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Sabor takes on longtime Wisconsin Secretary of State La Follette in Democratic primary challenge

August 02, 2022 13:41 - 2 minutes - 2.77 MB

A look at the August 9 Democratic primary for Wisconsin secretary of state, ahead of what's expected to be a major Republican election effort in November.

Did you vote for a candidate who dropped out of a Wisconsin race? Here's what to do

July 29, 2022 16:56 - 4 minutes - 6.72 MB

Tens of thousands of people in Wisconsin have voted absentee already. What should they do if they voted for a candidate who’s dropped out of the race?

MPS mask requirement will depend on Milwaukee County COVID level

July 29, 2022 13:13 - 2 minutes - 3.44 MB

Milwaukee Public Schools will require masks when Milwaukee County is in the CDC-defined high COVID category, which is based on COVID hospitalizations and cases.

Clean energy advocates speak up about We Energies stalled coal burning power plant closure

July 28, 2022 15:53 - 2 minutes - 3.45 MB

Some people are unhappy about We Energies' plan to delay closing its Oak Creek Power Plant due to “Tight energy supply conditions in the Midwest power market and supply chain issues.” Members of the Clean Power Coalition expressed their concern in front of the utility's downtown headquarters Wednesday.

Cedarburg Jewish Discovery Center aims to share Jewish life and values

July 28, 2022 13:24 - 4 minutes - 10.4 MB

The new Jewish Discovery Center in downtown Cedarburg wants to reduce antisemitism by educating others about Jewish values. The center also hopes to create a welcoming and familiar place for Jewish families to enjoy.

Wisconsin solar installers face challenges in finding enough workers to meet growing demand

July 27, 2022 16:01 - 5 minutes - 7.25 MB

Renewable energy is considered a cornerstone of a sustainable future. Solar power generation is a key element, one that’s growing. According to the National Solar Jobs Census published this week, solar jobs increased by more than 9% from 2020 to 2021. WUWM looks at the state of solar careers in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee Public Museum designers discuss new museum's inspirations

July 27, 2022 14:22 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MB

The Milwaukee Public Museum unveiled renderings of its new design. Inspired by geological formations at Mill Bluff State Park, and three downtown rivers, designers hope to leave people with an emotional and intellectual experience.

Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidates agree on major topics during debate in Milwaukee

July 25, 2022 15:29 - 4 minutes - 6.42 MB

During Sunday's debate, gubernatorial candidates had similar answers to questions on abortion, Wisconsin's budget surplus, and education.

Differences on display at Wisconsin Republican lieutenant governor candidate forum

July 22, 2022 16:01 - 4 minutes - 6.12 MB

All eight GOP candidates took part in a forum Thursday at UW-Milwaukee, showing some significant differences in their background and political experience.

Wisconsin Democratic lieutenant governor candidates talk abortion, same-sex marriage during debate

July 21, 2022 15:41 - 4 minutes - 10.2 MB

Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor discussed women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community during a one-hour debate at UW-Milwaukee. Sara Rodriguez and Peng Her related topics to their personal lives and shared how they would react to conservative attempts to change federal same-sex marriage laws.

Menominee Nation joins attempt to open casino in Kenosha, Evers reacts

July 21, 2022 14:56 - 2 minutes - 3.47 MB

The Menominee Nation has announced that it's the Native American tribe in Wisconsin helping the Seminole Tribe of Florida try to open an off-reservation casino in Kenosha.

Wisconsin AG sues 18 companies over PFAS contamination

July 21, 2022 13:34 - 2 minutes - 3.73 MB

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed a lawsuit seeking to hold nearly 20 companies liable for allegedly contaminating the environment with a group of chemicals known as PFAS.

Southeastern Wisconsin may be headed for another casino controversy as possible Kenosha site advances

July 20, 2022 14:53 - 2 minutes - 3.89 MB

A possible off-reservation Native American casino is a step closer for Kenosha County. The Village Board in Bristol Tuesday night OKed an agreement that gives Kenosha Landco LLC up to two years to buy land village owns in Kenosha.

Milwaukee County Parks funding raises tension around equity at committee meeting

July 20, 2022 14:48 - 4 minutes - 6.74 MB

Milwaukee County’s Parks, Energy and Environment Committee held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, but the conversation was anything but regular. When discussion turned to the daunting challenge of addressing years of deferred maintenance throughout the county parks system, tension arose.

