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The Department of Forestry Services in the city of Milwaukee introduced a new pruning program during the Milwaukee Public Works Committee meeting on Dec. 2. Forestry Services Manager Randy Krouse delivered the presentation and conveyed that the program itself will commence in 2021. According to Krouse, the city of Milwaukee maintains over 195,000 trees on […]

After the arrest of an Indigenous journalist in Canada, a larger concern has been raised about law enforcement determining who is a journalist and what journalism actually is, according to Karen Pugliese, former president of Canadian Association of Journalists and Ryerson University professor. “This is outrageous when we have a constitutional right,” said Pugliese. “We’ve […]

The Milwaukee Public Museum increased its total net assets by over $250,000 from their fiscal year-end in 2019 to 2020, despite being shut down for over five months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “With cutting payroll and all the expenses, we were able to make sure we had a good cash position, and a surplus […]

Late last winter, a long-brewing conversation about unionizing began to get more serious at the Colectivo Coffee warehouse in Riverwest. Warehouse employees say management mistakes began to pile up: performance reviews, on which yearly raises depended, were months late, communication started to fall apart, and equipment needed repairs. Former warehouse employee and organizer Robert Penner […]

Financial instability and mental health concerns brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected the minority communities of UW-Milwaukee, as articulated in a seminar on Thursday conducted by the Zilber School of Public Health. A live Teams meeting was held for panel members from staff and student organizations to discuss the needs of students during […]

The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old teen accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha in August, will proceed after a judge found probable cause for the case, rejecting a defense attorney’s argument that the state was violating Rittenhouse’s Second Amendment rights.  In a lengthy pretrial presided over by Judge Loren Keating of Kenosha, the […]

Trump continues to get flagged on Twitter as he believes the election was rigged. Since Nov. 3, President Donald Trump has tweeted over 500 times despite Twitter continuing to flag and discredit over 300 of those tweets. The topic of Trump’s tweets have been the idea of rigged election and various comments about voter fraud. Twitter […]

A crowd of 500-600 people gathered at the intersection of N. Mayfair Rd and W. North Ave., near the entrance of Mayfair Mall, to rally against the outcome of the U.S. 2020 election and support President Donald Trump. The event featured former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and the Proud Boys, an all-male, far-right organization, […]

Wisconsin’s 32nd district solidified Gov. Tony Evers veto power in state redistricting after an election determined by a margin of less than 600 votes and massive campaign funding. The senate seat was won 48,853 for Brad Pfaff (D) to 48,264 for Dan Kapanke (R) in the initial counting; however, the deadline for certifying the election […]

Wisconsin has received a lot of attention for being a swing state in presidential elections, and this state has had a significant role in the results of the 2020 election. There were some small differences from 2016 in voting patterns among a few suburban and rural areas of the state that resulted in Wisconsin turning blue this […]

MILWAUKEE- As Pennsylvania turns blue, Lachoise Beamon, a 49-year-old Milwaukee office worker, could only feel slightly relieved. The presidential election of 2020 was different for everyone this year, from the increase in absentee ballots to the accusation of fraudulent votes. Some people will say that this year is no different than any other year. To […]

Joe Biden remains the winner of the state of Wisconsin after the recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties.   Biden increased his lead over Donald Trump by a small amount in Milwaukee and Dane counties after the recount.   On Nov. 18, the Trump campaign asked for a recount of votes in the two Wisconsin counties.   The […]