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As Housing Costs Go Up, HUD Proposes 51 Percent Budget Cut

June 28, 2025

By Charlene Crowell According to the National Association of Home Builders, nearly 75 percent of families – 100.6 million households – cannot afford a median priced new home in 2025. With a price tag of $459,826 and an accompanying 30-year mortgage rate of about 6.5 percent, it’s no surprise that both families and government are […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charlene Crowell, Economic Disparities, Housing Affordability

MPD Pushes for More Facial Recognition Technology as a Federal Report Shows Persistent Bias

June 21, 2025

By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. As the Milwaukee Police Department moves to expand its use of facial recognition technology, a June report from the federal government finds this technology continues to disproportionately […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Devin Blake, Facial Recognition Technology, Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Turners

Lawmakers Seek to Expand Alternatives to Incarceration for People with Mental Illness

June 21, 2025

By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. As Wisconsin’s prison population climbs toward pre-pandemic levels, Senate Bill 153 seeks to expand alternatives to incarceration. Wisconsin’s Treatment Alternatives and Diversion program was established in 2005 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Devin Blake, Diversion and Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Incarceration Alternatives, Jail Alternatives, Mental Illness, Senate Bill 153, Substance Abuse

Wisconsin Proposal to Require Simple Explanations of Ballot Questions Needs Work, Critics Say

June 21, 2025

The bill has broad support, but some worry that a lack of standards and a risk of partisanship could undermine its impact. By Alexander Shur Votebeat This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible by donors like you. Wisconsin Republicans want to require that all […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alexander Shur, Amendments, Ballot Questions, State Constitution Amendments, Voting

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ACT (Part IV)

June 21, 2025

Kweku’s Korner By Dr. Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is simple and nuanced. It’s a personal journey, but a walk with others to help guide and support us through that journey. As we enter the second half of this six-stage philosophy, we will shift to the concept of “Self as Context.” At this […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi, Kweku’s Korner, Self as Context, Self Love

Senate Finance Committee Bill Text Would Hike Energy Costs, Destroy Jobs

June 21, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Republican members of the Senate Committee on Finance released their text for the budget reconciliation bill, which would raise energy costs and destroy manufacturing jobs in their own states and across the country. Attacks on clean energy have already threatened or canceled more than 90,000 jobs, and with this proposal, 400,000 more […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clean Energy, Climate Power, Federal Funding Cuts, Senate Committee on Finance, Tax Credits

Versiti on King Hosts First KidneyCARE for Community Day

June 14, 2025

Versiti Organ and Tissue, in partnership with the National Kidney Foundation and the Cream City Chapter of the Links, Inc., hosted the first ever KidneyCARE for Community Day on Thursday, June 12 starting at 3 p.m. at ThriveOn King. KidneyCARE for Community Day is meant to address chronic kidney disease on a local level by […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chronic Kidney Disease, KidneyCARE, ThriveOn King, Versiti Organ and Tissue

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Give Students a Voice: State Law Is Necessary to Expedite Student Board Membership

June 14, 2025

By Dr. LaKeshia N. Myers The Milwaukee Public Schools district has taken a commendable step forward by expressing intent to include a student board member on its governing body. This move represents more than symbolic progress—it’s a necessary evolution toward authentic student representation in educational decision-making. However, good intentions alone are insufficient. Wisconsin must follow […]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia N. Myers, School Governance Reform, Student Board Members

Black Soldiers to Be Celebrated at African American Civil War Memorial on Juneteenth

June 14, 2025

June 19th to begin steps toward grand opening of new museum By Hazel Trice Edney Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for African-Americans, comes this year amidst diminishing respect for the contributions of enslaved people and their descendants. But leading historians around the nation are […]

Popular Interests In This Article: African American Civil War Memorial, African American Civil War Museum, Civil War, Dr. Frank Smith, Hazel Trice Edney, Juneteenth Day

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Honoring Legacy: The Imperative of Succession in Black Business

June 14, 2025

Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant Jerrel Jones, the visionary founder of Courier Communications, whose groundbreaking work in Black media has left an indelible mark in Milwaukee and beyond. As the owner of both a prominent community newspaper and a radio station, Jones created platforms that amplified Black voices, told Black stories, and addressed the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Courier Communications, Jerrel Jones, Michelle Bryant, Say Something Real

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