Long Train Back to the Office - Full Show

Drilling down on DEI and Return-To-Office TWO UP: 1. Alison Prange, who was head of the Milwaukee Host Committee for the Republican national Convention had become the COO for Michael Best 2. More Shake Shacks were on the way to opening and there were three so far in Wisconsin Was 2024 the end of the Department of Equity and Inclusion (DEI)? WTMJ host Jeff Sherman was joined in-studio by Beth Ridley from the Ridley Consulting Group to talk about DEI initiatives. -On the macro level, Jeff asked Beth for her thoughts on moving DEI initiatives forward in 2025. -Jeff and Beth discussed the big move of return to office orders at organizations of various sizes that were happening at the time and how to approach it correctly. A clip from WTMJ host Sand Maxx’s interview with artist and photographer Margaret Muza from the previous night’s What’s on Tap show about a gallery night coming to the following weekend. There was going to be a village board meeting in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin about the potential re-opening of the Fox Bay Theater and a development had already shown interest. Also, the Amtrak Borealis rail line got a boost thanks to an investment from the federal Department of Transportation.