate “pilot studies” were conducted.
Sugar Maple Hosting Joe Pera-Themed Pop-Up
“Perhaps there’s a school in Riverwest or Wauwatosa that could use a choir teacher. I’d get a new style of clothing and then all my new coworkers would say, ‘hey, would you want to meet us on Friday night for a beer on Kinnickinnic Avenue?'”. This is...
S’Blendid Cancels Plans For Bay View Cafe
Last summer, S’Blendid Boba Tea began making preparations for a new cafe in Bay View. The business, formerly a tenant at North Avenue Market, was slated to open at 2229 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. As of May 17, the move is dead. “After an entire year of waiting for construction...
Wisconsin Unemployment Below 3% For First Time Since Last Summer
The unemployment rate in Wisconsin dipped below 3 percent in April for the first time since mid-2023, according to data released Thursday by the state Department of Workforce Development. Last month, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate declined to 2.9 percent, a full percentage point lower than the national rate. The state...
Private Insurers in Wisconsin Are Spending Far More Than Medicare For Health Services
A national report shows employer-sponsored health insurance plans in Wisconsin pay significantly more than Medicare prices. But hospital leaders said the findings don’t accurately represent costs for private insurance. The report by the RAND Corporation looked at insurance claims data provided by employers and health plans. It found that...
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