‘Fight Like A Girl’ event was held recently to raise awareness for cancer research and generate revenue to support local advocacy awareness in the community. Local female celebrities like Alta Smith (l) and Phyllis Holder (r) participated along with various others including the ladies fighting below. (Photo by Robert A. Bell)

By James Ferguson, Executive director of Career Youth Development (CYD). Career Youth Development, Inc. is saddened by the untimely death of our student and classmate Marvin Cottrell, Jr. who was shot and killed early Monday morning on 24th & Glendale while attempting to break up a fight. The fact that we have lost another valuable [...]

Mayor Barrett officially kicked-off this year’s “Earn & Learn,” Milwaukee’s annual summer jobs program recently at the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, along with a local Earn &Learn employer, MAWIB president and CEO Donald Sykes, and Milwaukee County Supervisor Khalif Rainey, a former summer jobs program participant. Also, dozens of Milwaukee young people, eager to [...]

Milwaukee area residents were able to learn about the quickly approaching Affordable Healthcare Act as well as get one-on-one advice on bettering their finances at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) Spring Job and Resource Fair. Those valuable resources and many more were offered to the public at the daylong event held at Greater New Birth [...]

Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs invites residents who are fed up with news of crime and violence to the second annual “Heal the Hood” block party this weekend, hosted by Ajamou Butler and Dominic Carter. Heal the Hood began last year as a gathering of like-minded neighbors who wanted to come together as a community to [...]

On Friday, May 24 beginning at 6:00 pm at U.S. Cellular Arena located at 400 W. Kilbourn Ave. in Milwaukee, approximately 1,400 students will graduate from Milwaukee Area Technical College’s associate degree, technical diploma, apprentice and adult high school programs. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) will serve as the keynote speaker. Dr. Michael L. Burke, [...]

Bank strives for long-term growth and sustainability under new leadership NMSBank, the state’s oldest and largest minority-owned banking institution, announced today a strategic plan to raise new capital, satisfy regulatory issues and return to profitability this year. A result of the recent economic recession, NMSBank encountered fiscal challenges similar to many banks locally and nationwide. [...]

Pension changes approved today by the full Common Council will save the city approximately $93 million over the next 20 years, Alderman Michael J. Murphy said. The changes were recommended for approval by the Finance and Personnel Committee, and WILL NOT affect current city employees who are already vested in the pension system, said Alderman [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young There has been much debate and considerable political rancor concerning the state of our planet’s rapidly-changing climate. All too often in the nation’s Capital, salient issues of the day are assigned partisan stripes. As evident by the fact that Republicans and Democrats now find themselves at loggerheads as to [...]

By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Last week, I wrote about the need to support our Veterans in budget. I also emphasized our responsibility as legislatures to ensure that Veterans have the resources they need and the care they have earned. That responsibility does not begin or end with the budget, but exists throughout the legislative [...]

Rufus King International School is the only high school in the nation to receive the award Milwaukee Public Schools’ Rufus King International School has won ACT’s national College and Career Transition Award for high schools. Rufus King is the only high school in the nation to receive the award, which was announced Wednesday evening in [...]