Emily Files
Education Reporter/EditorEmily has been reporting on Milwaukee-area education for WUWM since 2018. She is also an editor in the WUWM newsroom.
She began as a reporter for KRBD in Ketchikan, Alaska. She then worked as a reporter and eventually news director at KHNS Radio in Haines, where she reported on local politics, tribal issues, hunting, fishing and, of course, education.
Emily is originally from the Chicago area. She studied journalism at Emerson College in Boston, where she reported her very first radio stories for college station WERS.
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All 15 Milwaukee Common Council seats are up for election April 2, 2024.
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The comptroller is Milwaukee's chief financial officer.
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The comptroller is Milwaukee County's chief financial officer.
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About one of every four students in the U.S. was chronically absent last school year, according to new research. In some places, that means teachers are working in empty classrooms.
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Wisconsin's presidential primary and spring general election is April 2, 2024. Here's a guide to help people vote in Wisconsin.
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Officials say MPS schools will have to cut staff and programs if voters don’t approve a $252 million referendum this spring.
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At schools like UWM, DEI programs support a broad range of students who are underrepresented in higher education. But Republican lawmakers, such as Vos, see DEI as racially divisive and part of left-wing indoctrination.
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The Arizona College of Nursing wants to open campuses in Milwaukee and Madison, saying it can help with the Wisconsin’s pressing need for more nurses.
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For the past three years, UWM has been making behind-the-scenes changes to raise graduation rates.
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WUWM is working to make our 2024 elections coverage more helpful and targeted to community needs.