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Cost now at least $3.4 million to repair historic footbridge designed by Olmsted.

  MILWAUKEE – Supervisor Ryan Clancy will introduce a resolution funding a “Right to Counsel” pilot program administered by Milwaukee County’s Housing Division through 2022. “The Right to Counsel would be an important step forward at any time, but it is even more vital right now,” said Supervisor Clancy. “From school attendance, to lead levels in children, to job retention, it’s clear that keeping people in safe, stable housing is not only the right thing to do, but an incredi...

stock.adobe.com Currently without a right to legal counsel, few Milwaukeeans are able to afford an attorney when facing eviction. A new proposal aims to change that. There is an impending eviction crisis in the United States. As eviction moratoriums end around the nation, many people are facing the reality of losing their homes. The impact can be devastating, not just to the families experiencing it, but to the greater community. But currently in Milwaukee and many places across the United Stat...

309 2 minutes read On March 11, a new bill, referred to as SB-119 or the “Fund the Police Bill,” was discussed in the Wisconsin legislature at a public hearing in Madison. Under this bill, cities and towns that make any decreases to local police budgets would have money deducted from the amount each municipality receives from the state budget. In addition, the amount taken from these municipalities would be distributed to those that did not take any money from their police budget.  Pro...

County on track to have lowest level of street homelessness ever recorded, housing director said. By Graham Kilmer - May 13th, 2021 10:44 am //end headline wrapper ?> Homes on N. 20th St. File photo by Jeramey Jannene. Milwaukee County has used federal funding to prevent an estimated 5,480 evictions since the COVID-19 pandemic began. David Crowley, the county put approximately $18 million of its allocation from the CARES Act into eviction prevention and housing a...

Voces protests removal of immigrant-centered policies from state budget by Republicans The Wisconsin State Capitol was closed to the public for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It only took four days after reopening for Republicans in the Legislature to draw a large group of protesters to the hallway outside the Joint Finance Committee meeting (JFC).  On Wednesday, JFC co-chairs Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) released their plan to gut hun...

Tony Evers’ budget proposal — among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities. Immigration activists unveil a banner in the Capitol rotunda. Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner. By Thursday morning, protesters organized by Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization, had descended on the Capitol from across the state to protest the Republicans�...

Jared Cain, a special education teacher and media entrepreneur, is seen near the intersection of West Center Street and North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milwaukee on March 11, 2021. That’s where he filmed and livestreamed a video showing protests against the police killing of George Floyd and property damage just after midnight on June 1, 2020. Police later cited the video as proof that he was in public after a 9 p.m. curfew kicked in — part of an emergency order aimed at curbing u...

Board Approves Overtime Oversight Policy New policy will likely bring the sheriffs office before the board to explain overtime expenditures. By Graham Kilmer - Apr 26th, 2021 08:02 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Milwaukee County Courthouse. Photo by Sulfur at English Wikipedia (GFDL) or (CC-BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia CommonsThe Milwaukee County Board recently adopted an ordinance that has its origins in Supe...

The envelope looked like any other — slightly wrinkled, a handwritten address scrawled across the front. But Jared Cain said he felt violated after looking inside. He saw a ticket for breaking the curfew Milwaukee adopted to regulate protests after a May 25 murder in Minneapolis seen around the world: When police officer Derek Chauvin knelt for more than 9 minutes on the neck of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man. Cain did not interact with Milwaukee police during local protests the nig...