Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporters covered a wide range of stories in 2017. NNS reporter Elliot Hughes explains why this story, originally published on Dec. 21, is his favorite among those he wrote this year.
Elliot Hughes
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Community leaders welcome automated traffic enforcement proposal
Milwaukee community leaders are praising new legislation that would create a pilot program to introduce automated technology for identifying reckless drivers.
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Community Warehouse opens Bronzeville retail space
Community Warehouse, a nonprofit that sells discounted home improvement products in distressed areas and employs background-challenged individuals, opened a new retail outlet on Milwaukee’s North Side.
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‘That’s What She Said’ podcast provides proud, black, female voices
Two Milwaukee natives, Shavonda Sisson and Tracey Corder, are hosts of the podcast “That’s What She Said,” where they discuss racial matters, sexuality, pop culture and local and national news.
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City’s RICH program completes first housing rehabilitation
Zeynab Ali, an 18-year-old author and youth activist, and her family will move into the first rehabilitated home completed by the RICH program, formerly an illegal drug lab.