Author: Staff

To celebrate a milestone anniversary of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community, a special interactive traveling exhibit will travel across the state from June 1 to October 5. Taking the show on the road, “The Summer to Be Seen” will celebrate the people, places, events, and organizations that amplified LGBTQ+ visibility, in support of sixteen hometown pride celebrations in every corner of Wisconsin. Thirty years ago in June, local researchers partnered with Jim Kepner of the One National Gay and Lesbian Archives – now the One Institute – to create Wisconsin’s first local history exhibit. Under the guidance of Don Schwamb, the...

Leaders from business, labor, and advocacy groups joined elected officials at Milwaukee City Hall on May 22 and called on President Joe Biden to grant work authorization to long-term immigrant contributors in essential industries. Organized by the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC), the press conference highlighted the critical labor shortages across the country and emphasized the potential economic benefits of immigrant labor. James O’Neill, Director of Legislative Affairs for ABIC, set the stage with stark statistics. “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that even if we managed to get unemployment down to 0%, there would still be over 3...