A novel about Japanese internment won’t be taught in a Muskego English class, leading to outcry

July 19, 2022 19:51 - 4 minutes - 6.09 MB

In June, a Muskego-Norway School Board committee refused to include a novel about Japanese American wartime incarceration in an accelerated English class.

Rarity of Milwaukee corruption prosecutions shows system is effective, says political expert

July 19, 2022 19:11 - 4 minutes - 6.35 MB

After a Milwaukee alderwoman was removed from the common council because of campaign finance convictions, WUWM asked politics professor emeritus Mordecai Lee about the crime throughout history and how it influences the electorate.

Wisconsin DOT issues draft plan for electric vehicle charging stations, seeks public comment

July 19, 2022 13:55 - 4 minutes - 6.23 MB

Wisconsin's Department of Transportation proposal sets up alternative fuel corridors and addresses equity.

5 top Wisconsin Democrats running for U.S. Senate spell out differences in debate

July 18, 2022 14:46 - 4 minutes - 6.08 MB

Mandela Barnes, Alex Lasry, Sarah Godlewski, Tom Nelson and Steven Olikara square off in TV forum.

Milwaukee interfaith COVID vigil stresses hope and solidarity

July 18, 2022 13:59 - 3 minutes - 4.17 MB

A small but diverse crowd gathered as musicians, poets and faith leaders shared moments of reflection at a citywide COVID-19 vigil held at Milwaukee's Washington Park Sunday afternoon.

Abortion access coordinated across Illinois-Wisconsin line

July 15, 2022 13:45 - 2 minutes - 3.5 MB

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is combining forces with its Wisconsin counterpart to help patients travel to get abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Milwaukee's That Salsa Lady: A serendipitous entrepreneurial success story

July 14, 2022 14:08 - 4 minutes - 6.21 MB

For over a decade, That Salsa Lady has sold fresh salsa at farmers markets and grocery stores throughout the Milwaukee area. Fans of owner Angela Moragne describe her as a joyful spirit, a savvy entrepreneur and a force for good.

Milwaukee program turns vacant sites into green spaces on city's north side

July 13, 2022 14:21 - 4 minutes - 9.58 MB

The City of Milwaukee’s Healing Spaces Initiative is bringing communal areas to blighted spaces in the Harambee neighborhood. The program has brought local leaders and residents together to decide what amenities the spaces should include.

Milwaukee Black-owned bait shop has been doling out rods, reels and plenty of advice for 54 years

July 12, 2022 14:49 - 4 minutes - 5.9 MB

The A&C Live Bait shop in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood is the legacy of Acie and Carrie White, sharecroppers' kids turned businesspeople who migrated to Wisconsin from Mississippi more than a half century ago.

Milwaukee partners with Betty Brinn Children's Museum to vaccinate kids at pop-up clinic

July 12, 2022 13:36 - 3 minutes - 8.32 MB

Last month, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the use of COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5 years old. On July 11, the City of Milwaukee Health Department partnered with the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum to offer vaccines and free admission to families who got the vaccine.

Wisconsin Ukrainians Inc. fundraises to buy items for Ukrainians harmed by Russian invasion

July 11, 2022 13:48 - 3 minutes - 5.2 MB

Wisconsin Ukrainians Inc. held a fundraiser in Franklin on Sunday that included food, raffles and music.

A lifetime of artistry: Meet Milwaukee native William Nolen

July 08, 2022 14:40 - 5 minutes - 8.15 MB

William Nolen's rich oil portraits — often featuring Milwaukee people and places — are getting attention. At age 82, the matter-of-fact Black man is the first to say that art, hard work and a whole lot of serendipity have been woven through his life.

Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee is the result of 'healing' after a military past

July 08, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.18 MB

A Bubbler Talk listener sent us a question asking why Wisconsin's only urban state forest, Havenwoods, was created.

Wisconsin court: Sex trafficking can be defense for homicide

July 07, 2022 13:44 - 3 minutes - 4.31 MB

A sex trafficking victim accused of killing a man who allegedly trafficked her can argue at trial that she was justified in killing him, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide.

