Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson was joined by City leaders and local stakeholders for a press conference at the Mitchell Street Library, where he outlined a comprehensive plan that includes law enforcement, community healing, and neighborhood-level investments to reduce violence and ensure safety in Milwaukee.
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At exactly 5:01 p.m. on December 22, about a half hour after former Mayor Tom Barrett departed City Hall, Cavalier Johnson became acting Mayor of the City of Milwaukee. It was the first change of office since 2004. With the resignation of Barrett, the City charter immediately promotes the Common Council President to acting Mayor.
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When Tom Barrett became Mayor of Milwaukee I was still living overseas. I would take my first picture of him at the Lebowski Fest in August 2013. I photographed him on occasion over the following years, and by 2016 it would be fair to say that I saw the Mayor at an event at least a twice a week.
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Milwaukee native and Emmy award winning entertainer John McGivern begins performing his new live one-man holiday show at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino’s Northern Lights Theater. It is McGivern’s first major stage production since his Pabst Theater show in April, just after COVID restriction were lifted.
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State and local officials joined with the family of Alonzo Robinson to rename the Milwaukee Fire Department’s administration headquarters in honor of the building’s designer and Wisconsin’s first African American architect. The building was commissioned in 1962 at a cost of $507K, a price today of a new emergency vehicle.
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An interfaith prayer vigil was held at Cutler Park in the City of Waukesha, providing the community with an opportunity to join together in grief and hope to remember those killed and injured in the Waukesha Christmas Parade, a tragedy that occurred when a SUV drove through the annual event and hit the participants.
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