Author: Correspondent

The Marcus Performing Arts Center announced on October 22 the launch of its Raise the Curtain Campaign, an interactive fundraising campaign that will invest in, preserve, and expand the Marcus Center’s work during the pandemic. As part of the campaign, the community can establish their own lasting legacy by naming a seat in Uihlein Hall, the venue’s main performance space. The Marcus Center has experienced a 75% revenue loss due to capacity limitations and cancelled performances. Physical distancing reduces the capacity of the Center’s theaters to 30%. Performances, like concerts and Broadway shows, are not economically viable and will...

Almost one thousand of Pro-Trump conspiracy supporters who refuse to accept the democratic process that voted their candidate out of office gathered in violation of public health restrictions on November 14, forcing Health department officials to shut down their rally. The second rally in as many weeks held at Serb Hall to promote false claims about the November 3 presidential election ended abruptly with a physical scuffle. Hundreds clustered outside the banquet hall on the south side of Milwaukee, without wearing masks or socially distancing. Wisconsin is currently faces a skyrocketing outbreak of COVID-19, with record breaking rates of...

The Trump campaign and Republicans have offered no evidence to support their desperate claims of widespread election irregularities, which have systematically been debunked. Yet, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who has been for years dodged accusations of election rigging, called for an investigation of Wisconsin’s presidential election just days after preliminary results showed President Donald Trump lost the state to Joe Biden by fewer than 21,000 votes – roughly the same amount that Trump won by in 2016. “I am directing the committee to use its investigatory powers under Wisconsin SS 13.31 to immediately review how the election was...

After shattering early voting records, Wisconsin voters from the rural north to the urban southeast came out in force on an unusually warm Election Day, even as coronavirus cases reached new heights and political tensions ran high in the battleground state. Given the high number of absentee ballots, which take longer to process, vote counting extended into Wednesday, November 4. Just over 3 million votes were cast in 2016, and Wisconsin was on pace to exceed that turnout, with more than 1.9 million cast early. “If unofficial results aren’t available until morning, it does not mean something went wrong,”...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made his fourth trip to Wisconsin on October 30 for a campaign stop in Milwaukee, following his visits in September for an informal gathering in Wauwatosa, a show of support for Kenosha in the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting and bloody police violence, and then a campaign rally in Manitowoc. Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate, also visited Milwaukee in September, where she toured an electrical workers union’s training facility and held a roundtable with Black business leaders. The October 30 visit by Biden comes just days before the presidential election on November 3....