Milwaukee Vision Project is hosting an event on Thursday night with the Sherman Park Community Association that highlights the perspectives of Sherman Park residents on Milwaukee.
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Posted inOpinion: Community Voices, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Opinion: Milwaukee County’s replacement for the Public Safety Building prioritizes victim-witnesses
Jessica Strand says that victim-witnesses at the Milwaukee County Courthouse are victimized a second time by having to cross paths with their perpetrator. She supports a safer space for residents.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Elections, Act 10 top list of hot-button issues facing Wisconsin Supreme Court’s new liberal supermajority
Court watchers expect a ruling on the controversial 2011 law that hobbled public sector unions by next summer.
Posted inCommunity, Health and Wellness, Housing
A new chapter: South Side family celebrates adoption of four children after closing their foster care license
McKenna and Celia Olson always knew they wanted to have a family after getting married. Through Wellpoint Care Network, the couple adopted four children, bringing their bittersweet journey as foster parents to 10 kids to an end and starting their next life chapter.
Posted inEducation, NNS Spotlight
NNS Connects: We helped Audubon students develop video projects. Here’s what we learned.
NNS community ambassadors and reporters encouraged students at Audubon Technology and Communication Center to use their own perspectives and critical thinking skills to develop video projects.
Posted inPublic Safety & Criminal Justice
Wisconsin prisons hit record population as crowding strains staffing and programs
Wisconsin’s prison population broke records last week with 23,854 behind bars. It’s a new milestone for a system that has been thousands of people over capacity for decades.
Posted inHealth and Wellness
International Overdose Awareness Day is Monday. Here’s what’s being done to prevent overdoses in Milwaukee.
Fatal overdoses have decreased in the county in recent years, though disparities in deaths still exist. Nearly half of overdose victims this year were African American.
Posted inArts and Recreation
5 things to know and do the week of Aug. 31
Walk to raise awareness about overdoses; do some yoga; play games with the community; and more.
Posted inEconomic Development
Microsoft, ratepayer advocates challenge ATC plan for data center transmission costs
The world’s fourth-most-valuable company and Wisconsin ratepayer advocates say a plan to assign infrastructure costs to data centers falls short of protecting Wisconsinites.
Posted inEducation, Resources
You’re not too late. Here’s where you can get free school supplies and backpacks this weekend in Milwaukee
A number of organizations in Milwaukee are hosting backpack giveaway events this Saturday and Sunday.