Ticket to nowhere: The hidden cost of driver’s license suspensions, By Vivian Wang, August 15, 2015, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Just after midnight in May 2014, April Williams loaded groceries into her car at Woodman’s Food Market in Menomonee Falls and prepared to drive home. Before she even left the parking lot, a police officer pulled her over and wrote two tickets: one for a broken taillight, one for driving without insurance. She couldn’t pay the tickets — she had filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and was unemployed — but didn’t think much of it. In the weeks ahead, the single mother kept driving, keeping appointments for her children and meeting her case manager at a W-2 agency for help with her job search. In September she was pulled over again, this time for expired plates. She also got a ticket for a violation she never expected: operating while suspended…”
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Infant Mortality – Milwaukee, WI
Preterm birth kills more Milwaukee babies than other causes combined, By Crocker Stephenson, May 5, 2015, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Preterm birth kills Milwaukee babies more readily than all the other causes of infant death combined, kills a disproportionate number of African-American babies, and each year across Wisconsin absorbs hundreds of millions of dollars that might otherwise be used to promote healthy birth outcomes. That has been the trend for years. According to preliminary data to be released Wednesday by the Milwaukee Health Department, 2014 was no different…”
Teen Birthrate – Milwaukee, WI
Teen birthrate in Milwaukee drops for 7th consecutive year, By Jesse Garza, October 29, 2014, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Pushed by another dramatic decline in the teen birthrate among Hispanic girls, Milwaukee’s overall birthrate among girls ages 15 to 17 dropped in 2013, for the seventh year in a row, preliminary data shows. The decline in the rate among non-Hispanic black teens, however, took an upturn during the year, along with a slight uptick among non-Hispanic white girls, according to the data compiled for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. But it’s against the backdrop of another decline in the overall rate, and a 56% decrease in that rate between 2006 and 2013, that Mayor Tom Barrett and officials with the initiative have announced the ambitious goal of reducing the 2013 overall rate by another 50%, to 11.4, by 2023…”