Author: Correspondent

Opportunity Wisconsin today launched a $1 million statewide TV ad campaign calling on Senator Ron Johnson to stop blocking relief checks for Wisconsin families as part of COVID relief legislation being considered by the Senate. The ads will blanket most of the state for the next several weeks leading up to an expected vote in March on the American Rescue Plan. The ad campaign kicks off Opportunity Wisconsin’s 2021 work holding Senator Johnson accountable and urging him to support legislation that will help Wisconsin families. “Wisconsin residents are struggling and Senator Johnson is only making it worse. Senator Johnson...

The senior Vice President of the Milwaukee Bucks, Alex Lasry, announced his candidacy for the United States Senate on February 17, challenging Republican incumbent and staunch Trump supporter Ron Johnson. Lasry called on Washington to abandon the stale ideas of the past and usher in a new way of thinking about the American economy — to raise take-home pay for working and middle-class families and start getting real results and prosperity for Wisconsin. “We’ve lived through three systemic shocks to the system over the last 20 years: 9/11, the Great Recession and now this pandemic, and Washington still hasn’t...

Jewish Museum Milwaukee (JMM) launched its newest exhibit, “To Paint is to Live: The Artwork of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly,” both in-person and online February 19. To Paint is to Live explores the life and work of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly, a Czech Jewish artist who used art and satire as tools for coping and resistance while imprisoned in Theresienstadt Ghetto during World War II. The exhibit features 65 original paintings and drawings by the artist and runs through May 30. “The exhibit title To Paint is to Live is a direct depiction of how Leskly faced and survived an unimaginable situation,” said...

President Joe Biden arrived in Milwaukee on February 16, hours after a winter storm dumped inches of snow on the city, for a CNN town hall meeting to discuss a list of concerns with local residents at the the historic Pabst Theater. The town hall was Biden’s first official trip as president, and touched on a range of issues related to the coronavirus, from protections for small businesses to the administration’s vaccination plans. President Biden said that by the end of July there would be 600 million doses of the vaccine available, enough to vaccinate every American. But with...

Governor Tony Evers announced on February 9 that his 2021-23 biennial budget will include major investments in childcare for kids and families, and in caregiving for aging and older adults and individuals with disabilities. The initiative is designed to help support Wisconsin families and caregivers, and ensure high-quality care for Wisconsin’s most vulnerable residents. Governor Evers is proposing a nearly $106 million investment of new funds over the biennium for an initiative totaling $140 million designed to address quality, affordability, access, and equity for children both in Shares and unsubsidized childcare. The proposal invests in infant and toddler care...