Eddie Morales
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WUWM
On Feb. 11, several Milwaukee Common Council members announced two new initiatives in case of a potential influx of ICE agents in the city.
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Shane Morris/Adobe StockWisconsin's next election is Feb. 17. Here's a guide to help people vote in Wisconsin. -
Jimmy Gutierrez/WUWMLove and intimacy have no age limits. On this month’s "Group Chat," we'll hear from two seniors who found out what’s possible with a second chance at love. -
Teran Powell/WUWMA local support group for wheelchair users brings together people to discuss the challenges of living with mobility issues. -
OnMilwaukee/OnMilwaukeeBefore hosting this week's OnMilwaukee Adult Spelling Bee, Molly Snyder stopped by the Lake Effect studio to test our producers' spelling prowess. We learned that radio production is about pronouncing words, not spelling them.
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Data Centers
Data centers are large facilities filled with computer servers that power the internet and everyday digital services and their rapid growth is sparking debate nationwide.
Status Pending
A podcast about how immigration has shaped Wisconsin, and how people are affected by today's rapidly changing immigration landscape.
Seeking Solutions: Keys to Homeownership
This WUWM series digs into systemic housing problems in Milwaukee and sheds light on solutions.
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For Black History Month, Milwaukee Film's Ty Williams has handpicked a variety of Afrofuturist films that reflect on and celebrate Black icons in fiction. -
Pros and cons continue to swirl around data centers — some in the planning stages, others already in motion in Wisconsin. A We Energies proposal is adding fuel to the fire. It would create a new energy rate for so-called “very large” customers, like data centers. -
Versiti Wisconsin reported that its blood supply dipped significantly following winter weather in January, but is starting to rebound. This mirrors a nationwide trend as flu, weather and hospital usage led to nationwide blood shortage.
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Milwaukee police have banned the use of facial recognition technology for now, following a heated Fire and Police Commission meeting. A tech policy shares what the public should know. -
When Jane LaGolden started her senior social group in Milwaukee 10 years ago, she didn’t want to knit a blanket, read a book or watercolor. She wanted to meet other seniors and build community. -
What we can take away from looking back at European society’s descent into systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews and others? -
Grasslyn Manor, a neighborhood within Milwaukee’s Sherman Park, has been grappling with flooded basements for decades. Despite the increasingly erratic weather climate change doles out, its residents are determined to curb their flooding problem. -
This week's Capitol Notes asks politics whiz JR Ross to lay out what's happening in Congress and how Wisconsin's representatives are approaching it.
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