2024 News
February 9, 2024
County Beefing Up Translation Services
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County could soon offer translation services for its public meetings and communications.
County officials are planning to beef up the county’s existing multi-lingual offerings. The only current multi-lingual offering is a link at the bottom of county webpages that brings visitors to a Google Translate version of the webpage.
The effort was prompted by freshman Sup. Caroline Gómez-Tom, who sponsored a resolution that requested “options to equip departments with the necessary resources/training to provide public information forms, websites, and other communications in Spanish, Hmong, and other relevant languages, upon request, to residents with Limited English Proficiency.” The board adopted the request in September.
A month later, the supervisor managed to earmark $100,000 in the 2024 budget, which ensures the county can fund any strategies developed this year.
January 5, 2024
Rematch Set For Southside County Board Seat
MILWAUKEE — The election for Milwaukee County Board’s District 14 seat will be a rematch of a special election from less than a year ago.
Last April, a special election was held to fill the seat following the resignation of former supervisor Dyango Zerpa.
Sup. Caroline Gómez-Tom won the prior election, carrying approximately 66% of the vote. She defeated Angel C. Sanchez a construction contractor and one-time City of Milwaukee alderman.
Gómez-Tom is running for reelection, and Sanchez has once again filed to run. The race will appear on ballots in District 14 during the spring general election on Tuesday, April 2.