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President Biden Visits Milwaukee – Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper
President Biden visits the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce (Photo/Karen Stokes)
By Karen Stokes
President Joe Biden returned to Milwaukee on Wednesday. This was his third trip to the battleground state of Wisconsin this year as the 2024 race for president heats up.
The visit began at Hero Plumbing, a Black owned business at 4365 N 27th in the Garden Homes neighborhood owned by Rashawn Spivey.
Hero Plumbing is undertaking the replacement of lead pipes in homes throughout Milwaukee. This project is a component of a $15 billion initiative supported by bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
“Not only has our business grown, but we’re helping to save our community,” Spivey said.
President Biden and Hero Plumbing owner, Rashawn Spivey at Hero Plumbing (Photo/Karen Stokes)
Once departing Hero Plumbing, Biden addressed community leaders and residents at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce at 29th and Vliet Street in Milwaukee.
Spivey accompanied the president to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, and introduced him. Biden discussed the urgency of replacing the lead pipes.
“Lead exposure disproportionately affects low-income communities and disproportionately affects people of color,” the President said. “This is the United States of America, for God’s sake. Everyone should be able to turn on a faucet and know whatever they’re drinking is clean and pure and not have to worry about it.”
Before Biden came to office, Milwaukee was slated to take over 60 years to replace the lead pipes. But last month, the administration proposed a new rule that’s going to require the water systems in Milwaukee to fully replace every one of the lead pipes within 10 years.
President Biden is struggling with poor approval ratings on the economy even as the unemployment rate hovers near historic lows and as inflation has plummeted in little over a year from 9.1% to 3.2%.
The Black vote will be critical as the country approaches the 2024 general election. Wisconsin is forecasted to be one of four toss-up states and crucial for Democrats in the upcoming election.
According to the latest Marquette Law School poll, President Biden’s job approval is at 42% in Wisconsin.
“I’m here today to talk about something that doesn’t get enough attention. I’m here to celebrate the progress we’re making to support Black small businesses here and around the country,” Biden said. “Because when Black small businesses grow, everything benefits. The community benefits. Everyone benefits. And it gives hope and prospects for people.”
Since 2020 America has filed a record number of new applications. Fifteen million applications to start new businesses.
The President makes his third trip in 2023 to the battleground state of Wisconsin. (Photo/Karen Stokes)
“It’s led to the fastest growth in Black business ownership in over 30 years. Across the country, wages for workers are up. Black wealth is a record 60 percent since the pandemic,” Biden said.
In his speech, the president touched on Bidenomics, outlining his economic plan.
“We’re doing it by building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. Not a whole lot trickled down on my dad’s kitchen table with a top-down economy,” he said. “But when building from the middle, when you increase the middle class, the poor have a shot and the wealthy still do very well, the middle class does well, and we all do well.”
“Through the American Rescue Plan we invested nearly $80 million in Wisconsin for the State Small Business Credit Initiative, helping countless small businesses grow and through the Small Business Administration, we’ve delivered $50 billion in capital this past year to small businesses across the country, doubling the number and the value of Black-owned businesses since 2020,” Biden said.
Biden also announced the Grow Milwaukee Coalition is among 22 finalists for the federal “Recompete” economic development grant through the Commerce Department.
The Milwaukee proposal seeks to revitalize the city’s 30th Street industrial corridor and reconnect the historically segregated Black community with other economic opportunities, the White House said.
MILWAUKEE – There was a hazardous materials response at Maitland Park in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office tells FOX6 News that deputies responded to Maitland Park for a possible domestic violence incident.
While at the park, deputies came across an encampment of some sort and found jug-like containers with what they believed contained possible hazardous chemicals.
A hazmat team responded to contain and dispose of the material. Park rangers moved the encampment.
There is currently no danger to the public.
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Defeat ended a five-game winning run for the Rockets, who trailed by 14 points at one stage. Fred VanVleet scored 26 points and Jalen Green 21 for the Rockets.
The Bucks are fourth from bottom in the Eastern Conference, while the Rockets are fourth in the West.
The Los Angeles Clippers held off a comeback from the in-form Golden States Warriors to win 102-99 at Intuit Dome.
Norman Powell scored 23 points for the Clippers, including five three-pointers, while Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 26.
“I’m proud of the team. They made a big run like they always do, and we were able to keep our composure and come away with the win,” said Clippers coach Tyronn Lue.
The Clippers are ninth in the Western Conference and the Warriors second.
Here are our Milwaukee Brewers player grades for 2024
Here are our Milwaukee Brewers player grades for 2024, based on analysis by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writers Todd Rosiak and Curt Hogg
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio etched his name in the record books in 2024, at 20 years old becoming the youngest player in major-league history to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases.
But in the end, it wasn’t enough to earn him notice as the top newcomer in the National League.
Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes was named the senior circuit’s rookie of the year, earning 23 of a possible 30 first-place votes, with San Diego Padres centerfielder Jackson Merrill finishing second (seven first-place votes) and Chourio third.
Skenes, 22, went 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA and WHIP of 0.95 in 133 innings over 23 starts for a Pirates team that didn’t call him up from Class AAA Indianapolis until the second week of May.
Despite the delayed start, Skenes was the talk in baseball for most of the season, even becoming the first rookie to start an All-Star Game since 1995. He accounted for 4.3 Wins Above Replacement according to FanGraphs.
In 156 games, Merrill hit .292 with 24 home runs and 90 runs batted in with an OPS of .826 for a Padres team that finished with the same record as the Brewers – 93-69 – but in second place in the NL West behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Merrill, 21, also stole 16 bases and was named an all-star. He accounted for 5.3 WAR according to FanGraphs.com.
Then there was Chourio, who earned 26 third-place votes. Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga garnered the other four.
It was a little over a year ago Chourio signed a record-breaking $82 million contract extension with the Brewers despite having never played in the major leagues.
He made Milwaukee’s opening-day roster out of spring training as the youngest player in the majors and then scuffled for most of the first two months before finally hitting his stride.
By season’s end, it could have been argued that Chourio was the Brewers’ best all-around player. In 148 games, Chourio hit .275 with 21 homers and 79 RBI to go along with an OPS of .791.
He also stole 22 bases and despite switching back and forth between right and left field was a net positive with the glove having been credited with 12 defensive runs saved and five outs above average.
Chourio saved his best for last, as he racked up five hits and three RBI in Milwaukee’s wild-card series loss to the New York Mets. He slugged two homers in Game 2, making him the fifth-youngest player in baseball history to go deep in the postseason.
Chourio’s WAR total of 3.9 ranked third on the Brewers behind catcher William Contreras (5.4) and shortstop Willy Adames (4.8).
Right-hander Devin Williams is the last Brewers player to have been named rookie of the year (2020).
Milwaukee’s next shot at a Baseball Writers Association of America postseason award comes Tuesday, with Pat Murphy considered a favorite to be named NL manager of the year.
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