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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Superintendent Keith Posley thanked voters at a press conference Wednesday. He said the referendum will make up for insufficient state funding, and prevent cuts to schools.
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Unofficial results show 51% of votes in favor of the referendum and 49% against.
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WUWM hosted its first voter roundtable with five Milwaukee-area residents to take the temperature on how people are feeling in this crucial swing state ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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On April 2, many Wisconsinites will vote for school board members. The partisan makeup of the Elmbrook school district in Waukesha County hinges on this election.
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On April 2, Milwaukee voters will decide whether to raise property taxes to support MPS.
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MPS is asking voters to approve a $252 million referendum that would increase property taxes and state aid by that amount. A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum raises questions about the rationale for the referendum.
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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.