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Before Breonna Taylor was killed one year ago in Louisville, she had been asleep in her home — an apartment that didn’t have any of the contraband police had come looking for. Her death has led to marches and protests against police brutality and racism across the country. In Milwaukee on Saturday, dozens gathered in a small art studio on the city’s near south side for a celebration of Taylor’s life and to push harder for a statewide ban on no-knock warrants, which began the chain of e...

State Republicans push election law changes in wake of presidential election March 12, 2021 8:23 PM Site staff Updated: MADISON, Wis. — State houses around the country are rushing to introduce new voting laws, targeting issues like absentee voting, drop boxes, and more. Despite an election filled with fraud allegations that found zero footing in any court of law, Wisconsin Republicans are no exception. “Here in Wisconsin, and in states like Arizona, Georgia, a lot ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin state schools superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr is...

Deborah Kerr, one of two candidates competing to lead the state Department of Public Instruction, said she would move or rehire most of the agencys over 400 employees  away from Madison and into offices around the state.  “Under DPI’s current model, agency staff are plucked from the Madison area, and that’s not inclusive of any of the diversity and the needs of our Wisconsin children,” Kerr said at a press conference Wednesday in Milwaukee.  Kerr, former superintendent of Brown Deer...

THE STANDARD HUSTLE   A man counts Kenyan Shillings, the currency of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. [Photographer: Trevor Snapp/Bloomberg] To many young entrepreneurs, the thought of borrowing money from a bank is akin to signing up for a listing on the dreaded Credit Reference Bureau for non-payments. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With proper planning, a loan is the saviour any entrepreneur could use to grow, start a business or run one. Elizabeth Wasunna, th...

The advert that appeared in the two dailies on Friday however was a copy and paste of the one of April 24, 2020, whose outcome was rejected by the CS. Last year, over 150 candidates applied for the post but the interview was delayed by the outbreak of Covid-19. The post was left vacant following the resignation of Dr Daniel Manduku. In the first botched process, the current acting MD Eng Rashid Salim said he did not apply for the interviews. It was not clear whether Salim will submit his applic...

Wisconsin Lawmakers OK Overhaul of Aging Unemployment System The state’s unemployment insurance system, which has struggled against a benefits backlog, has gotten the green light for modernization from lawmakers, but funding it could prove challenging. by Mitchell Schmidt, The Wisconsin State Journal / February 24, 2021 Shutterstock/MarynaG (TNS) — The state Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would...

Two state Republican senators said yesterday that Governor Wolf has sabotaged the upcoming referendum question concerning how long an emergency disast...

A Wolf spokeswoman defends the Department of State's wording of proposed constitutional amendments that curb the governor's powers in emergency disasters as necessary to provide context. A GOP leader say it's intended to scare voters to vote against them.

CRB Listing: Digital Lending Apps Count Losses After CBK Order File image of Kenyan bank notes Twitter Digital lending applications, which have been known for their ruthless credit collection strategies, have been left counting losses after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) banned them from listing defaulters on the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB).  The lenders were cut from CRB in October 2020 a move that led them to a  percent decrease in the amount they were lending at exorbitant interest rate...