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February 22,2017
by WiG Wire
A class-action lawsuit was filed Feb. 22 against the city of Milwaukee over its police department’s vast stop-and-frisk program.
The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin and the law firm of Covington & Burling.
The suit says the department targets tens of thousands of people without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the legal requ....
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February 21,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi has announced his resignation, and will join WTMJ radio as an afternoon talk show host, according to WTMJ. Scaffidi has also resigned from his position as an account executive at Leonard & Finco Public Relations to join the station.
Scaffidi will join Erik Bilstad for Scaffidi & Bilstad. The show will air from noon to 3 p.m. on weekdays and focus on “the....
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February 21,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
Girls on the Run of Greater Milwaukee will hold its Sneaker Soiree on March 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee. The event is a celebration of the organization's 10-year anniversary and will raise funds to support and build confidence in Milwaukee’s youth, assist girls on scholarship and showcas....
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February 14,2017
by Lisa Neff
Thousands of people Feb. 13 went on strike, closed their businesses and withdrew their children from school to resist Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration and to stop Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's from enrolling his department in the federal 287g program.
The events, a "Day Without Latinxs, Immigrants and Refugees," culminated in a march from Voces de la Frontera's offices t....
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February 13,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
Milwaukee County Treasurer David Cullen is asking for the assistance of Milwaukee County residents to help locate the owners of more than $1.8 million in unclaimed funds.
“The Treasurer’s Office has the job of finding the rightful owners of these funds and getting the money back to them,” Cullen said. “The $1.8 million in unclaimed funds is a great deal of money, and it belongs to the p....
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February 10,2017
by Louis Weisberg
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was made for events like the Milwaukee Memorial Day Parade. Astride a large horse, he cuts quite a figure, his tall frame decked out in dress uniform and cowboy boots, his jaw hard-set in a Clint Eastwood spaghetti-western scowl.
The crowning touch of Clarke’s drag is the pair of aviator sunglasses perched on his nose beneath the trademark 10-gallon hat, ....
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February 09,2017
by Louis Weisberg
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation “opposes President Donald Trump’s executive orders that would stop entry for refugees from predominantly Muslim countries, halt federal funding for ‘sanctuary cities’ and expand detention for immigrants and asylum seekers,” according to a statement released in late January.
The JCRC speaks as the representative vo....
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February 07,2017
by Lisa Neff
Milwaukee Public Schools, along with the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, Milwaukee Bucks and Running Rebels, will launch a Midnight Basketball League Feb. 7 at Bradley Technology and Trade High School.
The Midnight Basketball League is part of the new MPS C.A.R.E.S. (Community and Recreation Engaging Students) initiative, which was announc....
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February 02,2017
by Lisa Neff
Milwaukee County supervisors voted on Feb. 2 to re-affirm their opposition to all forms of discrimination.
Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic offered the resolution, seen as a direct response to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from traveling to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, his hold on the U.S. refugee program and promises of further anti-immigran....
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February 01,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is very unpopular and has almost no chance at being reelected next year, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey.
Only 31 percent of those surveyed in the county approve of the job Clarke is doing, while 62 percent disapprove.
The survey also found that voters consider Clarke’s bizarre behavior and outrageous statements to be a national embarra....
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