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For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has provided states with funds to enhance unemployment benefits by $600 per week, which they later reduced to $300 per week. Now, as the American public tries to push its way back to some version of ‘normal’ life, an age-old question has resurfaced with new context. […]

My aunt is the executive director at the International Association of Structural Movers. Part of her job is finding writers for and editing the Structural Movers Magazine, which is published every month and is mostly made up of articles about recent moving projects and photos of massive buildings loaded up onto trucks.  You know where […]

For the first time in thirteen months, audience members took the elevator – two at a time – to the second level of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater that houses the Quadracci Powerhouse stage. There to see First Lady of Song: Alexis J. Roston Sings Ella Fitzgerald, they were greeted with Plexi glass aisles, scurrying one-by-one […]

Have you ever tried to find a videogame that never gets old, even after playing it hundreds of hours? As a gamer that has experienced more Overwatch than I care to admit, I’d say Overwatch is a great place to start looking. Overwatch was released in 2016 and is a first-person shooter game that was […]

Has it seemed like your newsfeeds on social media have been overgrown with plant pics lately? People buying plants, taking care of plants, showing off their plants?? They’re everywhere. It’s not just in your head. Everybody knows the number of pet adoptions have soared throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Plant sales have too. People are filling […]

When Covid started shutting businesses down in March of 2020, it didn’t take long for Congress to pass unemployment legislation. This legislation allowed people to be paid $600 a week if they lost employment due to the pandemic. The amount was later reduced to $300 a week. But now, Wisconsin lawmakers want to get rid […]

These days we tend to look for distractions. How about looking for anything to do but do the dishes, or cut the grass? (Hey don’t worry, I haven’t done either…)  What sounds fun instead?  Roughhousing with your dog. Dancing with your – grumpy – cat. Coming home drunk and smothering them in kisses. Our furry […]

Netflix streaming show The Good Place has been airing since 2016, first on NBC before joining the service. I never heard about the show when it was on television, but after joining the platform it seems like all four seasons have been laced with positive reviews. Intrigued by optimism and out of need for a […]

The Athletic  After last night’s game 7 against Brooklyn, which felt like an intense finals game 7, Milwaukee exhaled a huge sigh of relief knowing they miraculously made it out of that series on top.   But seriously…  Can the Milwaukee Bucks go all the way and win the championship this year?  Absolutely yes. After defeating the leagues greatest obstacle in […]

As seasons have changed and COVID restrictions have been lifted with new vaccines out, downtown Milwaukee has been filled on the weekends. It makes sense, the pandemic held us inside for the past year, and people are eager to get out and enjoy the weekends again. Water Street has been the destination for just that. While everything is seeming to become normal again, there’s one thing […]

Two Distant Strangers,   Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe,   Joey Bada$$, Zaria Simon, and Andrew Howard  Short Film – 32 minutes  6.9/10 IMDb / 93% Rotten Tomatoes  Netflix Apr 1, 2021  Something we see and witness in our world every day. Finally, we have a great example in perspective of an African American man living […]

Bustle.com With summer just around the corner, do you know what this season’s hottest trend is? Besides the huge heat wave coming and everybody getting vaccinated, skincare is more important than ever. Due to COVID-19 people are spending more time outdoors. It is estimated that we spend an average of 14 hours outside each week, […]