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The Milwaukee police officer who first confronted Milwaukee Bucks rookie Sterling Brown outside a Walgreens in January was suspended for two days, the Journal Sentinel has learned. Two supervisors who later arrived, escalating the situation, were suspended for 10 and 15 days, sources said. Several other officers were reprimanded. Police Chief Alfonso Morales has not […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing bipartisan criticism, accused of forcing the house chaplain — a priest — to resign. “I continue to just be aggrieved, outraged and astounded,” U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore said. The Rev. Patrick Conroy is out after seven years in the post. Some Democrats suggested Ryan was upset that Conroy got

The decision to close the Social Security Office on Milwaukee’s south side has been met with harsh criticism by city and state leaders. The Social Security Administration says the office at 7th and Mitchell will close March 22. The office serves about 2,200 people a month, according to a spokesman with the agency. The office

Milwaukee, WI – Today, following the announcement of the planned closure of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Mitchell Street Field Office in Milwaukee, Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Senator Tammy Baldwin sent a letter calling on SSA Regional Commissioner Phyllis Smith to urgently identify an alternative Southside location so that all residents in Milwaukee have direct access to in-person SSA services.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video       Jacob Kittilstad had a bit of a homecoming for Congresswoman Gwen Moore who was born and partly-raised in the city of Racine. Now she represents Wisconsin’s 4th District which includes Milwaukee and some surrounding

MILWAUKEE — Ascension Wisconsin has “decided to pause our plan to reconfigure medical services from St. Joe’s to Columbia St. Mary’s Milwaukee” after recently announcing planned changes. This, after “feedback” from concerned city leaders. Ascension officials earlier this month said they would keep services at St. Joseph Hospital that they say are needed and used

Facing growing criticism, Ascension Wisconsin said Wednesday that it was putting its plan to provide only limited services at St. Joseph hospital on hold. The health system had planned to no longer provide surgical and other services at the hospital in a largely low-income neighborhood in Milwaukee. “Over the last two weeks, we’ve been meeting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is negotiating a settlement with a chain of troubled chemical barrel refurbishing plants but may sue the company to force compliance if negotiations break down, officials said Saturday. An EPA official also revealed that the agency’s Chicago office is examining similar operations across the Midwest and sharing findings with EPA