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Urban Milwaukee aims to foster a transparent conversation about the events, issues, and individuals impacting Milwaukee’s vibrant urban areas. The platform also focuses on advocating for urban development and community engagement within the city of Milwaukee.

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Murphy’s Law: State’s Hospitals Causing Shortage of Nurses?

2 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Bruce Murphy

Nurses are leaving their profession in big numbers. A report released in March by the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) warned that it faces a growing shortage of health care workers.
Murphy’s Law: The Professors Are the Enemy

3 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Bruce Murphy

It was President Richard Nixonwho in a 1972 Oval Office conversation was recorded saying, “The professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times.” The words were echoed by now U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance in 2021, in an address he gave called “The Universities Are The Enemy.”We are seeing this animosity reflected in policy decisions by the administration of Donald Trump and Vance, and by Republican legislators in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Issues Election Observer Rules

3 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Erik Gunn

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday published a new permanent administrative rule to guide how election observers are allowed to conduct themselves at polling places.
Legislature Passes Advanced Nursing Bill Evers Expected to Sign

4 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Erik Gunn

On unanimous voice votes, lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday that allows nurses with advanced training to practice independently in Wisconsin. The bill now heads to Gov. Tony Evers, who vetoed similar bills twice before but who is now expected to sign the measure after negotiating changes to address his previous objections. “I can’t stress what a team effort this was. It was bipartisan,” said Rep. Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc), the lead Assembly author on AB 257, before the vote on the Assembly floor.
American Science & Surplus Raises $170,000 From Customers

6 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Trevor Hook

The owners of a quirky sundries store in Milwaukee launched a GoFundMe campaign late last month in a last-ditch effort to save their business. Thousands have donated in response. American Science & Surplus operates three stores out of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. The first location was opened in 1937 near Chicago. The Milwaukee store is the retailer’s largest location and was opened in 1981.
WPR Lays Off Staff, Cuts Programs

6 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Anya van Wagtendonk

Amid ongoing budget shortages and facing potential federal funding cuts, Wisconsin Public Radio has notified at least 15 staff members that they will be laid off.
What’s That Big Inflated Crazy Thing At Summerfest?

6 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Graham Kilmer

//end headline wrapper ?> What is that big, multi-colored conglomeration at Summerfest that looks like a group of massive people-like creatures in a state of embrace? It is an immersive art experience called “Astral Relics of the Northwoods” and was created by FuzzPop Workshop, a local experimental art studio. It’s composed of roughly 1,000 yards of fabric.
MKE County: The Uncertain Future of Hales Corners Park Pool

6 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Graham Kilmer

Once again this year, to the dismay of the local supervisor and residents, the Hales Corners Park Pool was not on the list of aquatic facilities Milwaukee County Parks would open for the summer. But Sup. Patti Logsdon is trying, one way or another, to get the pool open next year. But she needs a handful of things to line up perfectly. The supervisor is pushing a resolution that asks Parks to refill the pool which has been closed since 2019.
Tootsie’s Tea Moving to Near West Side

1 week ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Sophie Bolich

Eight years ago, Lizz Tsosie Stachura bought a package of coconut tea at an Arizona farmers market. It wasn’t just a new flavor — it was the start of a new career. “When I ran out of it, I could not find it anywhere,” said Tsosie Stachura, who searched high and low for the original vendor, then ordered coconut tea from “every tea person in the U.S.” in pursuit of that life-changing blend. Months later, still empty-handed, she resorted to making her own.
Republican Budget Bill Would Eliminate Energy Efficiency Tax Credits

1 week ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Danielle Kaeding

The clock is ticking for Wisconsin homeowners who want to take advantage of tax credits for clean energy and home energy efficiency as Republicans in Congress seek to phase out those incentives. The most recent federal data shows more than 73,000 families in Wisconsin have taken advantage of the tax credits. However, those incentives would disappear as soon as the end of this year under the House budget bill and six months after a bill is passed in the Senate version introduced this week.