4-year-old killed in hit-and-run on Milwaukee's north side, mother injured jsonline.com/story/news/loc… with ⁦Ricardo🇨🇺 🇵🇷Torres Ⓜ️⁩

A 4-year-old was killed today in a hit-and-run crash on Teutonia and Vera, according to the office of Mayor Cavalier Johnson. Mayor Cavalier Johnson to address media at 1:45 p.m.

.Milwaukee MPS says its citywide music festival next week is a thank-you to voters for passing two referendums: one in 2020 that allowed the district to grow from 50 to over 120 music teachers, and one this April to avert deep cuts.
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ICYMI: Republican National Committee urges moving protest area farther from Milwaukee RNC venues jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee's property assessments have gone up all over. The city assessor explains why jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin Republicans recruiting legion of monitors to observe polls, set stage for lawsuits jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via ⁦Molly Beck⁩

Republican National Committee urges moving protest area farther from Milwaukee RNC venues jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel

Lawyer who left as part of exodus returns to Milwaukee City Attorney's Office jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel

New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction: Live updates usatoday.com/story/entertai… via @usatoday

Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Waukesha on May 1:

LATEST from me for Journal Sentinel on Wisconsin's prisons:

Here's what I learned about the 55 people who died inside Wisconsin prisons last year and the 7 deaths in January 2024.

Have a read here:
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3 months from the RNC in Milwaukee, rules for demonstrating are a hot debate jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel

UPDATE:

Staff at Waupun Correctional Institution have resigned or been fired amid U.S. Department of Justice probe into alleged smuggling of illegal drugs, cell phones and other contraband

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What Milwaukee can learn from Cleveland, the last city to host a full-scale Republican National Convention jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Sarah Volpenhein Ⓜ️

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered parties named in a ⁦Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin⁩ lawsuit to file responses by April 26 — signaling it may consider a petition to recognize a constitutional right to bodily autonomy, including abortion.

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New Milwaukee City Attorney Evan Goyke has been sworn in.