By Milwaukee Courier Staff MILWAUKEE – Imagine having prescription drug prices rise by double digits after all the inflation Americans already have experienced regarding food, housing, automobiles, gasoline, clothing, and so much more over the past two years. That was just the concern a multicultural coalition of small business owners from across Wisconsin had when […]
WUWM 89.7 Eric Von Broadcast Fellow Wins Wisconsin Broadcasting Association Award
Milwaukee – Nadya Kelly, WUWM’s 2023-2024 Eric Von Broadcast Fellow, won a first-place award from the Wisconsin Broadcaster’s Association on May 4, 2024. Kelly’s award, Best Use of Audio in Radio News, was for a story called “This Wisconsin high school band prepared for over a year to march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade,” which […]
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Announces Next President & CEO
Greg Wesley to continue to build on Foundation’s legacy of growth, collaboration Milwaukee, WI- The Board of Directors of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF) today announced that Greg Wesley will be the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Wesley succeeds Ellen M. Gilligan, who announced her plans to retire after more than a decade of […]
Wisconsin Democrats Engage Black Voters in Milwaukee with Roundtable Discussion
By Karen Stokes Wisconsin Democrats continue efforts to gain support among Black voters with a roundtable discussion Saturday in Milwaukee. Wisconsin Democrats hosted Black Men Chats with DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and WNOV On the Porch Radio Host Kwabena Nixon. “It’s called Black Men Chat. It’s directed to Black issues […]
ThriveOn King June 6 Ribbon-Cutting Celebration
Led by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Royal Capital, the ThriveOn Collaboration invests in the health, educational, social and economic wellness of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville community and beyond. Anchoring this generational commitment is the historic ThriveOn King development, a former department store transformed into a community hub and new home […]
Democrats Canvass Milwaukee with Support from Party Leaders
By Karen Stokes On Saturday, Wisconsin Democrat volunteers gathered at the Milwaukee Coordinated Campaign Office, 8405 W. Lisbon, to make phone calls and knock on doors in the area, to meet with voters encourage voter turnout. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined the volunteers, encouraging them to engage voters […]
Some Students Ask for Compromise Over Police in Schools
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. It’s been nearly six months since police officers were supposed to be stationed at Milwaukee Public Schools campuses under a new state law. While local and state […]
Milwaukee Leaders Announce Biden’s Marijuana Reform
By Karen Stokes Milwaukee elected officials held a press conference at City Hall on Friday to celebrate President Biden’s announcement reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I drug, to a Schedule III drug under federal law. This is the biggest federal marijuana reform the Biden-Harris administration enacted to date. The event was attended by Milwaukee Mayor […]
Wellpoint Care Network Breaks Ground on Green Stormwater Infrastructure Project
By Karen Stokes On Tuesday afternoon, Wellpoint Care Network welcomed the community to their Capitol Drive Campus to kick off the Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) project taking place as part of a multi-year project to transform Wellpoint Cares 18-acre campus into a vibrant neighborhood anchor where families and neighbors will find trauma informed social services, […]
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