Lifeguards wanted for Milwaukee County beaches, pools
Lifeguards wanted for pools, beaches in Milwaukee County
Many people are hoping to hit the pools and beaches in Milwaukee County this summer. But a staffing shortage may prevent that from happening.
MILWAUKEE - With COVID restriction easing more and more, many people are hoping to hit the pools and beaches in Milwaukee County this summer. But a staffing shortage may prevent that from happening, county officials say. We have a crisis going on here, said Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman.
Early Tuesday, May 11, Milwaukee County s Parks, Energy and Environment Committee tackled staffing issues at the county pools and beaches.
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Activists protest the Finance Committee’s move to tank the governor’s budget proposals.
As the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was poised to strip hundreds of Governor Evers’ proposals from the next state budget today, folks from across the state crowded inside the Capitol in protest.
During today’s action, organized by Voces de la Frontera, roughly 200 activists crowded into a narrow hallway outside a committee room where the Joint Finance Committee the legislative committee in charge of the budget was scheduled to meet.
Shortly after they arrived, a capitol official emerged from the Finance Committee’s meeting room to inform protesters that the occupancy limit had already been reached. The demonstrators, many of whom were bussed in from Milwaukee and Racine, were denied entry.
Voces protests removal of immigrant-centered policies from state budget by Republicans
The Wisconsin State Capitol was closed to the public for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It only took four days after reopening for Republicans in the Legislature to draw a large group of protesters to the hallway outside the Joint Finance Committee meeting (JFC).
On Wednesday, JFC co-chairs Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) released their plan to gut hundreds of items from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Tony Evers’ budget proposal among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Immigration activists unveil a banner in the Capitol rotunda. Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner.
By Thursday morning, protesters organized by Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization, had descended on the Capitol from across the state to protest the Republicans’ actions.
Dozens of protesters, chanting for justice and holding signs pleading for driver’s licenses, packed the hallway outside the committee meeting. Multiple Democratic legislators and elected officials from Milwaukee, including Milwaukee County Supervisor