Walk to raise awareness about overdoses; do some yoga; play games with the community; and more.
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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.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: Climate change and Wisconsin’s carceral cancer
Nate Gilliam says that Wisconsin can’t address the growing and disproportionate harm being caused by climate change to marginalized communities if it continues to invest in a carceral state.
Posted inArts and Recreation
5 things to know and do the weekend of Aug. 28
Watch a free movie in the park; connect with mental health and wellness resources; grab free school supplies; and more.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
What to know about the US Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s mail ballot restrictions
A majority of justices said a lower court’s stay was premature, but legal and practical obstacles could still make it hard to put in place for November.
Posted inHousing
Landlords can run a background check on you. New online tool helps you background check them.
MKEPropertyOwnership.com allows users to search rental properties in the city, identify a landlord’s network of related LLCs (limited liability corporations) and find information including code violations and eviction filings.
Posted inCommunity, Inside the NNS Newsroom
NNS reporters discuss changes in Sherman Park on ‘Lake Effect’
NNS reporters PrincessSafiya Byers and Devin Blake visited WUWM 89.7, Milwaukee’s NPR, to discuss the newsroom’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of the uprising in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Elon Musk won’t face criminal charges for offering voters $1 million checks during 2025 Supreme Court election
Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley said he was “befuddled” by the decision.
Posted inPublic Safety & Criminal Justice
Eyewitness says jail officials ignored initial pleas for help for man who died in custody last week
The man disputes the account provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office regarding the death of Kourtney Edwards at the county jail last Tuesday.