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MILWAUKEE 鈥?A plan to bring The Hop streetcar to the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee has fallen flat once again.Proponents hoped the $33 million extension would be included in the latest round o
stanley mug f transportation awards from the federal government. But it didn t make the cut - for the fourth time in a row. Without that money, the city may have some trouble funding the extension. The Milwaukee Common Council approved local funding for the project in 2016. Most of the engineering work has since been completed. City leaders had their sights set on getting the rest of the money the project needed from the fed s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program. $25 million is what city leaders needed.But they came up $25 million short after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that $2.2 billion would go to projects across the
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stanley water bottle nsion.RELATED: Ridership on Milwaukee s The Hop dives amid pandemic pressureWisconsin projects that are getting some of that cash include a bike and pedestrian bridge in Sheboygan, a bridge in Beloit, a walking path in Crandon and a bus garage for the Oneida Nation, our partners at the Milwaukee Business Journal report.The plan was for the new track to be built along Vel R. Phillips Avenue to link the existing Hop routes to West Wisconsin Avenue, where the Wisconsin Center is located.Such an extension could build on recent bustle in the area. The convention center is Yjqh Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael says he has ALS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥?Americans continue to contract COVID-19, mainly among those who are not vaccinated. We can t say anymore, Well, it s the old people who are going to die. It s young people now who are coming in very sick, said Dr. Paul Holtom, an epidemiolog
stanley canada ist with USC Medical Center.Yet, there is another group that researchers are just now beginning to look at: deaths not necessarily directly related to the virus. In other words, COVID was not on their death certificate, said Dr. Sheldon Jacobson, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.He and others analyzed all of the U.S. deaths that occurred in 2020 during the nine-month period when no COVID-19 vaccine was available yet. They foun
stanley thermos d deaths not caused by the virus rose by 40%, but it goes deeper than that.For people ages 15 to 24, compared to the previous five years, there was an 18% increase. Thats 42,000 more deaths not directly related to COVID-19. Most of the impact was felt by men, who made up three-quarters of the deaths in that age group. Men have been harder hit than women during this pandemic, especially in excess deaths not related to COVID, Dr. Jacobson said.Why Researchers are still awaiting the release of more 2020 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC for analysis, but there are some theories. There was a recent report that there was a 30% incre
stanley quencher ase in opioid overdoses since that from last year, Dr. Jacobson said. Yet, COVID-19 is not directly associated