LSW to use AT&T Grant to help 600 adult students in Milwaukee area increase literacy skills, gain more desirable employment During a special event honoring Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Literacy Services of Wisconsin (LSW) was presented with a $10,000 AT&T Innovation & Investment Award last week to support the organization’s adult literacy programs. LSW will use [...]

By Cassandra Lans No matter what side of the gun control issue that one may be on, it appears as though remarks made by Sheriff David A. Clarke are continuing to spark a lot of passionate debate. Clarke is known for speaking out, and most times he attracts the attention of two extremes. Individuals who [...]

Demonstrating shift has led to greater employer participation, more people served and more partners This week, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board (MAWIB) released the organization’s Five Year Report, highlighting changes and progress since the creation of MAWIB. MAWIB, previously the Private Industry Council, began operating as Milwaukee’s backbone workforce organization in July of 2007. [...]

Community encouraged to use holiday as day of service in honor of Dr. King WHAT: The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee (the Y) will host its 16th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast with presenting sponsor Harley-Davidson Motor Company at the Delta Center. Approximately 600 community and state leaders are expected to gather at the [...]

File an online application in less than 10 minutes Time Warner Cable last week announced the addition of 200 new full-time jobs to its downtown Milwaukee workforce. The new hires will work as Retention Representatives, developing expertise in Time Warner Cable’s products and services so they may help manage the relationship Time Warner Cable has [...]

Board approves three-year, shared services partnership with City of Milwaukee The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is proud to announce that it has approved a three-year agreement with the City of Milwaukee to have the city handle all emergency 911 calls placed in the city. The agreement between the municipalities, which sets a precedent for [...]

Milwaukee’s Westlawn neighborhood is one of six American communities receiving free neighborhood design consultation in 2013 from Global Green USA with the help of a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program. Over the next 10 months, four sustainability experts will a conduct a three-day visit to the Housing [...]

The Make Your Money Talk program, a financial education course offered by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) and the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), continued its outreach into the Milwaukee community by recognizing 96 graduates of the program at a ceremony held December 11, 2012. An additional 129 graduates were [...]

Barrett, government and community leaders, speak out against Walker’s agenda to eliminate same day registration Compiled by Courier Staff In response to Governor Walker’s recent plans to again attack voting rights, members of the African-American Civic Engagement Roundtable, joined by Mayor Tom Barrett, Neil Albrecht (Executive Director of the city of Milwaukee’s Election Commission), State [...]

Reacting to the Fire and Police Commission’s decision to reinstate Milwaukee police officer, Richard Schoen several city officials expressed their opposition to the move. Common Council president Willie L. Hines, Jr. released the following statement: “I am deeply troubled by the Fire and Police Commission’s inexplicable decision Monday to reinstate the employment of Police Officer [...]