Tuesday on Lake Effect:
The broad impact the county board chair hopes a new free bus ride system would have beyond the seniors and disabled people it would serve. Later, concerns about a proposal to remove university oversight from Downer Woods, an 11-acre parcel of UWM. We’ll speak with writer Emily Gray Tedrowe about her novel of the Wisconsin homefront during the Iraq War. And the latest installment in our Precious Lives series on kids and gun violence around Milwaukee.
Guests:
- Marina Dimitrijevic, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
- Kate Nelson and Jim Reinartz, UW-Milwaukee
- Lane Pierce, essayist
- Emily Gray Tedrowe, author, Blue Stars
- Precious Lives, series
Segments:
- County Board Chair Wants Free Bus Ride Program To Start Next Month
- Governor Walker's Budget Eliminates Protection of UWM's Downer Woods
- Essay: On Friendships Lost and Found
- New Novel Explores The Challenges Families Face When Caring For Wounded Veterans
- #010 Precious Lives: Bill Thao's Family’s Immigration Story