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Edgar Mendez
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Senior Staff Reporter
Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BJ, BS; Marquette University, MA
Edgar Mendez is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. He won a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and 2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards for his reporting on taverns, marijuana law enforcement, and lead in water service lines.
In 2008, he won a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism. His writing has been published by the Associated Press, Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other media.
Honors & Awards:
2008 Society of Professional Journalists’ Regional Award
2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards
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An ambitious plan to expand the Historic King Drive Business Improvement District #8, which was opposed by members of the Five Points Neighborhood Association, was unanimously approved in a 14-0 vote Tuesday by the Common Council.
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