Articles by Jeffrey Richardson

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election between Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar has come to a close with liberal judge Chris Taylor winning against conservative judge Maria Lazar by won by more than 20 points. With Chris Taylor as the new judge giving liberals a 5-2 majority in the court, what is next for the Wisconsin […]

When LaNelle Ramey talks about mentoring, he is careful with his words. As executive director of MENTOR Greater Milwaukee, he has spent years watching organizations claim they mentor young people and mean something entirely different. “We hear a lot of programs say they do it, but then when you dig deep, it’s just we did […]

For a lot of students, the first semester of college doesn’t go the way they planned. New city, new environment, no familiar faces and suddenly the grades that came easily in high school aren’t coming so easily anymore. Students stumble in their first semester, falling into a GPA hole so deep that some never climb […]

King Charles III walked into the U.S. House chamber on April 28 and did something few expected from a monarch delivering a diplomatic address while also joking around with Congress. The king’s remarks to a joint meeting of Congress marked only the second time in history a British monarch has spoken before the American legislature. […]

Desiree Sims spent more than 18 years serving in both the Army and Navy, from emergency rooms stateside to running a clinic at Guantanamo Bay. Jessica Garza served eight years as a human resources specialist, including a deployment to Afghanistan during one of the deadliest periods of the war. This Women’s History Month, both Milwaukee-area […]