Senator Spencer Coggs announces he is considering running for City Treasurer. Senator Coggs said, “As Treasurer, I would want to continue to provide the high quality of service and attention to the City’s investments the taxpayers have come to expect, and I am concerned that proposals to merge the Treasurer and Comptroller’s offices will diminish [...]

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. [...]

Sen. Spencer Coggs this week called on the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider its plans to close five central Milwaukee post offices, all in Sen. Coggs’ Senate District. In a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Sen. Coggs called for a reappraisal of the decision based on the one-sided nature of the proposed closings [...]

Senator Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee) announced that he is introducing a bill in the Senate that will counteract the Voter ID Bill by suspending the fees associated with obtaining a birth certificate in Milwaukee County for 12 months from the time Coggs’ bill was passed. Sen. Coggs said, “This ‘voter suppression bill’ that requires proof of [...]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK State Senator Spencer Coggs (center) proudly stands with his wife, Gershia and Ruby Jackson, events coordinator for the Wisconsin African American Women’s Center (WAAW) at the center’s 15th Annual Hat Luncheon. This year’s event was held with the theme of ‘Faces of Hope’. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for [...]

Compiled by Courier Staff “On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 the Wisconsin Senate debated the Voter Suppression Bill; more commonly called AB 7, the Voter ID Bill. “This is a deliberate and calculated attempt by Republicans to confuse the public and make it more difficult for people of color, seniors, college students and the disabled to [...]

By Lynda L. Jones They have been dubbed the ‘Fab 14’, the Democratic Senators that left the state and forced the GOP, and Governor Scott Walker to slow down their efforts to push through the Budget Repair Bill. After the governor and the GOP legislators met behind close doors last week, and privately developed a [...]

“A monumental blunder” MADISON – Sen. Spencer Coggs said last week that Gov.-elect Scott Walker’s short-sighted decision to reject federal funding for a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison hamstrings Wisconsin’s efforts to build an economy for the future and may very well isolate the state from regional development. Last Thursday, U.S. Transportation Department [...]

By Frederick Dakarai The breakfast event was an excellent forum of information and discussion of various business and political subjects and initiatives of the City, County and State. It was short (about an hour) and to the point which was great for a Friday morning. There was a crowd of about 50 business men and [...]

Monday afternoon 350 people rallied at the Talgo train manufacturing plant in Milwaukee to protest Governor-elect Scott Walker’s plan to scuttle the high-speed rail project. The size and energy of the event refl ects the growing public outcry against giving thousands of family supporting jobs away to Illinois and other states. The lead sponsors of [...]