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Three environmental advocacy groups ask Federal Court to block I-94 expansion. Organizations supporting racial and environmental justice filed suit in Milwaukee federal court on March 1, seeking to block the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s I-94 expansion. The NAACP Milwaukee Branch, Sierra Club John Muir Chapter, and Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) complained that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) plans to spend over $1 billion dollars to rebuild and expand I-94, between 16th and 70th Streets, while refusing to include necessary public transit infrastructure as part of the project. “Spending billions of dollars on one extravagant highway...

Pulitzer Prize winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout will be the featured speaker at Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library’s Spring Literary Luncheon on May 5. Strout will discuss her recently published book Anything Is Possible (2017) on May 5 at the Wisconsin Club on 900 West Wisconsin Avenue. The work was written in tandem with My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016) and expands on the small-town characters encountered by Lucy and her mother. The new book develops an unforgettable cast who cope with love and loss. “As I was writing My Name Is Lucy...

“Having Bucks players cards to distribute will help build and strengthen the Milwaukee PоIіcе Department’s community outreach efforts.” – Mayor Tom Barrett As part of the new community partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks, Daktronics will create 10,000 packages of Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee PоIіcе Department co-branded Bucks player cards for MPD officers to distribute throughout the community. Each set of Bucks player cards features all 15 members of the Bucks team, and the donation will be used as part of a community outreach program. “The Milwaukee PоIіcе Department is excited to partner with the Milwaukee Bucks and Daktronics to...

Milwaukee Public Library enters into historic partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools to give 65,000 students Digital Library Cards. During his annual State of the City address this morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced that the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) have entered into an historic partnership to provide complete, free digital access to all the library’s online resources to every student in the district. LibraryNow, as the program is called, gives every MPS student from 1st to 12th grade access to online tutoring help, book and music downloads, magazines, games, research databases and more, simply...

Based upon the book “Mockingbird” by Kathryn Erskine and adapted for the stage by Julie Jensen, the First Stage performance will run from March 24 to April 9 and is suggested for families with teens. First Stage continues its 30th anniversary season with “Mockingbird,” based on the young adult novel by Kathryn Erskine, winner of the National Book Award. The story explores the poignant story of how the perseverance of one girl can change an entire community. “Caitlin navigates her community’s journey through the aftermath of a tragedy and healing even as she herself strives to find her own...

County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic will host a grand re-opening celebration at the Pulaski Park pavilion on March 8, celebrating the completion of renovations to the pavilion which has been closed for nearly 10 years. The event will also provide community members an opportunity to learn about a new “futsal” court that could replace or add to the existing tennis courts, improvements to the Pulaski Park indoor swimming pool that was previously twice scheduled for closure, as well as improvements in flood control for the park. “My hope is that these renovations act as a catalyst for the renaissance of...