Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson met with members of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) at the Old Soldiers Home, on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, to review the ongoing efforts with expanding access of affordable housing for veterans who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of it.
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For the second year in a row the City of Milwaukee’s “State of the City” address was held virtually due to the pandemic, and for the first time in just under two decades the speech was not given by Mayor Tom Barrett. With the resignation of Barrett in December, Common Council President Cavalier Johnson has been the Acting Mayor of Milwaukee. In that capacity, he followed the annual tradition and presented the pre-recorded address to outline his vision for the future of the city on February 7. Mayor Johnson talked about the changes, challenges, and opportunities ahead in 2022...
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The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee with an embedded U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) announced recently that it had seized an estimated $22 million in suspected cocaine on January 7. While on patrol, a maritime patrol aircraft spotted a suspected drug smuggling go-fast vessel (GFV) and Milwaukee was vectored in for an intercept. Milwaukee deployed her MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron and a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB). The LEDET observed packages jettisoned into the water and then gained positive control of the GFV. After receiving permission to...
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By the 1960s, Cоmmunіsm in Chіnа permeated every aspect of life by promoting a political ideology designed to abolish the hierarchy of social classes. The “Chаіrmаn Mао Bаdgе,” a small pin with the face of Mао Zеdоng embossed on it, was worn by people to show fidelity to their leader in Beijing. I came to Chіnа decades later as a foreigner, and found many of those relics from the Cultural Rеvоlutіоn era. At a time when people were socially pressured to conform as a group and not be individualistic, it was interesting that I never saw two identical looking...
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As an African-American pharmacist from Omaha, Nebraska in the 1960s, Lester L. Carter, Jr. took the unprecedented step of opening his own store in a predominantly German neighborhood in Milwaukee. When Dr. Carter founded the Carter Drug Store at 24th and Burleigh Streets 47 years ago, it was the only Black-owned drug store in the city. He remained a pillar of the Amani neighborhood and beyond, known for his deep commitment to the local community and his efforts to inspire others. He turned 90 on August 10 of last year. The Milwaukee Common Council named a street in Dr....
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Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced on January 24 that the state has distributed more than 5.4 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) since the beginning of the year. As part of the Evers Administration’s continued response to the coronavirus pandemic, 5.4 million N95/KN95 respirator masks have been distributed to over 130 different locations across Wisconsin since the start of January, including more than 3.35 million masks just last week. As part of these distribution efforts, more than 533,000 masks have been distributed to school districts across the state, including nearly 400,000...
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