Milwaukee was one of a select few cities to host the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Imaging Project Exhibit this past week. The exhibit was officially opened to the public on Mon., Aug. 27 and ran through Thurs., Aug. 30 at The Milwaukee Public Library on Wisconsin Avenue. Ald. Milele Coggs, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Jim [...]

By Cassandra Lans Voter turnout was a major disappointment in Tuesday’s primary election in Milwaukee. Several factors contributed to this lackluster turnout, one being the change in the month for this primary that is normally held in September. The primary had to be moved to keep the state compliant with the upcoming November elections. The [...]

Spencer Coggs officially endorses her as his successor Compiled by Courier Staff State Representative Elizabeth Coggs along with community leaders and other elected officials held a press conference on Wednesday morning calling on all the candidates in the 6thSenate District to sign a clean campaign pledge. We owe it to the people to have a [...]

The Common Council this week approved creation of the Milwaukee Jobs Act -Transitional Jobs Program – a multifaceted effort to create employment opportunities for city young people and job seekers from areas of the city that have been particularly hard-hit economically. Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, the primary sponsor of the legislation creating the Milwaukee Jobs Act, [...]

Allow Sydney Hih to be demolished By Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs As the Common Council member who has the privilege and the honor of representing the 6th Aldermanic District which encompasses a portion of the Park East where the Sydney Hih complex (Senn Building, et. al.) is located, I am urging my colleagues on the [...]

By Lynda Jones Once again, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Milwaukee was filled with the smells of roasted corn, barbeque meats, vendors, and plenty of information booths on voting, tobacco prevention, health and disease prevention to name a few. The event? Juneteenth Day Celebration, a national event commemorating the freedom of people of African [...]

By Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs No matter what anyone says about the results of yesterday’s historic gubernatorial recall election, the City of Milwaukee achieved a great victory in the enormous voter turnout – especially in the huge numbers of African American and younger voters. We saw droves of new voters, young voters, older voters, and [...]

The City of Milwaukee Youth Council held a news conference on Friday, May 25 at Spaights Plaza at UW-Milwaukee to urge the Wisconsin federal delegation to extend student loan interest rates at the current 3.4 percent level. If Congress does not act by July 1, 2012, the interest rate on federal loans will jump to [...]

Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs has launched the 5th Annual Freedom Scholarship Essay Contest for 2012, challenging students to analyze the concept of “freedom” and – in an essay of 1,000 words or less – (a) analyze why it is so vital that the remembrance, history and lessons of freedom be passed to a new generation; [...]

State Representative Elizabeth Coggs officially announced that she is running for Sixth Senate District Seat for the State of Wisconsin. The official kick-off for the campaign was held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the Dr. Martin L. King Jr Statue located on the eastside of the 1700 Block of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. [...]