Author: Correspondent

Stonehouse Water Technologies LLC, an early stage startup developing water purification products for communities, just completed their first funding round ahead of expectations totaling $1.55M. Stonehouse’s patent pending technology provides a unique and modular energy efficient water purification system for residential, commercial, and agricultural properties, all contained in the space the size of a dehumidifier. The final manufactured product, which will be marketed as the WaterPOD 8 (Purification On Demand), will be commercially available in early 2018. “In addition to developing effective, efficient and disruptive technology, we’ve also built a strong team and partnerships that will continuously improve our...

Five female DJs entered the arena for a fierce musical competition on November 17 at the Milwaukee Pride Wom!nz Spot Ladies Represent! DJ Battle and Dance Party at Hot Water Wherehouse. DJ DRiPSweat emerged as the winner, earning herself a coveted time slot at the PrideFest Milwaukee 2018 Dance Pavilion. Runner-up Aurora, the first trans contestant in the DJ Battle, will also receive an opening spot. Over 100 people attended, raising over $1,000 to support local LGBTQ youth via Pathfinders Milwaukee, and also raised awareness for local community partners Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and Community Advocates. Competing DJs included...

A new, first of its kind, poll commissioned by the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber and conducted by Public Policy Polling, shows that a strong majority of Wisconsinites are opposed to discrimination among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in Wisconsin. In the survey conducted earlier this month, 62% of Wisconsinites believe that discrimination against transgender individuals is wrong and should be illegal. “People in Wisconsin believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity” said Jason Rae, President & CEO of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. The survey also found...

BMO Harris Bank unveiled its much-anticipated annual holiday display, “A Holiday in King Arthur’s Court – the Magic of Camelot,” at the BMO Harris Bank’s downtown Milwaukee location at 770 N. Water Street. The display is free and open to the public. Celebrating its 45th year, this annual holiday tradition transforms BMO’s downtown lobby into A Holiday in King Arthur’s Court. This year’s scene features more than 150 life-sized Steiff animals dressed in their own carefully-crafted, rich, royal-themed costumes. The animals will be displayed in an elaborately designed vignette in BMO’s downtown bank lobby where kings, queens, knights, thrones,...

The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations released its funding bill for the Department of the Interior, EPA, and other related agencies on November 20. In March, when the Trump Administration’s preliminary budget was leaked to the press, showing steep cuts to core Great Lakes programs, Great Lakes senators sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, urging the administration to maintain funding. The bill provides: $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to clean up toxic pollution, reduce farm and urban runoff, control invasive species, and restore fish and wildlife habitat. The bill maintains funding at the same...

An evening with Peter Edelman, author of “Not a Crime to Be Poor” will take place in Milwaukee on November 29. Community Advocates Public Policy Institute welcomes author and advocate Peter Edelman to the Boswell Book Company at 7:00 p.m. on November 29, to discuss his latest book, Not a Crime to be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America. Since the Justice Department’s report on Ferguson, Missouri, illuminated the modern-day debtors’ prisons that were plaguing that community’s poor, African American residents, a national dialogue has emerged about how poverty is criminalized by the practice of imposing exorbitant fines...