Stories tagged: "milwaukee"

Social Justice (Photo © Lola Abu-Shawareb)
Social Justice Wisconsin Senate Takes First Steps Toward Police Reform Since George Floyd’s Murder

More bills await a vote in both the Senate and Assembly as the state inches toward reforms. The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed four police reform bills, the first legislative action to change law enforcement policy since last year’s mass protests began after the murder of George Floyd by a then-Minneapolis police officer. The bipartisan...

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski May 12, 2021 3:20 pm CDT
Politics Goyke, Evers, Vos, LeMahieu
Politics ‘They Don’t Really Like Each Other’: Republican Infighting Could Delay Budget Passage, Lawmaker Says

Despite a decade of control, Assembly and Senate Republicans have a history of squabbling and missing budget deadlines.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow May 11, 2021 4:43 pm CDT
Coronavirus vaccine sign outside Milwaukee mill road library
Coronavirus Library Clinics? Door-to-Door Vaccines? Milwaukee Is Getting Creative To Get Shots In Arms

With vaccinations dropping, Milwaukee is figuring out how to overcome hesitancy and get shots to people right in their own neighborhoods.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski May 10, 2021 4:16 pm CDT
Infrastructure Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.)
Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904

Voters have a history of rewarding public officials who pay attention to long-neglected public needs.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring April 12, 2021 10:43 am CDT
Politics Kevin Zimmermann
Politics Black History and Slavery a ‘Small Part’ of US History? This Suburban School Board Candidate and Cop Says So.

Milwaukee Police officer Kevin Zimmermann has a social media history full of extreme comments and COVID-19 falsehoods on public and private accounts.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski April 2, 2021 1:54 pm CDT

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(Photo © Lola Abu-Shawareb) Social Justice Wisconsin Senate Takes First Steps Toward Police Reform Since George Floyd’s Murder
Goyke, Evers, Vos, LeMahieu Politics ‘They Don’t Really Like Each Other’: Republican Infighting Could Delay Budget Passage, Lawmaker Says
A certified medical assistant prepares doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The US took a major step in the pandemic this week by clearing the Pfizer vaccine for youth ages 12-15. (Image via AP Photo/John Locher, File) Coronavirus This Pediatrician Explains Why the Pfizer Vaccine Is Safe for Kids 12 and Up
Wisconsin childcare crisis Family Without Systemic Change, Child Care Advocates Say One-Off Aid Packages Won’t Help Fix The Industry
Environment Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Environment Critics Say I-94 Expansion in Milwaukee Puts Evers’ Administration at Odds With Biden—and Itself

The governor's climate change task force pointed to the historically detrimental effects of urban freeways and ports on communities of color in a 2020 report. But his administration is pressing ahead anyway.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 19, 2021 4:24 pm CDT
Vaccine News Wisconsin Center Vaccine Sign
Vaccine News FEMA Adding a Vaccine Clinic in Milwaukee to Catch Up With State Numbers

Madison and Eau Claire may also get federal help to boost the vaccination rate.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 9, 2021 12:28 pm CST