Crowley and MoveForwardMKE Coalition Lobbied Since 2020 for additional revenue to avoid devastating fiscal cliff MILWAUKEE, WI – On June 8th, Governor Tony Evers, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced a bipartisan deal to increase shared revenue for communities across the state and provide Milwaukee County a revenue generation tool […]
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Pride Comes In Many Forms
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Every June, Pride Month is celebrated to raise awareness of the LGBTQI+ community. It is a time to reflect on the lives, families, contributions and issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. According to History.com, far from the celebrations we see today, the first documented U.S. gay […]
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Reading for Respite: Inside Wisconsin’s Libraries
By LaKeshia N. Myers Have you visited your local library lately? It’s a question I find myself asking constituents as of late. Primarily because I want to encourage students to read for leisure over summer break and second, because most people don’t know what they’re missing. Public libraries are hidden gems in our communities. They […]
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Open Letter to Black Americans Concerning the Media
BlackEconomics.org On March 10, 2023, BlackEconomics.org released its first media-related open letter: “Open Letter to HBCU Law School Deans: Reparations for Black American Defamation.” The letter urged litigation against the media for its promulgation of adverse stereotypical images of Black Americans that motivate racial discrimination and follow-on socioeconomic injury. The open letter hearkened back to […]
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The Top 5 NBA Players in The Game
By Charles Collier I have compiled a list of my top players in the NBA today. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO Giannis is simply the best two-way player in the world. PERIOD. He is one of three NBA players to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. In case you are wondering, the […]
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Gun Violence Continues to Take a Toll
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Last week, I was checking my calendar for upcoming events, when I noticed a reminder: Remember to wear orange on Friday…… If Hadiya Pendleton were alive today, she would be twenty-five years old. You can’t help but wonder what this young woman’s future would have held. As a […]
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Solving the Copay Accumulator Scheme is an Issue of Health Equity
By Rep. Sylvia Ortiz Represents Assembly District 8 Time and time again, I hear from my community and those I represent in Assembly District 8 who are forced to make difficult decisions between affording the medications and treatments they need to survive, and other essential expenses. This issue is elevated even higher for individuals with […]
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A GD Saturday Can Kickstart Reparations
BlackEconomics.org® Black Americans, who believe that Repara-tions are due, know that there are numerous efforts afoot to secure Reparations in one form or another. Presumably, we can agree that a more unified strategy should enable us to experience more success in wresting Reparations from the prevailing system of things. This brief essay will provide an […]
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Climbing The Hill
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The Problem of Undiversified, Inequitable and Exclusionary Policies In 1940, George Orwell wrote: “Almost certainly we are moving into an age of totalitarian dictatorships – an age in which freedom of thought will be at first a deadly sin and later on a meaningless abstraction. The autonomous individual […]
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Dear Tina, You Were Simply the Best
By LaKeshia N. Myers I did a Black History Month project on Tina Turner in sixth grade. I had stumbled upon her autobiography, I, Tina, the previous summer rummaging for books at my aunt’s home. Her story was captivating and I became fascinated with learning all about her. While I had grown up listening to […]
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