By Cassandra Lans An audit from the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau found that last year the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) didn’t verify or require performance information or financial statements from companies receiving financial incentives and awarded nearly $1 million in tax credits to companies for actions taken before they had signed their contracts with [...]

By Cassandra Lans Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, along with Sharon Robinson (daughter of Jackie Robinson) and the Milwaukee Brewers hosted a private screening of the movie “42” for teenagers from Roosevelt Middle School on Tuesday, April 23 at Marcus North Shore Cinema. The students, who come from the 6th through 8th grades, had access to [...]

Proceeds raised on the behalf of cancer awareness By Cassandra Lans The NAACP Young Adult Committee is proud to present its ‘Fight Like A Girl’ event that will be held on May 4, 2013 at the Mother Katherine Daniels Conference Center. This unique event will feature local female celebrities in “the ring” to fight on [...]

By Cassandra Lans This week’s Milwaukee Courier focuses on educational opportunities available to students here in Wisconsin. This special focus comes at a time of the year, when many high school seniors and college seniors are making the decision on what to do next with their education. For high school seniors, prior to that day [...]

By Cassandra Lans On Tuesday, Feb. 26 radio talk show host Eric Von expressed condolences to the family of Ray Harmon, who passed Monday night, and then he signed off as usual. Following Von’s show, Elvis Presley music began playing. One probably thought it was a intro to a commercial, but as it continued, maybe [...]

By Cassandra Lans It’s like going back in history again. Governor Scott Walker announced that he plans to reject $12 billion from the federal government that would expand the state’s Badger- Care program with no additional cost from Wisconsin’s taxpayers. Many legislators and community leaders say that the governor is playing politics with literally the [...]

By Cassandra Lans Finally, the family and friends of Derek Williams were able to breathe a sigh of relief, as the jury’s decision was read in court around 1:15 pm Thursday afternoon. The jury was asked if they thought Williams’ death was related to a Sickle Cell crisis, and they answered “yes”. The next question [...]

By Cassandra Lans No matter what side of the gun control issue that one may be on, it appears as though remarks made by Sheriff David A. Clarke are continuing to spark a lot of passionate debate. Clarke is known for speaking out, and most times he attracts the attention of two extremes. Individuals who [...]

By Cassandra Lans The Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Black Caucus on Wednesday called on Governor Scott Walker to denounce the outrageous comments about the Kwanzaa holiday celebration made by his key ally and top Republican Sen. Glenn Grothman. Grothman, who made headlines when he attacked the legitimacy of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in [...]

By Cassandra Lans In a major victory for voting rights supporters, Sunday evening Clear Channel confirmed to the media that it is pulling the controversial “voter fraud” billboards which have blanketed Milwaukee for the past two weeks. Last week community leaders in Milwaukee publicly called for the removal of the billboards. Mike Wilder, director of [...]