Highland Park suspect fled to Wisconsin after killing 7 people, contemplated second shooting

July 06, 2022 14:24 - 1 minute - 2 MB

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in Highland Park, Illinois and then fled to the Madison area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there.

Milwaukee group plans rally to honor Jayland Walker, families of people killed by police

July 06, 2022 14:01 - 4 minutes - 9.94 MB

Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, was unarmed when he was killed by police who shot him dozens of times in Akron, Ohio. A Saturday rally at Lucille Berrien Park will honor Walker and the relatives of people killed by police in the Milwaukee area.

Kenosha County school district is the only one in the state to turn down federal pandemic aid

July 06, 2022 10:09 - 4 minutes - 5.85 MB

The Paris School District in rural southeastern Wisconsin declined about $320,000 in federal funding. Experts haven't heard of any other district in the country turning down the aid.

A setback for opponents of the Wisconsin DNR swapping state parkland to help a golf course developer

July 01, 2022 14:47 - 3 minutes - 4.93 MB

Conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court block a citizens group from challenging a DNR land swap.

Black trans women in Milwaukee honor memory of their sister Brazil Johnson

July 01, 2022 14:18 - 4 minutes - 5.92 MB

A 28-year-old Black transgender woman named Brazil Johnson was recently killed in Milwaukee. This week, a few dozen of Johnson’s loved ones gathered where she was killed for a vigil.

Ho-Chunk Nation launches its first annual dugout canoe journey in Wisconsin

June 30, 2022 16:42 - 4 minutes - 6.55 MB

An unusual flotilla set out last week starting in Madison and ending 40 nautical miles downstream in the Rock River in Beloit. It featured a hand-hewn dugout canoe, fashioned after those used by long-ago ancestors of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

MPS poised to make FAFSA completion a graduation requirement

June 30, 2022 14:10 - 2 minutes - 3.41 MB

In an effort to boost college enrollment and affordability, Milwaukee Public Schools is set to make FAFSA completion a graduation requirement.

Wisconsin court: Conservative holdover can stay on DNR board

June 30, 2022 13:24 - 2 minutes - 3.22 MB

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a Republican-appointed member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board can remain on the panel even though his term ended more than a year ago.

Environmental group presses for closer scrutiny after Conservative holdover can stay on DNR board

June 30, 2022 13:24 - 2 minutes - 3.22 MB

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a Republican-appointed member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board can remain on the panel even though his term ended more than a year ago.

Wisconsin sues over 1849 abortion ban, contending law is in disuse

June 29, 2022 15:40 - 4 minutes - 6.41 MB

A local anti-abortion group responds that the state leaders' lawsuit against the 1849 law is disappointing.

Komatsu Mining says its new Milwaukee plant will be part of the changeover to more renewable energy

June 28, 2022 16:26 - 4 minutes - 5.58 MB

Komatsu says it still has production workers at the facility it bought six years ago from P&H/Joy Global at the border of Milwaukee and West Milwaukee, near the Zablocki VA. But that older site will eventually be vacated and possibly sold for re-development. A watchdog group hopes mining for needed minerals won't repeat mistakes of past mining.

Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidates echo activists' concerns about overturning of abortion rights

June 27, 2022 15:36 - 3 minutes - 4.88 MB

Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidates spell out their different backgrounds on abortion rights at the Democratic Convention.

Marquette Poll finds majority support abortion rights in Wisconsin

June 24, 2022 21:51 - 1 minute - 2.22 MB

If abortion opponents now try for major restrictions on abortion procedures in Wisconsin, they would be going against new polling data that show most state residents say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

With federal protections overturned, abortions to halt in Wisconsin

June 24, 2022 20:53 - 3 minutes - 4.87 MB

Wisconsin has an 1849 law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother. But whether that law is enforceable is expected to be the center of yet-to-be-filed lawsuits. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, said he would have news next week about next steps in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down Roe v. Wade.

Milwaukee local leaders and parents help others amid baby formula shortage

June 23, 2022 15:11 - 4 minutes - 6.18 MB

Baby formula production is on the rise and the U.S. is working to import millions of pounds from around the world. But many families are still struggling to feed their children. Local leaders and parents discuss how they’ve worked to help others amid the shortage.

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