Tuesday’s primary sets stage for historic mayoral election in Milwaukee

Johnson is the acknowledged front-runner in a field of seven on Tuesday’s primary ballot. Four are Black — Johnson, Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas, Democratic state Sen. Lena Taylor and community activist Ieshuh Griffin. Three — Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic, Taylor and Griffin — are women, in a city where no woman has ever held the mayor’s office. Only two — former Ald. Bob Donovan and events planner Michael Sampson — are white males.

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Tuesday’s primary sets stage for historic mayoral election in Milwaukee

Johnson is the acknowledged front-runner in a field of seven on Tuesday’s primary ballot. Four are Black — Johnson, Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas, Democratic state Sen. Lena Taylor and community activist Ieshuh Griffin. Three — Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic, Taylor and Griffin — are women, in a city where no woman has ever held the mayor’s office. Only two — former Ald. Bob Donovan and events planner Michael Sampson — are white males.

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Report shows temperatures, precipitation on the rise in Wisconsin

A new report on climate change in Wisconsin finds statewide temperatures have increased by 3 degrees since 1950, while precipitation has risen by 17 percent.  The report, from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, was created after Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order in 2019 ordering the report’s

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