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Milwaukee moves forward with a pilot study for dockless electric scooters

Posted by Staff | Jul 25, 2019 |

Following Governor Evers signing into state law the authorization for local governments to regulate the rental and operation of dockless scooters, the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW) launched a pilot study. Dockless scooter systems are privately operated and consist of self-service electric scooters made available to users on a short-term basis. Dockless scooters do not require a permanent or fixed location to reserve or return a scooter. “This pilot is yet another example of the City of Milwaukee exploring opportunities to create a more robust, holistic transportation network,” said Commissioner of Public Works Jeff Polenske. “In...

Westown blooms with completion of epic mural by Emma Daisy Gertel

Posted by Editor | Jul 23, 2019 |

Downtown Milwaukee officially welcomed one of its largest and most ambitious mural projects, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 19, along the west wall of Dunkin’ at 622 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Titled “Westown In Bloom,” the 80’ wide by 50’ high mural was painted by local artist Emma Daisy Gertel, and commissioned by the Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 and the Downtown Placemaking Task Force. Gertel was selected from a pool of nearly 60 applications from around the globe. The high-impact canvas on northeast corner of James Lovell Street and Wisconsin Avenue featured an urban garden as its subject,...

Milwaukee’s Latino community welcomes LULAC 2019 National Convention with gala celebration

Posted by Lee Matz | Jul 15, 2019 |

Potawatomi Hotel hosted the Wisconsin Celebration VIP reception on July 10 for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), kicking off the Civil Rights organization’s 90th Annual National Convention and Exposition in Milwaukee. LULAC is the oldest surviving Latino civil rights organization in the United States. It was established in 1929 by Hispanic veterans of World War I, who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in America. According to Pew Research, Hispanics will be for the first time the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the electorate in the 2020 election, making their participation even more...

Refusal by Legislators to expand Medicaid budget is costing Wisconsin money and lives

Posted by Jon Peacock | Jul 14, 2019 |

The Medicaid budget approved by the legislature this week will cost state tax taxpayers far more than the budget recommended by the governor, yet will accomplish far less to improve access to health care. Ideological opposition to expanding Medicaid is costing Wisconsin a lot of money. The legislature’s budget reduces total Medicaid spending from all sources by almost $1 billion, compared to the governor’s budget. Even though it adds more than $320 million of state general purpose revenue, state tax dollars, to the Medicaid increase proposed by the Governor, the legislature’s budget captures almost $1.3 billion less from federal...

Emma Daisy Gertel: On being creative as a way to explore and understand life

Posted by Lee Matz | Jul 12, 2019

Adopted from Korea along with her brother, artist Emma Daisy Gertel learned from her life journey.

The ugly trend of how Milwaukee media reports on Mandela Barnes as a politician of color

Posted by Scott Gordon | Jul 6, 2019

Wisconsin’s discourse about its first black Lieutenant Governor points to some pervasive problems. Look, nine times out of 10 I’m on the side of the person asking pesky questions or trawling through the sorts of documents that politicians would rather not discuss. If public officials aren’t feeling harried and annoyed, the press isn’t doing its job. When prominent folks grouse about “harassment” or “sensationalism,” it’s almost always a feeble deflection. But the tenor of Wisconsin media’s recent coverage about Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes’ parking tickets and property tax bills has been absurd from the start. Sure, Barnes holds a...