Anna Marie Yanny

2 weeks ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Hope Kirwan |Anna Marie Yanny

Thousands of Wisconsin residents turned out Saturday to protest federal funding cuts and layoffs made by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. There were dozens of demonstrations planned across the state, including in Milwaukee, Kenosha, Green Bay and Eau Claire. The “Hands Off!” protests came from a national partnership of labor unions, pro-democracy and Democratic groups, and coincided with a national protest in Washington, D.C. and other major U.S. cities.

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Hope Kirwan |Anna Marie Yanny

Thousands of Wisconsin residents turned out Saturday to protest federal funding cuts and layoffs made by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. There were dozens of demonstrations planned across the state, including in Milwaukee, Kenosha, Green Bay and Eau Claire. The "Hands Off!" protests came from a national partnership of labor unions, pro-democracy and Democratic groups, and coincided with a national protest in Washington, D.C. and other major U.S. cities.

2 months ago | wisconsinlife.org | Anna Marie Yanny |Maureen McCollum

Medical anthropologist Mai See Thao researches what life is like for refugees long after they’ve resettled in a new place. “There’s a lot of literature and a lot of investigation around what refugees need when they’re being resettled,” Thao said. “But there’s not the question of: how do refugees live in the U.S.? And that’s where my work has been.”Her research has highlighted experiences of Hmong people, an ethnic population from Southeast Asia. Many became refugees after the Vietnam War.

Jan 14, 2025 | wpr.org | Anna Marie Yanny

Madison saw an 8 percent decrease in violent crime last year, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. "In 2024, we had a 40 percent decrease in homicides," Barnes said at a Tuesday press conference. "And although no death is acceptable, it is good to see that these numbers are trending in the right direction."The number of reported homicides in Madison rose from 6 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, and fell again to 6 in 2024. Barnes said he believes the city can continue to drive those numbers down.

Jan 14, 2025 | urbanmilwaukee.com | Anna Marie Yanny

With the discovery of a new dinosaur species, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have challenged a long-held belief about where dinosaurs originated and how the ancient reptiles spread throughout the planet. They published their findings Jan. 8 in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. One scientific theory has suggested dinosaurs first emerged in the southern part of the supercontinent Pangea, waiting millions of years before migrating north.