By Lynda Jones Wisconsin elected officials held a press conference this week in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office to challenge the proposed closures of five Milwaukee area post offices. Mayor Tom Barrett, Alderwoman Milele Coggs and others joined State Senator Spencer Coggs in the fight against closing these post offices. [...]

U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) was recently honored by two national groups – Planned Parenthood and the School Social Workers Association of America – for her work on women’s health care and education. Last week, Moore was awarded the Champion for Women’s Health Award for her work during efforts to end funding for low-income women [...]

Washington, DC – This week, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) lauded Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis Smith for an apparent turn-around to support the city of Milwaukee’s application for Federal grant funding to help fight and prevent chronic diseases. Last month, Secretary Smith said that he would not write a letter of support [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Mayor Tom Barrett called a press conference this week to make an appeal to Governor Scott Walker to write a letter of support regarding the City of Milwaukee’s grant application for more than $20 million in federal health care funds. Accompanied by Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker and Eric Gass, Public [...]

Congresswoman Gwen Moore (center) shared a moment with Dr. Randal Pollard and his wife Mildred Pollard at this year’s Milwaukee Urban League’s Black and White Ball. The annual event that was held at The Bradley Center is MUL’s top fundraiser held once a year. MUL president/CEO Ralph Hollmon hosted the 26th annual event and this [...]

Many gathered to celebrate the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Thomas H. Wynn Memorial Apartments: Veterans Manor on Memorial Day. The Manor is a 52-unit apartment building, located at 35th and Wisconsin Ave.. Each unit has one-bedroom homes dedicated to low income veterans to live independently in safe, secure, permanent and supportive housing while offering [...]

Hunger Task Force joins Cong. Gwen Moore in efforts to protect Federal funds By Lynda Jones Last week Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) wrote Governor Scott Walker and implored him to stop any efforts that jeopardize Federal funding for food stamps. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has written to Wisconsin Health Services Secretary Dennis [...]

Washington, DC – This week, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) called on Governor Scott Walker to change his proposal to hire private-sector employees to determine eligibility for food stamps, which news reports indicate jeopardizes $20 million a year the state receives to help 800,000 low-income Wisconsinites buy food. Congresswoman Moore said, ”Wisconsinites pay taxes to [...]

Last week, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) debated the Congressional Black Caucus’ Fiscal Year 2012 Alternative Budget on the House Floor. The United States Congress took up the Cleaver/Scott Amendment— the CBC Budget. The final vote was 103 to 303. The CBC budget focuses on the CBC’s priorities of economic development, job creation, cradle to [...]

State Representative Barbara Toles, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Congresswoman Gwen Moore surround the newly retired former State Representative Annette Polly Williams at a celebration held in her honor last Sunday March 27, 2010. Williams was honored for her years of service in the state legislature by colleagues, friends, supporters and her family at the Italian [...]