On Monday afternoon, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor (2nd District) Nikiya Harris announced her candidacy for the State Senate seat currently held by Milwaukee City Treasurer Spencer Coggs. Before a crowd of supporters in front of Talgo Inc., Supervisor Harris declared herself part of a “new generation of leadership for Wisconsin.” Decrying the estimated 35 jobs [...]

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. [...]

We did it! We won. And I really mean “We”. With God’s guidance and your help, the City of Milwaukee elected me the first Black City Treasurer, and the first Black elected to a citywide executive office ever. It was indeed a milestone. I previously wrote an open letter to the community when the media [...]

Sen. Spencer Coggs said Republicans who once had a controlling number of senators in the 33-member Wisconsin Senate until last week, held up his bill in committee to “out” fraudulent candidates. “The Republicans knew my legislation would work against them in their attempt to run fake Democrats in recall elections. That’s why they refused to [...]

Sen. Spencer Coggs denounced attempts by Republicans in the Legislature to make 11th hour changes to the governing structure of the Milwaukee Area Technical College that would substitute local control for state control and gut minority and other citizen representation on the MATC Board. “In the waning days of the Legislature’s two-year session, Republicans, led [...]

I have served this city for 29 years as a State Senator and State Representative and my integrity has never been questioned. Yet, in recent days there have been news accounts that have dragged my name and reputation through the media. Here are the facts: Fact-No charge has been leveled against me by the Government [...]

“People under the control of others should not be victimized twice,” Sen. Coggs says Sen. Spencer Coggs announced this week that he is introducing legislation that would protect victims caught up in the trade of human trafficking by overturning their convictions for prostitution and other related crimes when they were controlled by abusers and victimizers. [...]

Sen. Spencer Coggs joined supporters at a recent fundraiser held in support for his run for Milwaukee City Treasurer at the Hi Hat Lounge, located at 1710 N. Arlington Place. Leonard Sobczak pictured to the far left co-hosted with friends. Also pictured continuing from left to right are: Wallace White, Sen. Spencer Coggs and Allan [...]

Senator Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee) is introducing a bill that will require the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to improve its investigation and inspections of illegal child care centers, establish a hotline to receive reports of illegal child care centers and improve the public education and information to parents on the dangers of using illegal [...]

Leaders take a grassroots approach to developing a Milwaukee Jobs Act By Maricha Harris Job creation was the center of discussion at a town hall meeting that was organized and hosted by several community- based organizations, including Citizen Action of Wisconsin, League of Young Voters, Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), 9to5 Milwaukee, [...]