Eddie Morales
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WUWM
Wisconsin has requested federal assistance to help recover from the destruction from the severe storms and floods earlier in August. Teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be on the ground this week to conduct preliminary damage assessments.
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bongkarn/Stock AdobeA UW-Milwaukee kinesiology professor offers some helpful tips for exercising in the summer heat. -
Petra Richli/Stock AdobeThe director of the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission shares some tips on how to keep your pets safe in the summer heat.
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President Donald Trump is calling for a mid-decade census that would exclude people who are in the U.S. without legal status from the count with hopes of tilting elections to favor Republicans. -
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Rainn Wilson is coming to the Riverside Theatre this week for a celebration of Dwight Schrute, along with a screening of an "Office" episode.
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After years of litigation following the Dobbs decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, with their liberal majority, ruled that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion in the state. -
A long-standing African dance company in Milwaukee known as Ko-Thi Dance Company launched a fundraising campaign after losing federal funding. -
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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a national listening tour in Milwaukee, where he heard from nearly 200 invitees about key issues including housing, health care and economic equity.
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