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As part of its process to sustain future growth, the Museum leadership has been investigating whether to construct a new museum building downtown. The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) announced that it is undertaking a staffing restructure to strengthen the financial position of the Museum and prepare it for changes ahead. The changes President and CEO Dennis Kois released on March 7 will position MPM for the challenges of the decades ahead and safeguard the Museum for generations of Milwaukeeans to come. MPM will be reducing its staff by 15 positions, while also creating several new positions that are aligned...

In response to President Donald Trump’s plan to erect a wall along our southern border with Mexico, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) introduced the No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act of 2017, legislation prohibiting the use of any federal funds for the wall’s construction. Following the introduction of this bill, Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: “Recently, House Speaker Paul Ryan sparked a firestorm of opposition from constituents across the ideological spectrum when he made it clear Congress would rely on American taxpayers to ‘front the money up’ for the construction of a border wall with Mexico. As alarming...

Three environmental advocacy groups ask Federal Court to block I-94 expansion. Organizations supporting racial and environmental justice filed suit in Milwaukee federal court on March 1, seeking to block the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s I-94 expansion. The NAACP Milwaukee Branch, Sierra Club John Muir Chapter, and Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) complained that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) plans to spend over $1 billion dollars to rebuild and expand I-94, between 16th and 70th Streets, while refusing to include necessary public transit infrastructure as part of the project. “Spending billions of dollars on one extravagant highway...

Pulitzer Prize winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout will be the featured speaker at Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library’s Spring Literary Luncheon on May 5. Strout will discuss her recently published book Anything Is Possible (2017) on May 5 at the Wisconsin Club on 900 West Wisconsin Avenue. The work was written in tandem with My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016) and expands on the small-town characters encountered by Lucy and her mother. The new book develops an unforgettable cast who cope with love and loss. “As I was writing My Name Is Lucy...

“Having Bucks players cards to distribute will help build and strengthen the Milwaukee PоIіcе Department’s community outreach efforts.” – Mayor Tom Barrett As part of the new community partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks, Daktronics will create 10,000 packages of Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee PоIіcе Department co-branded Bucks player cards for MPD officers to distribute throughout the community. Each set of Bucks player cards features all 15 members of the Bucks team, and the donation will be used as part of a community outreach program. “The Milwaukee PоIіcе Department is excited to partner with the Milwaukee Bucks and Daktronics to...

Milwaukee Public Library enters into historic partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools to give 65,000 students Digital Library Cards. During his annual State of the City address this morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced that the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) have entered into an historic partnership to provide complete, free digital access to all the library’s online resources to every student in the district. LibraryNow, as the program is called, gives every MPS student from 1st to 12th grade access to online tutoring help, book and music downloads, magazines, games, research databases and more, simply...