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Milwaukee Adopts Mask Mandate
Council unanimously adopts indoor and outdoor mandate. Goes into effect Thursday.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Jeramey JanneneWisconsin’s Wealth Gap Grows Worse
Pandemic devastates lower and middle class while billionaires get wealthier.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Bruce MurphyCity Announces Upgrades for Fall Election
Steps to improve voting by mail, higher pay for poll workers, plan for 171 polling places.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Jeramey JanneneBaldwin Bill Pushes Transitional Jobs
Pandemic dramatizes long-term issue of job shortages, issue pushed by policy analyst David Riemer.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin ExaminerReport Tallies COVID’s Economic Carnage
WEDC report also offers solutions. Wisconsin may only get one chance to make it right.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Steven WaltersBlack Lives Matter Has LGBTQ+ Voices
Two of local movement’s founders who identify as queer say it's also about LGBTQ+ Black lives.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Matt Martinez, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceWisconsin 1st In Youth Vote Clout
Voters 18 to 29 will have more influence on presidential race here than any other state, study finds.
Jul 13th, 2020 by Elizabeth Dohms-Harter, Wisconsin Public RadioDemolition Underway for Adams Hotel
Plus: DCD gets new leadership team
Jul 12th, 2020 by Jeramey JanneneFour Straight Days of Over 750 New COVID-19 Cases
But a negative death total, how did that happen?
Jul 12th, 2020 by Jeramey JanneneThe Tale of Two Milwaukees
Oft-used phrase helps explain the disinvestment in Black neighborhoods.
Jul 12th, 2020 by Yui HashimotoState GOP Convention Decries Anarchy, Socialism
Hundreds at in-person convention in Green Bay despite fliers warning they ‘assume any potential risk’.
Jul 12th, 2020 by Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public RadioState Institutes Mask Mandate for Executive Branch Employees
Evers doesn't think he can impose a statewide mask requirement.
Jul 12th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner