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Get Urban Milwaukee’s top stories delivered to you every day JFC co-chairs Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Mark Vaughn said last week that the committee has finally received responses from the Department of Homeland Security that answer some of the questions and concerns they raised. The lawmakers were photographed speaking to reporters in May 2023. (Baylor Spears | Wisconsin Examiner) Lawmakers on the powerful Joint Finance Committee last week approved the hiring of 124 staff positions at the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center, estimated to cost about $12 million, after the request had been pending for six months. The request for…

When it comes to short-term investing and trading, “trends are your friend,” but timing your entry into a trend is key to success. And increasing your chances of success by ensuring the sustainability of a trend is no easy task. Often times, after investing in a stock, the stock price movement quickly reverses, causing investors to suffer short-term capital losses. That’s why it’s important to make sure there are enough factors that can keep the stock’s momentum going, such as sound fundamentals, positive earnings estimate revisions, etc. Investors looking to profit from stocks currently moving in value will find our…

Without the internet, Alex, 29, would never have met his friends, and finding community while living in a small town surrounded by farmland hasn’t always been easy. Alex tried out an app aimed at adults looking to make friends, and it worked wonders: “Using the internet helped me form a group of friends,” they said, explaining that even if all of their friends were transgender, their interests were so diverse that “it would be highly unlikely that we would have met by chance.” For Alex, making friends online is safer. Before hormone replacement therapy and surgery made them more “visibly…

Each product is independently selected by our editorial team. We may earn commission from links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Release Date: July 23, 2024 at 12:48 PM PDTWhether it’s Jenna Lyons being a favorite on “The Real Housewives of New York City” or her iconic fashion style, we’re with you in that we can’t get enough of all things Jenna Lyons. This fashion designer and businesswoman is redefining fashion standards, according to insiders, including Vogue. So when she talks about her daily skincare essentials, beauty lovers take note (we did). Her…

Walmart’s chief technologist, Suresh Kumar, argued earlier this year that the 62-year-old retailer is in the midst of transforming the industry through a framework it calls “adaptive retail.” “All the great things about e-commerce — skipping lines, easy search, personalized product recommendations — should be available in stores too,” he writes, “and all the great things about brick-and-mortar stores — try-ons, customer service, instant purchase — should be available from the comfort of your own home.” Kumar, who spent a combined 20 years working at Amazon, Google and Microsoft, and his fellow leaders at Walmart now believe they have the…

Ah, Lady Gaga. The woman who is the polar opposite of casual attire: a performance just by being there. And this week, she’s playing the part of “regular person.” Lady Gaga arrived in Paris on Monday, July 22, in an uncharacteristically understated outfit, incorporating the dad hat trend twice throughout the day and wearing dark sunglasses. (According to Variety, Gaga is rumored to be performing at the 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 26.) Of course, even in her casual attire, she looked high fashion.Lady Gaga downplayed her bold style by wearing a dad cap.(Image credit: Getty Images) Naadam…

Miami airport stabbing suspect Alexander Paul Love Photo: Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation A man who repeatedly attacked a 17-year-old transgender girl with a butcher knife at Miami International Airport on Saturday night has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. Miami-Dade police said the unidentified victim was a transgender girl undergoing a gender transition, according to WSVN News, but authorities have not confirmed whether the man attacked her because of her gender identity. Related: Police said the attacker, Alexander Paul Love, 29, slashed the victim 18 times in the face, neck and legs before trying to throw the transgender…

“For now, we still see a lot of Chinese tourists in Japan, which basically tells us that there is no sign of abating of appetite for our brands among mainland Chinese,” LVMH CFO Jean-Jacques Guiony told analysts on Tuesday. “This situation, with Japan attracting most of the growth, is creating a bit of deflationary pressure in China itself, because if they can’t buy at Japanese prices, they won’t buy and will wait until they go to Japan. It’s quite complicated to predict what will happen in the second half of the year. There’s no reason to be pessimistic, but it…

Get Urban Milwaukee’s top stories delivered to you every day A screenshot of Attorney Scott Brown and County Mayor David Crowley at their appointment hearing on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The Milwaukee County Council is preparing to appoint a new corporation counsel for county government. The job provides legal advisory and litigation services across county government, including both the executive and legislative branches, and was made available when former corporation counsel Margaret Down moved to statewide broadcaster Civic Media. Acting Corporation Counsel Scott Brown received unanimous approval from the Judiciary, Law Enforcement and General Services Committee. The full County Commission…

Photo by Mark Farías on Unsplash Alexa can translate and understand dozens of languages. Add one more to the list: how to talk to Gen Z. Amazon has announced a new feature that will help Alexa teach you how to speak like Gen Z. Just say, “Alexa, talk to Gen Z,” and Alexa will tell you slang words and their definitions. Initially, 20 terms were added, some of which you may already be familiar with: “Ick” means distaste, “tea” means gossip, “sus” means suspicious, “mid” means mediocre, and “rizz” means charisma. Here are some Gen Z terms that Alexa knows:…