Staff, Author at Milwaukee Independent

Year In Review 2020: Peaceful protests for racial justice and equality

Posted by Staff | Dec 29, 2020 |

2020 has been a turbulent period beyond the conventional methods of description. In terms of COVID-years, the past 12 months have had the glacial progress and weight of 12 regular human years. Each month brought a new chapter of events for the public to process, which required an expanded vocabulary to explain the news and a library of images to show the extent of what was happening. It was a very dangerous year for photojournalism with a pandemic and civil unrest. To be embedded in the heart of events as they unfolded required physical stamina, professional skill, and a...

Year In Review 2020: How Milwaukee reacted to the death of George Floyd

Posted by Staff | Dec 29, 2020 |

2020 has been a turbulent period beyond the conventional methods of description. In terms of COVID-years, the past 12 months have had the glacial progress and weight of 12 regular human years. Each month brought a new chapter of events for the public to process, which required an expanded vocabulary to explain the news and a library of images to show the extent of what was happening. It was a very dangerous year for photojournalism with a pandemic and civil unrest. To be embedded in the heart of events as they unfolded required physical stamina, professional skill, and a...

Year In Review 2020: A pandemic that plagued a presidential election

Posted by Staff | Dec 28, 2020 |

2020 has been a turbulent period beyond the conventional methods of description. In terms of COVID-years, the past 12 months have had the glacial progress and weight of 12 regular human years. Each month brought a new chapter of events for the public to process, which required an expanded vocabulary to explain the news and a library of images to show the extent of what was happening. It was a very dangerous year for photojournalism with a pandemic and civil unrest. To be embedded in the heart of events as they unfolded required physical stamina, professional skill, and a...

Year In Review 2020: The Democratic National Convention sort of came to Milwaukee

Posted by Staff | Dec 28, 2020

2020 has been a turbulent period beyond the conventional methods of description. In terms of COVID-years, the past 12 months have had the glacial progress and weight of 12 regular human years. Each month brought a new chapter of events for the public to process, which required an expanded vocabulary to explain the news and a library of images to show the extent of what was happening. It was a very dangerous year for photojournalism with a pandemic and civil unrest. To be embedded in the heart of events as they unfolded required physical stamina, professional skill, and a...

Year In Review 2020: A lack of effort by self-serving Republicans to govern Wisconsin

Posted by Staff | Dec 28, 2020

2020 has been a turbulent period beyond the conventional methods of description. In terms of COVID-years, the past 12 months have had the glacial progress and weight of 12 regular human years. Each month brought a new chapter of events for the public to process, which required an expanded vocabulary to explain the news and a library of images to show the extent of what was happening. It was a very dangerous year for photojournalism with a pandemic and civil unrest. To be embedded in the heart of events as they unfolded required physical stamina, professional skill, and a...

Milwaukee County awarded $40.9M Federal grant to move forward with East-West Bus Rapid Transit Project

Posted by Staff | Dec 26, 2020 |

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the award of a $40.9 million grant to Milwaukee County on December 14, clearing the way for the East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to move forward. The Small Starts Grant Agreement (SSGA) was a significant milestone achievement because it finalized the federal government’s commitment to cover almost 80 percent of the $55.05 million project. “We appreciate the FTA’s commitment to helping improve transit infrastructure here in southeast Wisconsin,” said Dan Boehm, MCTS Managing Director. “Our team has worked hard to move this project from concept...