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PrideFest Milwaukee reported record-breaking attendance for the 2019 Milwaukee Pride festival, held June 6 to 9 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee. This year’s total confirmed festival attendance was 45,787, an increase of +1% over the 2018 total of 45,400. The growth is especially significant, following this year’s cost-conscious decision to reduce Sunday hours and footprint in response to a three-year downtrend. The choices allowed festival operators and visitors to attend the largest Milwaukee Pride Parade in history, which also broke records with 133 parade entries. The 2nd Annual Ride with Pride, presented in partnership with Harley-Davidson,...

Hosted at the Potawatomi Hotel on July 10, the Wisconsin Celebration event kicked of the 2019 LULAC National Convention in Milwaukee, featuring a renewed round of support by elected leaders on a range of issues including immigrant drivers permits. Governor Tony Evers and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett shared their support for legislation that would allow immigrants to get a Wisconsin State issued drivers permit. And for the for the first time publicly, Milwaukee Police Department Chief Alfonso Morales offered his support for such legislation, because he said he felt it would reduce reckless driving. “As a Hispanic community, maybe...

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was joined by Puerto Rican leaders in Milwaukee on July 11, who shared the harsh reality still facing the Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. In May, LULAC helped lobby approval for the $19.1 billion Federal Disaster Aid bill, securing nearly $1 billion in immediate relief for the beleaguered island. However, mounting losses continue in the wake of the unprecedented devastation, and more help is needed to prevent problems from spiraling out of control. “Even though almost two years have passed, the people of Puerto Rico are struggling to recover...

For centuries, authors, and typographers developed punctuation marks to help bridge the gap between words spoken and written. But as the English language evolved, many of those marks were deemed extraneous and unorthodox, unable to find a permanent place in a standardized format for writing. The oldest known document using punctuation is the Mesha Stele from 9th century BC. It used points between the words and horizontal strokes between the sense section as punctuation. E-Mail, messaging, and social media are the primary means of text-based communication for most people today. According to a Gallup survey, texting is the most...