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"THE NEWSPAPER YOU CAN TRUST SINCE 1964" By Karen Stokes On December 12th, President Biden issued the largest single-day clemency in modern history, granting 39 pardons for non-violent offenders and 1,499 commutations for those serving long prison terms.
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Dec 28, 2024 · By Karen Stokes On December 12th, President Biden issued the largest single-day clemency in modern history, granting 39 pardons for non-violent offenders and 1,499 commutations for those serving …
Wisconsin Elections Commission Launches Investigation Into …
4 days ago · Panel members raise concerns about processes and a lack of transparency after the discovery that 193 properly returned absentee ballots weren’t tallied. By Alexander Shur Votebeat, Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously authorized an investigation Thursday into Madison’s mishandling of nearly 200 absentee ballots that were never counted from the November 2024 ...
Gun Violence Takes Deadly Toll on Milwaukee County Youths
Oct 12, 2024 · By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Sebastian Florentino, 14, was shot and killed on Jan. 21, 2023. Alijah S. Golden-Richmond, also 14, was shot and killed this year on Aug. 14. The boys were the first and last of 40 homicide victims in Milwaukee County 17 years of age or younger since Jan. 1, […]
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The Milwaukee Courier is a weekly newspaper periodical published in print and distributed throughout Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is also available across the entire United States by mail via paid subscriptions. The newspaper is owned by Jerrel Jones, President and CEO, and has been “The newspaper you can trust” published weekly by Courier Publishing Company since […]
Milwaukee residents fear more flooding due to planned I-94 …
Aug 11, 2023 · Valley Park sits in the middle of the planned expansion. Aside from increasing noise and air pollution as more cars zip down a wider highway, residents worry the addition of about 29 acres of asphalt — the equivalent of more than twenty football fields — will increase flows of stormwater into The Valley and surrounding flood-vulnerable neighborhoods.
Gun Violence Down Across State, Including Milwaukee, Report Says
Dec 7, 2024 · By Edgar Mendez This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Gun violence homicides dropped by nearly 17% in Wisconsin over the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same time period in 2023, according to a […]
Milwaukee Elects Historic Mayor: Cavalier Johnson Leads the City ...
Feb 24, 2024 · Mayor Cavalier Johnson took office as Acting Mayor of the City of Milwaukee in late 2021 and set out immediately to build a safer city. He has prioritized violence reduction, economic development, and roadway safety. Before taking on his role as Acting Mayor, Johnson served as Common Council President while representing the city’s 2nd Aldermanic […]
Quarter of Milwaukee County Homicides Since 2023 Occurred in …
Oct 12, 2024 · Name: Project Ujima Phone: 414-266-2557 What it does: Project Ujima is a community program that helps victims of violence and provides services at Children’s Wisconsin, your home, and the community. Name: 414 LIFE MKE Phone: 414-439-5525 What it does: 414 Life is a violence interruption team based in Milwaukee.Our goals are to stop the spread of gun violence through de-escalation and ...
President Biden Visits Milwaukee to Highlight the Economy
Aug 19, 2023 · By Karen Stokes President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Aug. 15 traveled to Wisconsin to highlight his economic policies in a state critical to his reelection. His arrival in Milwaukee came on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, a major piece of economic legislation he signed into law with great ceremony […]