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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 […]

Ronan Carpenter’s first-semester chemistry class required students to write down every single direction for the lab, by hand. Copying verbatim was supposed to prove students had read through the instructions. For Carpenter, who has fibromyalgia and chronic migraines, writing by hand causes pain.  “It just made me feel like trash,” he said.   Carpenter has a set […]

In the last two election cycles, young voters have cast their ballots at rates never seen before. However, despite a razor-thin race in our swing state, experts predict Generation Z turnout in Wisconsin’s general election will drop come November 8th. Bella Van Lanen has the story.

Cedarburg Wisconsin planned a fun Halloween event to bring the community together and start the holiday season off with eerie festivities. Amanda Stahl has the story.

A report from Milwaukee’s Fire and Police Commission presented to the Public Health and Safety Committee on Dec. 1, 2022, reported that the wait time for 911 calls has decreased due to an influx of new hires, but they still are not meeting the industry standard. The industry standard, set by the National Emergency Number […]

OPEC+, the oil producers’ group, gathered in Vienna for the first time in 2.5 years to announce that it will cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day. Saudi Arabia, the de-facto leader of OPEC, stated that the output reduction of 2 million barrels per day, or 2% of the world’s supply, was required […]

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 […]

On November 11, 2022, cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a quick fall from glory. Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s founder and CEO, saw his $16 billion net worth drop to almost nothing as the company’s value plummeted from $32 billion to bankruptcy in a couple of days.  What is FTX?  FTX […]

The third floor of the Golda Meir Library on UW-Milwaukee’s campus is nearly silent. The only sound is typing on a keyboard or the occasional whisper between two students. On the far northeast corner, sitting at his favorite spot to do homework, is junior History major Nathan Brown. “My workload is a lot but honestly […]

Press members and patrons flocked around the bar at the Newsroom Pub to order a drink from a journalist this past Thursday for the Milwaukee Press Club’s annual Meet the Media event. The ‘celebrity bartenders’ poured beer and cocktails in honor of the MPC’s 137th anniversary. Meet the Media, created in 2006 by former club […]

A recent Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin revealed Sen. Ron Johnson leading in the U.S. Senate race over Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and a toss-up in the governor’s race between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican Tim Michels.  In last month’s poll, the Senate race was a close 49%-48% with Johnson in the […]

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 […]