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Whitewater police chief preparing letter asking for federal help in response to immigration
The police chief of a small city in southeastern Wisconsin is asking for federal help in response to a bump in immigration. A letter, dated Dec. 28, is signed by […]
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US Deputy Secretary of Commerce makes Milwaukee stop, visits with Latino leaders
U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves met with Puerto Rican and Latino leaders in Milwaukee as part of a visit to Wisconsin. It’s one of several recent Wisconsin visits from […]
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Milwaukee college prep programs benefit Hispanic students but Black students continue to struggle
Milwaukee’s college prep programs have shown improvement in growing academic achievement for Hispanic children, but not Black students. And access to programs are often too limited to create institutional change […]
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Bill allowing DACA recipients to become police officers would improve communities, co-sponsor says
Bipartisan lawmakers are closer to getting enough support to pass a bill that would allow residents enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to become law enforcement officers […]
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American poverty can be abolished, Pulitzer winner Matthew Desmond argues in new book
After netting a Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for writing a book about evictions in Milwaukee, Princeton University sociologist Matthew Desmond sought to tackle a broader lens: Why is there […]
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University of Wisconsin to review admissions policy after Supreme Court rules against affirmative action
Colleges and universities can no longer consider race when admitting prospective students following a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the use of race-conscious admissions. In Wisconsin, the […]
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‘Paying off’: Millenial homeownership in Milwaukee is third-highest in US in recent years
Jeremy Ault and his wife Jamie moved to Milwaukee in 2011, renting an apartment in the Riverwest neighborhood of the city. But shortly after the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, […]
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State lawmakers try again to allow DACA recipients to become police officers in Wisconsin
An effort to allow certain immigrants lacking permanent legal status to become police officers and sheriff’s deputies has been reintroduced by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers. The legislation aims […]
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A central Wisconsin food pantry grew fivefold during the pandemic. Leaders expect it to keep growing.
One of the confessionals at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Abbotsford is filled nearly to the ceiling with boxes of dried beans, rice and sriracha sauce. There are several flats […]
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Wisconsin company must pay $1M in back wages to defrauded foreign workers
The owners of a Wisconsin timber company who lied to workers from Mexico and Central America about where they would work and how much they would earn must pay more […]