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Alderwoman Dimitrijevic and ECO director Erick Shambarger seek to transform the city.

A task force including a smattering of public officials has been working the past few years on a plan to address climate change and racial justice in Milwaukee. Members will ask the Common Council to approve the framework in the coming months. A recent public forum set the task force's outreach in motion.

Teachers told the Waukesha School Board they are leaving because the environment in the district has become toxic.

Wisconsin Education Association Council talks about safely reopening schools. WEAC’s Ted Kraig says in order to get all schools back to in person learning at the end of President Biden’s first 100 days some districts need to use already available federal funds to follow CDC guidelines on safely re-opening. Kraig says some districts still need to update their HVAC systems to properly filter the air to prevent aerosol spread of the virus, institute surveillance testing to make certain there isn’t asymptomatic spread and supplying staff with high quality N95 masks. Vaccinating teachers is...