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Photo by Gage Skidmore and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 “David Clarke is incompetent, bоmbastic and hates showing up for work. He’s the perfect Trump appointee. He is the human embodiment of the іnsane emaіl chain your racіst uncle forwards you.” – Scot Ross, Executive Director, One Wisconsin Now During a May 17 interview on right wing talk radio, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced he will leave office next month for a job with the Trump Administration as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The position does not require Senate confirmation, and coordinates outreach...

88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-FM) announced that it became the newest VuHaus affiliate on May 18. VuHaus (pronounced “view house”), the music discovery video platform for public media, is a growing network of public media organizations that share a common mission to support emerging and local artists. Community-funded 88Nine Radio Milwaukee joins the nationwide collective of the most influential public media stations that showcase their music video content at VuHaus.com and on the new locally-curated Milwaukee page “We’re excited about this new partnership with VuHaus as it offers a new opportunity to get Milwaukee musicians on a bigger platform with...

Raven Resistance, a collection of local female business owners, entrepreneurs, and activists, will volunteer their time and talents to make the Milwaukee Women’s Center a more welcoming place on May 23. An estimated 40 volunteers will refresh the interior spaces and install raised beds and plant gardens at the Milwaukee Women’s Center, an emergency shelter for women and children affected by dоmеstіc viоIеncе or homelessness. The day-long beautification project will culminate in a cook-out for volunteers and residents. This isn’t the first time the female-led group and the Milwaukee Women’s Center, a division of Community Advocates, have partnered. On...

Stone Creek Coffee announced plans for a new cafe to open in late fall of 2017 on Milwaukee’s East Side. The new Stone Creek Coffee cafe will be located at 2650 North Downer Avenue, and is planned as the next step in transitioning the “brew” of Brew City to represent the coffee bean beverage. “I lived a few houses north of this site on Downer. I celebrated a lot of great milestones there: my first house, getting married, and our first son. For years we watched as the street changed. The old bank site is an important anchor of...

Milwaukee is ranked higher than many larger communities including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami and San Diego. A new study says the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is head and shoulders above many major US cities in getting people to work. The recently released study from the University of Minnesota, “Access Across America: Transit 2015,” ranks Milwaukee as 13th in accessibility to jobs by transit. “This report confirms what many of us have known for years, access to transit in Milwaukee County is central to economic development,” said County Executive Chris Abele. “That’s why for the past six years I’ve...

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, owned and operated by the Forest County Potawatomi Community, announced today its intentions to expand the hotel at its Milwaukee property with the construction of a second tower. Construction will begin later this year pending application approval by the city of Milwaukee. The project represents another $80 million investment in the community. The second tower will house 119 rooms and suites, bringing the hotel’s total number to 500. The 180,000-square-foot addition will also feature a spa and additional meeting space. It is expected to open in the spring of 2019. “The Forest County Potawatomi have...