Governor Evers slams latest delay by Republicans over releasing funds to treat opioid abuse in Wisconsin
Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Josh Kaul slammed Republicans on August 17 after the Wisconsin State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) delayed a plan to use the first tranche of Wisconsin’s $31 million in...
MCTS continues to transform fleet with 73 new clean diesel buses to serve Milwaukee County routes
Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announces the arrival of 73 new clean diesel buses resulting from federal and local funding sources. The investment in more fuel-efficient and cleaner air buses enables MCTS to continue transforming its fleet in alignment with...
MCTS rolls out three phase plan for transitioning to new WisGo fare collection system in 2023
Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) has been working over the past year to modernize its fare collection system, and announced the three phases of the transition to the new system on August 8. The phased approach includes estimated timeframes provided there are no...
Uptick in transit ridership: MCTS surpasses one million more rides than same time in 2021
Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) gave one million more rides than this time last year for a total of 8.4 million rides. MCTS thanked the community on August 11 for the positive sign that ridership was bouncing back. Each day, hundreds of bus operators connect...
Betraying the Blue: GOP co-opts call for “defunding police” after Trump held accountable to rule of law
Following a long and controversial history of Black American deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers, the 2020 killing of George Floyd provoked activists around the nation to march for social justice in cities like Milwaukee. Chief among their calls was a...
Wall of Faces: Photo found for each service member with name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) announced on August 9 that after more than two decades of effort, at least one photo has been found for each of the 58,281 service members whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. In the Fall of 2001, a...
