By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, City Leaders and Public Health Advocates Rally for Ambitious Clean Car Standards for a Zero-Emission Future
(Milwaukee, WI) – On Friday, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, Alderwoman JoCosta Zamarripa, and other Milwaukee leaders joined public health advocates for a press conference to rally … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Officials and Others Discuss Biden’s Build Back Better Plan
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz It’d be easy to forget given everything else that has happened this year, but 2020 is a major election year. This November, citizens across the nation will be casting … [Read more...]
Joe Biden Has A Plan for COVID-19
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In times of trouble, a nation and its people turn to its leader for guidance. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, every nation looked towards its leaders to steer them through … [Read more...]
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Held an Early Vote Event on Milwaukee’s South Side with Mandela Barnes, JoCasta Zamarripa and José Pérez
By Nyesha Stone Last Friday, Milwaukee residents met at the Milwaukee South Side Coordinated Office to listen to U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Lt. Gov. nominee Mandela Barnes, State Rep. JoCasta … [Read more...]
Black and Brown Wisconsin Find Reason To Hope
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Rep. David Crowley of the 17th District and Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa of the 8th District organized the Black and Latino Caucus and delivered the first annual State of Black … [Read more...]
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Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead
By Representative JoCasta Zamarripa The stakes this November are too high. We cannot allow Donald Trump anywhere near the White House. Nearly eight years ago we made history by electing … [Read more...]
Tax Day BadgerCare protest
Last week on tax day, April 15, as many Wisconsinites filed their taxes, health care advocates gathered in a protest against Governor Walker’s rejection of federal Medicaid dollars for BadgerCare at a … [Read more...]
State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa named Wisconsin Chair of Latinos for Obama
Obama For America has named State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa as the Wisconsin Chair of Latinos for Obama. In 2010 Rep. Zamarripa became the first Latina elected to the Wisconsin State … [Read more...]
Job Shadow Event part of $100 Million effort by AT&T and Junior Achievement to help reduce high school drop-out rate
Milwaukee high school students learned about the importance of staying in school from Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milwaukee) and local AT&T employees as part of a day-long Junior … [Read more...]