Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration supported boosters of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for a smaller group of people after they voted against recommending it for anyone 16 and older.
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The City of Milwaukee is encouraging more real estate development projects in largely Latino neighborhoods. And, a Hispanic group is trying to help developers who are Latino with new funding. -
Racial diversity within the country is increasing, including here in Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin. Recent 2020 Census data showed that across the nation, Hispanic and Asian populations increased, and the population of those that identified as “white only” decreased — a trend that statisticians at the Census Bureau have long predicted.
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A major change in behavioral health care in the Milwaukee region moved ahead on Thursday after a grand opening ceremony at Granite Hills Hospital in West Allis took place.
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Wisconsin families would be able to opt students out of lessons pertaining to gender identity and sexual orientation under a bill introduced by Republican legislators.
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Tommy Thompson, the longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history and current interim president of the University of Wisconsin System, said Thursday that he was having surgery following a water skiing accident.
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September 16 is Mildred Fish-Harnack Day in Wisconsin, and if you don't know that is, you're not the only one. Despite the courageousness of her life's work, fighting the Nazis as a founder of the Red Orchestra, an anti-Nazi resistance group in Germany, much of her story has been lost over time. In honor of her life, the Hoan Bridge will be lit in red.
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Today is the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month — a month dedicated to celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.The Milwaukee Film Festival's Cine Sin Fronteras, or cinema without borders, is celebrating all month long with film, food, and music. Every weekend they'll show films covering topics like the Afro Latinx Experience, Immigration and Social Justice, and Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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As the DOT takes a closer look at the proposed rebuilding of about four miles of the I-94 East-West Freeway in Milwaukee, diverse groups are asking the agency to consider more alternatives to driving cars.
