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While pumpkin decorating remains a timeless classic, this bejeweled beauty puts ordinary jack-o -lanterns to shame!Meet Taylor Swiftkin, the enchanted 399-pound pumpkin created by artist J
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MILWAUKEE 鈥?Virtual events involving state and local Latino leaders and as well as art and performances took place on Wednesday to celebrate Cesar Chavez Day. Chavez, along with Dolores Huerta, founded the United Farm Workers Labor Union and advocated for migrant worker rights. During one celebration honoring Chavez s legacy, State Rep. Sylvia Ortiz Velez D-8th District and Milwaukee Register of Deeds Israel Ram贸n shared stories of how their families were impacted b
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stanley flask to pick peaches in Georgia, before moving to California to do farm work there. They had no voice, they had no rights, they had no working conditions. That was until Cesar Chavez gave us a voice. Rep. Ortiz Velez shared a similar story. My mother came to Wisconsin in the 1960s to pick strawberries in Sussex. And Cesar Chavez, he fought for the dignity and good working conditions for so many migrant farmworkers and their families, Rep. Ortiz Velez said.She credits Chavez and the work he did for giving her the chance to be in the position she is in today representing Wisconsin s 8th Assembly District. We would
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