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1 month ago | 
thetechstreetnow.com | Angela Lang
30 minutes ago cnet There's been plenty of speculation on when Microsoft was going to enter the handheld gaming fray. The Xbox maker appears to have something in the works that may be further along than expected. Microsoft is working with an unknown manufacturer to make its own Xbox-branded gaming handheld, according to a report from Windows Central on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
thetechstreetnow.com | Angela Lang
29 minutes ago cnet There's been plenty of speculation on when Microsoft was going to enter the handheld gaming fray. It appears that the Xbox maker has something in the works that may be further along than expected. Microsoft is working with an unknown manufacturer to make its own Xbox-branded gaming handheld, according to a report from Windows Central on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
civicmedia.us | James Kelly |Angela Lang |Adam Hess |Savanna Tomei-Olson
A lot of people say: “Who cares about the Oscars.”I can’t blame them. If I remember to tune to into The Academy Awards broadcast, I do. If I don’t, I don’t lose any sleep. Also, I’ve been really disappointed in some Oscar winning movies over the years. I’ve hated them. Yet these movies win all the awards and leave other GREAT movies (at least in my opinion) without even a nomination. That being said- there’s this thing that happens to movies that win.
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1 month ago | 
civicmedia.us | James Kelly |Angela Lang |Adam Hess |Savanna Tomei-Olson
MADISON, Wis. (CIVIC MEDIA) – The heat is cranked up with breezy winds pushing us to temperatures 30 degrees above normal for early March. This time of year temperatures typically barely climb above freezing and reach the mid to upper 30s across the state. But this year, March 10th has history written on it. Wisconsin will be soaking up the sun and enjoying temperatures 30 to 40 degrees above normal. The state is expected to reach highs from the mid 60s to the low 70s.
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1 month ago | 
civicmedia.us | Adam Hess |Angela Lang |Savanna Tomei-Olson
Altoona High School welcomed thousands of Chippewa Valley residents on Saturday for Senator Bernie Sanders’ “Fight Oligarchy” Tour. Senator Sanders has been traveling across the country in recent weeks, hosting rallies in congressional districts where Republican representatives won by small margins in the November election. The rallies are part of his efforts to push back on proposed cuts to federal programs like Medicaid, Social Security, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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1 month ago | 
therecombobulationarea.news | Angela Lang
The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-timeMilwaukee Press Clubaward-winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media. This is an opinion column written by Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC). Lang is a regular contributor to The Recombobulation Area, is the winner of an award from the Milwaukee Press Club for her work at the publication.
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2 months ago | 
civicmedia.us | Bennet Goldstein |Jack Kelly |Hallie Claflin |Angela Lang
Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the family egg producer (one of the largest in the U.S., in business for over three generations) was going to get through it, financially or emotionally. One staffer broke down in Herbruck’s office in tears. “The mental toll on our team of dealing with that many dead chickens is just, I mean, you can’t imagine it,” Herbruck said. “I didn’t sleep.
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2 months ago | 
civicmedia.us | Kate Wells |Jack Kelly |Hallie Claflin |Angela Lang
A year and a half after Wisconsin lawmakers earmarked $125 million to clean up toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, the funds have yet to flow to contaminated communities. That’s due to a legal and philosophical debate over the limits of government power and the potentially harsh consequences of a decades-old environmental law. Lawmakers continue to hash out the rules to guide who would receive the money and, more importantly, the legal risks for entities that request it.
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2 months ago | 
civicmedia.us | Kate Wells |Bennet Goldstein |Angela Lang |Jimmie Kaska
Forcing county sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration officials or risk losing state funding. A tax cut for service industry worker cash tips. Banning “foreign adversaries” from owning Wisconsin farmland. The GOAT committee. The first few weeks of the Legislature’s new session have been dominated by ideas inspired, at least in part, by President Donald Trump, as Wisconsin Republicans bring ideas pushed in Washington to Madison.
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2 months ago | 
therecombobulationarea.news | Angela Lang
The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-timeMilwaukee Press Clubaward-winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media.
