By Karen Stokes Milwaukee County is facing an alarming financial crisis, as revealed by its recent five-year financial forecast. The projected budget shortfall is even greater than previously anticipated, raising concerns about how this problem can be resolved without significant changes at the state level. Several factors have contributed to the substantial financial challenge facing […]
Policy Can Be Placed, but the Real Wins Lie Within Our Communities
By Delmonte Jefferson The Center for Black Health & Equity in partnership with the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and at The Center for Black Health & Equity (The Center), May is also No Menthol Sunday Month. The fight against menthol is one that has had numerous forces […]
Senator Agard’s “Grass Routes” Tour Stops in Wauwatosa to Discuss Cannabis Legalization
By Karen Stokes On Wednesday, May 10, Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard along with special guest Representative Robyn Vining hosted a town hall as part of Senator Agard’s “Grass Routes” Tour discussing the current landscape of cannabis legalization in Wisconsin. Agard, a Democrat of Madison, has long made legalization her key issue. She first introduced […]
False Choice: Wisconsin Taxpayers Support Schools That Can Discriminate
Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal. By Phoebe Petrovic Wisconsin Watch In 2022, the two Fox Valley Lutheran High School students were a few months from graduating when they got called into the dean’s office. One was the cheerleading […]
Wisconsin’s Only Black-0wned Bank Celebrates Its 98th Annual Meeting, Largest in More Than 40 Years
(Milwaukee)—Columbia Savings & Loan Association held its Ninety-Eighth Annual Meeting with more than 60 members and guests attending, making it the savings and loan’s largest Annual Meeting in decades. Attendance was so great that Columbia had to rent space at a much larger facility to accommodate all the participants. Lafayette McKinney reflected on t he […]
Why Odds are Stacked in Favor of Bad Landlords in Wisconsin
The alleged violations included allowing illegal provisions in leases; illegally charging tenants late rent and court fees
Voting has Gotten Harder in Wisconsin. Organizers Have Found Ways to Help
Two different research initiatives have documented the ways it’s now more difficult to vote in Wisconsin, from disparities in access to added barriers. by Matt Mencarini Wisconsin Watch Around noon on an overcast April Election Day, dozens of canvassers returned to a second-floor conference room of the Greater Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Milwaukee’s […]
In new Role, Judge Derek Mosley Wants to get us Talking
Derek Mosley now serves as director of Marquette University Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education.
Wisconsin Eviction Process: What Happens to a Tenant’s Property?
What Milwaukee renters and those statewide should know about their possessions after an eviction. by Jonmaesha Beltran Wisconsin Watch News414 is a service journalism collaboration between Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service that addresses the specific issues, interests, perspectives and information needs identified by residents of central city Milwaukee neighborhoods. Learn more at our […]
Students Embrace Diverse Cultures at MPS World Fair
By Karen Stokes The UW Panther Arena on Tuesday was filled with excitement. Students, exhibits, costumes, music and representation of countries from around the world were all in place for the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) World Fair. Approximately 2,500 energized students from grades 4-8 from 16 of the most diverse schools in the MPS system […]
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