By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
Looking to Save on Food? Here’s a Way to Grow Your Own or Buy Affordable Local Produce
By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
Ascension St. Joseph Hospital Opens Mobile Testing Center for Free COVID-19 Tests
By Edgar Mendez and Ron Smith Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen … [Read more...]
Family and Community Outraged Over Release of Acid Attack Suspect
By Edgar Mendez – Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
From Victim to Advocate: Natalie Hayden’s triumph Over Domestic Abuse
By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
Big Tobacco Targets the Black Community
By Yasmine Outlaw Native Americans and White adults are the highest consumers of tobacco products in America. Yet, tobacco advertisements are found 10 times more in the Black community than … [Read more...]
COPD: What is it?
By Ariele Vaccaro and Edgar Mendez Some 24 million Americans are currently suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Another several million have it, but don’t know … [Read more...]
Local Teens Celebrate Fifth Anniversary of Wisconsin Law Barring Indoor Smoking
By Edgar Mendez With the sun shining down on their smiling faces and a gentle breeze keeping them cool, members of FACT, Wisconsin’s youth-led tobacco prevention movement, gathered recently in … [Read more...]
Milwaukee teens inspired by “Selma”
By Edgar Mendez When Richard Lewis and his wife Lori Lewis raised $41,000 to send 6,000 kids to see “Selma,” the film that relives events tied to the Martin Luther King Jr. led civil rights … [Read more...]
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Wisconsinites celebrate second year of smoke-free bars and restaurants
By Edgar Mendez It’s undeniable. Wisconsinites enjoy their smoke-free air, especially in bars and restaurants. A recent Rasmussen Reports public opinion survey of 500 likely voters has shown … [Read more...]