By Lynda L. Jones Who would ever picture Milwaukee being a place where a casino career would be a reality? Yes, a career. Well, here are three individuals who are African American, two males and one female that are thriving and enjoying their casino careers. Shay Bolden is a Box Office Supervisor for the Northern [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Following Governor Walker’s rejection of billions in federal Medicaid funds to fill the holes in BadgerCare, county elected officials from five counties spoke out this week during a media call. The leaders are calling on the legislature to overturn the decision by Governor Walker to reject billions in federal funds to [...]

By Lynda L. Jones A community gathering was held on Monday, March 11 at the Brotherhood of Firefighters Hall at 7717 W. Good Hope. The event served as an appreciation tribute for members of the WMCS 1290 radio staff affected by the station’s sudden format change. This was also an opportunity for the community to [...]

Community calls on leaders to focus on real issues By Lynda Jones Opposition is growing against the plan to slash the pay, budget and ultimately the control of the Milwaukee County Board. Last week, the African American County Board Supervisors spoke against the plan exclusively with The Courier, and they were in full agreement that [...]

By Lynda L. Jones County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic did not mince words when she spoke out against state lawmakers taking interest in how the Milwaukee County Board should run and be paid. She says that County Executive Chris Abele’s inability to work well with the County Board led him to push for a measure [...]

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 Lynda Jones Thousands of Milwaukee residents could miss out on an opportunity to participate in a program that was the result of federal regulators issuing enforcement orders against 14 large mortgage services for deficient mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices. The orders required those servicers to retain independent consultants to conduct comprehensive review of foreclosures [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Americans came out by the millions and voted against the lies, trickery and deception that Republicans, Tea Partiers, and other opponents have put out since President Obama was elected the first time around. Now, that it is clear that the President has another four years to keep moving the country forward, [...]

Kimberly Montgomery chosen to spread awareness of heart disease and stroke By Lynda L. Jones Each year the American Heart Association seeks out women from across the nation to act as the faces of the Go Red For Women movement. This past February, casting calls were held at Mayfair Mall and Southridge Mall in Southeast [...]

By Lynda L. Jones, editor It is evident that much of the mainstream media has another agenda when they deliver the post analysis of the presidential and vice-presidential debates. To even suggest that Congressman Paul Ryan even came close to winning the debate against Vice- President Joe Biden, and that Mitt Romney won his debates [...]