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UWM Chancellor Mark Mone and students are worried about the recent announcement of a 5% tuition increase by the UW System President, as expressed by Mone during the Academic Staff Senate. At a time when many students face challenges due to high prices and taxes considering economic inflation, there’s an announcement by Mone during the […]

While many universities have wrapped up the fall semester and sent students home for the holidays, UW-Milwaukee students are in the midst of cramming for the stressful days ahead. Wednesday marks the final day of classes, but some students are assigned due dates and test times into next week. As this time of year can […]

With inflation on the rise, people are seeking new ways to fight increased costs this holiday season. This year, Thanksgiving dinner cost consumers 20% more than last year, according to data from the American Farm Bureau Federation. After a Thanksgiving marked by higher prices, this holiday season will likely continue to cost more for consumers. […]

The City-County Task Force on Climate and Economic Equality committed to finding ways to mitigate racial inequity through “green jobs” on Nov. 29 during the last “Community Climate Conversations” event. The recurring Community Climate Conversations have taken place at the Innovations and Wellness Commons in Milwaukee’s historic Lindsay Heights neighborhood. The purpose of this space […]

From a stop on the Underground Railroad to the classroom, a museum docent, a teacher and a professor give their take on the importance of teaching the truth about the history of slavery in America. This train is silent. Sometimes it moves fast – other times, slow. There is nowhere to wave goodbye to family […]

At the City-County Heroin, Opioid & Cocaine Task Force meeting mental health and drug initiative directors announced their results from 2022 and their plans to improve in 2023.  Milwaukee Fire Captain David Polachowski said for 2022 the total number of overdose related incidents from the Milwaukee Overdose Response Initiative.  Total attempted contact was 3200, successful […]

The Milwaukee Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee voted unanimously to approve the detailed planned development for a proposed Deer District music venue following their meeting on Oct. 25. This action will allow FPC Live and the Milwaukee Bucks to move forward with the first phase of development. The plans outline a 4,000-person capacity concert venue […]

Throughout the past two months, the leader of Russia Vladimir Putin has made repeated threats that Russia is ready to use any means necessary, including the use of nuclear weapons, in order to defend the regions in Ukraine in which Russia has claimed to have annexed, according to the New York Post.  While the White […]

Witness testimony continued Monday morning, Oct. 10 in the Darrell Brooks trial who is charged in the November 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack. Before the jury came out, Brooks issued a court apology for his actions last week, “It’s emotional for the families involved, my family and myself and I should carry myself better. I […]

A new Jeffrey Dahmer show has recently aired on Netflix; Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. With the airing of this new series, it reintroduced a narrative perpetuating to build a memorial for Dahmer’s innocent victims.   Although at face value a memorial may be the solution to honor these victims, it has been established […]