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By Steve Waring Special to The Milwaukee Times Between 1999 and 2006 the number of children in the Milwaukee County foster care system decreased by 61 percent from 6,778 open cases to 2,655. By 2006, 1,991 or about 74 percent of all open cases were African American children, according to information obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Children’s Welfare (DCW). … [Read more...] about Black children are disproportionately represented in the welfare system

As school starts for over 75,000 kids in Milwaukee Public Schools this month, Hunger Task Force will join Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver at Congress Elementary School on Friday, September 25 at 9:30 a.m. to launch No Kid Hungry Wisconsin. Nearly 83 percent of children in the Milwaukee Public School District qualify for free or reduced priced lunch, yet only 37 percent are … [Read more...] about Hunger Task Force joins Milwaukee Public Schools to launch ‘No Kid Hungry Wisconsin,’ grow breakfast program

R’Reona Mills, a student at Milwaukee Public Schools’ Lincoln Center of the Arts Middle School, was recognized Monday, September 21, 2015 at the White House for her work with Girls In Action, Inc., a leadership and anti-violence organization led by a fellow Milwaukee teen. Girls In Action CEO Erica Lofton honored Mills, described by the group as “one of our most trusted and … [Read more...] about MPS student recognized at White House

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced his withdrawal from the Republican presidential nomination in a speech he made at a hotel in Madison on September 21, 2015. Gov. Walker’s fall from contender to someone whose support rated no more than a statistical asterisk was breathtakingly fast. Gov. Walker struggled to articulate a message different from Republican presidential … [Read more...] about Gov. Scott Walker suspends presidential bid

First Lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by President Barack Obama, greets Pope Francis upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, he went to the White House for a morning ceremony on the South Lawn, to which some 15,000 people were invited. He also met with President Barack Obama, rode in a parade on the National Mall and … [Read more...] about Catholic Church’s first Latino Pope meets U.S.A.’s first African American President

Malone’s Fine Sausage Company held an open house on Saturday, September 19, 2015 for the public to tour its plant. The company sells and distributes gourmet headcheese from a 12,000 square foot plant located at 300 West Walnut Street. Daphne Jones, CEO and president of Malone’s, stated the company was established 30 years ago by her mother, Glorious Malone. It was a holiday … [Read more...] about Malone’s Fine Sausage holds open house as part of Open Door Milwaukee

By Steve Waring Special to The Milwaukee Times Fresh from unanimously being reelected to another four-year term by the Fire and Police Commission the month before, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn participated in a “On the Issues public interview with Mike Gousha,” August 27 at Marquette University. Most Milwaukee crime statistics have declined from the previous year, … [Read more...] about Chief Flynn speaks out on current hot topics during live interview

Milwaukee Common Council president Michael Murphy (at podium) and Mayor Tom Barrett (partially obscured behind Murphy) announced that Nationstar Mortgage, holds more than $30 million in mortgages in Milwaukee, many of which remain ‘under water’ eight years after the Great Recession. Wes Edens owns 75 percent of Nationstar and is the majority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks … [Read more...] about City announces relief deal to Nationstar Mortgage holders