NNS reporter Edgar Mendez goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss the devastating effects of opioid use in Milwaukee, and the $2.5 million in grants aimed at easing the effects of the crisis.
NNS on Lake Effect: Milwaukee Employment/Renovation Initiative
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to explain the program’s roots and the progress it has made so far.
NNS on Lake Effect: Men4Men Initiative
NNS reporter Andrea Waxman goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss Men4Men raising awareness of sex trafficking.
NNS on Lake Effect
NNS reporter Edgar Mendez goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss big changes to local and national GED testing.
NNS on Lake Effect: College Possible, Four Years Later
NNS reporter Andrea Waxman goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss College Possible, a regional organization that helps low-income students get into college.
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Safe Zones initiative
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss Safe Zones community based policing initiative that evolved out of the Dontre Hamilton protests in 2014.
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: A day without Latinos, Immigrants and Refugees
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss Voces de la Frontera, and a Day without Latinos, Immigrants and Refugees.
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: The victims of Greenfield Avenue
NNS reporter Edgar Mendez, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss some of the challenges facing Greenfield Avenue on Milwaukee’s south side. The area has become the city’s main prostitution hub, and a place where prostitutes and residents alike are victimized.
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Panhandling Laws in Milwaukee
NNS reporter Andrea Waxman, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss the new laws regarding panhandling. Panhandling on street medians and highway ramps in Milwaukee became illegal on Oct. 28, 2016. A new city ordinance calls for violators to be fined or imprisoned.
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: More police is not the answer for Milwaukee
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj goes on the air with Joy Powers to discuss Milwaukee’s message to the Common Council at a recent Public Safety Committee hearing: More police will not be sufficient to reduce violence and crime in the city.