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Pre-Pandemic Life: When the month of May meant being outside in the festive crush of humanity

Pre-Pandemic Life: When the month of May meant being outside in the festive crush of humanity

Posted by | May 1, 2020 |

May 2020 ushers in the second month of Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” order to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Along with the nation, the Milwaukee community has stepped into another world and pre-pandemic life can at times seem like a faded memory. The pandemic has forever changed our lives, our neighborhoods, and our nation. We collectively yearn for the return to “normal,” which was never all that great. In comparison, there is a comfort in the familiar. As this “new normal” stretches on, it too fulfills a level of familiarity, but perhaps offers little comfort. The COVID-19...

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JoCasta Zamarripa makes history by becoming Milwaukee’s first Latina Alderwoman

JoCasta Zamarripa makes history by becoming Milwaukee’s first Latina Alderwoman

Posted by | Apr 22, 2020 |

JoCasta Zamarripa, the newly elected Alderwoman of the 8th District, took her oath of office in-district on April 21 at the Mitchell Park Domes, and became one of five female members of the Milwaukee Common Council. Earlier in the morning, during the charter meeting of the 2020 – 2024 Milwaukee Common Council, Alderwoman-Elect Zamarripa was sworn in via remote video due to the pandemic crisis along with four other female colleagues. Municipal Court Judge Valarie A. Hill joined the tele-meeting to administer the oath simultaneously to Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs, Alderwoman Chantia Lewis, Alderwoman Nikiya Dodd, Alderwoman-Elect Marina Dimitrijevic,...

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Around the Condo: TV host John McGivern adapts social distancing to his popular community show

Around the Condo: TV host John McGivern adapts social distancing to his popular community show

Posted by | Apr 12, 2020 |

Between Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” order and the social distancing policy, Milwaukee residents have found creative ways to say connected to each other. National late night programs have filmed the hosts of their talk shows from home with little more than an iPhone. Likewise, the Milwaukee PBS show “Around the Corner with John McGivern” has adapted this new reality to produce a series of related web episodes. Season 9 of the Emmy Award winning program began broadcasting in January, just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic upended global economies and local life. Season 10 would have begun production this summer...

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Interfaith leaders push back on effort by state legislators to lift “Safer At Home” order for holy days

Interfaith leaders push back on effort by state legislators to lift “Safer At Home” order for holy days

Posted by | Apr 9, 2020 |

The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee issued a strongly worded joint-response on April 8 to attempts by State leaders to allow for in-person worship services during a highly contagious pandemic that is sweeping across Wisconsin. In a letter sent to Governor Tony Evers on April 3, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and his Assembly Republican colleagues made a specific request regarding the “Safer at Home” emergency order. The representatives asked the governor to work the faith community to allow for in-person worship services, particularly for Easter which is Sunday, April 12. “During this crisis, it is more important than ever...

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Coronavirus chaos on historic election day creates challenges for Milwaukee voters

Coronavirus chaos on historic election day creates challenges for Milwaukee voters

Posted by | Apr 8, 2020 |

Despite state and federal health recommendations to stay home and avoid mass gatherings in public, thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations on April 7, to participate in the democratic process during a catastrophic pandemic. The situation was unlike anything seen before in the state by election officials or voters, as COVID-19 upended the presidential primary process. Wisconsin residents have been ordered to stay at home until April 24 due to the coronavirus, and as of April 6 the state has 2,440 cases and 77 deaths due to the virus. Milwaukee County is...

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We Need Each Other: Downtown Milwaukee buildings illuminate the darkness with beacons of hope

We Need Each Other: Downtown Milwaukee buildings illuminate the darkness with beacons of hope

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 |

Amid the health and financial challenges that face communities near and far, Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 is trying to encourage buildings and landmarks throughout the city to illuminate their facades with red, white, and blue lighting. Beginning the evening of March 24, U.S. Bank Center, Northwestern Mutual, The Gas Light Building, 833 East Michigan, The Pfister Hotel, and the M-K-E letters at General Mitchell International Airport were be lit in red, white, and blue in tribute to the resiliency of the nation. The Milwaukee County Historical Society will be lit starting March 27, and other locations are expected to...

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