Author Matt Wild

It was a busy day for the Milwaukee Common Council. At a (virtual) meeting on Tuesday, the Council held every mayoral cabinet appointment, demanded systemic change in all city departments, went ahead with the p...

Days ahead of Juneteenth, a.k.a. "the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of enslavement of Black people by white people in the United States," Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Cou...

Alderman José G. Pérez issued a resolution on Monday calling for a 10 percent decrease in the 2021 Milwaukee Police Department budget. Pérez says the money should be "reinvested to meet the demands of our neigh...

School's out for summer. Also possibly out: the Milwaukee Police Department.An online agenda reveals that the Milwaukee Board of School Directors has drafted a resolution that "terminates immediately all co...

The free pandemic parking ride is almost over, folks. Per a Wednesday tweet from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works: Effective Monday (6/15) DPW will resume enforcement of ALL timed & metered restric...

Gov. Tony Evers, along with various Milwaukee officials, announced on Tuesday that the Wisconsin National Guard "has concluded its mission to preserve public safety and protect the rights of protesters and the ...

Last week, while the Milwaukee Police Department was busy firing tear gas at peaceful protesters and taking lemons water bottles and making lemonade Molotov cocktails, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales com...

Multiple peaceful protests took to the streets of Milwaukee for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday. Once again, the protests were a unified cry against police brutality, police militarization, and the murder o...

On Friday, June 5, at 2:30 p.m., the Milwaukee Common Council and the Public Safety and Health Committee will hold a special meeting to discuss the "circumstances under which a curfew is declared, the policies ...