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1% of Milwaukee County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
Rate hits 5% in one city neighborhood, under represents true spread.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Mann Family Owned Much of Bay View
Ran lumber companies, named Bay View streets, owned Lion House on N. Franklin Place.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Carl Baehr
Celebrating Voices of Health Care Workers
Artist Nirmal Raja creates masks with quotes from health care workers handling the pandemic.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Caroline White, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Metro Pay Gap for Women Improves
Study finds Milwaukee County women earn 85% of what men get compared to 79% nationally, 76% in Waukesha County.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
Council Proposes 10% Police Budget Cut
11 council members back $30 million cut and investing in other programs.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Five Definitions of “Defunding Police”
What could it mean? We ask some experts.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Steven Walters
DACA Immigrants Await High Court Ruling
6,600 in Wisconsin with DACA status await U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s effort to end program.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Megan Hart, Wisconsin Public Radio
Could Biden Pick Baldwin for Vice President?
Tammy Baldwin still on Biden's short list, has survived considerable scrutiny.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Bruce Murphy
UW System Issues Pandemic Guidelines
Campuses should have social distancing for classes, use residence halls for quarantines, testing.
Jun 15th, 2020 by Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio
Better Than Breier Isn’t Good Enough
Milwaukee Police aren’t using bullets and billy clubs on protesters. But that’a low bar by which to measure improvement.
Jun 14th, 2020 by Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee
Voter Purge Push Threatens 129,000 Names
State Supreme Court will consider approach critics decry as voter suppression.
Jun 14th, 2020 by Michael Parsky, Kynala Phillips and Dana Munro, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Trump Suit Against TV Station Questioned
Lawyer for Rhinelander TV station that ran anti-Trump ad calls for suit’s dismissal: it’s the “highest form of protected speech.”
Jun 14th, 2020 by Melanie Conklin, Wisconsin Examiner
