Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s 20-year timeline to replace the city’s remaining 66,000 lead service lines differs from a plan Milwaukee Water Works laid out.
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Posted inFact briefs
Are Republican presidential candidates offering financial incentives to campaign donors in order to qualify for the Milwaukee debate?
Yes. At least three Republican presidential candidates have offered financial incentives to supporters in an attempt to qualify for the Milwaukee debate.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety
JusticePoint offers incarceration alternatives in Milwaukee. Two judges tried to cancel its contract.
This story is part of a collaboration between Wisconsin Watch, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and The Appeal. Four decades ago, a newspaper investigation described Milwaukee’s municipal legal system as “cash register justice.” Thousands of impoverished residents with mental health or substance use issues languished in county jails due to unpaid civil violation fines, costing taxpayers […]
Posted inEconomy
Local funding, K-12 education deal passes Legislature
The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a compromise designed to prevent Milwaukee from going bankrupt that also boosts funding for all other smaller communities in the state.
Posted inFact briefs
Did a Wisconsin election official say he’s ‘proud’ of depressed voter turnout in Milwaukee?
Yes. Robert Spindell, the Vice Chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, wrote in an email,
“We can be especially proud of the City of Milwaukee (80.2% Dem Vote) casting 37,000 less votes than cast in the 2018 election with the major reduction happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas.”
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Ascension to close South Side Milwaukee’s only labor and delivery unit, prompting questions and protest
Health care giant to close St. Francis Hospital Birthing Center on Dec. 23. Staff and patients see new hurdles for expecting mothers.
Posted inGovernment
Milwaukee challenge says 2020 census undercounted population
The city of Milwaukee on Tuesday joined the ranks of other major cities that are challenging their 2020 census figures, claiming that the once-a-decade U.S. head count which determines political power and federal funding undercounted the city’s true population by 16,500 people.
Posted inFact briefs
Does Mayor Cavalier Johnson want Milwaukee’s population to reach one million?
Yes. While running to become Milwaukee’s mayor in 2022, Cavalier Johnson said he wants the city to reach one million people. “In this future I envision, we will have one million residents and many more peaks to our skyline,” Johnson said in a document posted to his campaign website.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Milwaukee County sees rise in suicides in Black communities
Groups seek to destigmatize mental illness and highlight resources.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Grannies will dance again in parade where tragedy struck
Almost a year ago, a driver plowed an SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin, killing six people and scarring many more.
Posted inGovernment
Are you voting on Nov. 8? For some Milwaukee residents, the question is complicated.
Residents on Milwaukee’s North and South sides are split on whether they will vote. Some cite barriers.
Posted inGovernment
Barnes’ Senate bid may ride on Milwaukee’s Black turnout
Standing beside the pulpit at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church on a crisp fall Sunday morning, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes was preaching to the choir — they were assembled behind him, clad in blue and gold robes.