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Sherman Phoenix remains a symbol of growth for Milwaukee business owners
Reading Time: 5 minutes This story is part of The uprising in Sherman Park: 10 years later, a Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service series examining resilience, collective action and ongoing efforts to...
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How Koren Dennison is building an intergenerational third space in Milwaukee
Reading Time: 5 minutes As a daughter of Milwaukee, Koren Dennison has always been passionate about her community. Looking out for others is the way she was raised. But it wasn’t until she lost her...
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Policies make it harder for Milwaukee tenants to demand repairs
Reading Time: 5 minutes After 35 years renting her home, a leaky and unkept roof forced Farina Brooks and her husband to move into a hotel. It wasn’t a rash decision. For three years, Brooks said,...
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‘This isn’t just about one landlord’: Tenants United pushes to improve...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Common Ground and its new branch, Tenants United, are leading efforts to hold private landlords accountable, starting with David Tomblin of Highgrove Holdings LLC. Highgrove...
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SNAP work requirements have changed. Here is a look at options to keep...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Changes from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” are forcing states to expand work requirements for those who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits....
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‘No one does this alone’: Milwaukee seeks more foster parents and supporters
Reading Time: 3 minutes As children continue to enter foster care across Milwaukee, agencies working the front lines say the greatest need isn’t funding or policy promises, it’s people willing to open...
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How ‘Miss Angela’ became Milwaukee’s spiritual triage center
Reading Time: 3 minutes After they’ve tried church, therapy, self-help and meditation, and never quite found what they were looking for, people in Milwaukee come to see Angela Smith. Smith is the owner...
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‘I owe nature my life’: Milwaukee nonprofit aims to connect Black and Brown...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tim Scott was shocked when he was laid off in May as the executive director of Nearby Nature, an organization that works to reconnect Black people to nature by offering nature...
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How you can help neighbors in need if SNAP benefits are paused
Reading Time: 3 minutes As uncertainty surrounds Wisconsin’s SNAP program, also known as FoodShare, some community members are finding ways to support others in their time of need. Wisconsin’s...
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SNAP benefits may not go out in November. Here’s where you can go for food...
Reading Time: 2 minutes As October comes to an end, the threat of missing FoodShare and WIC benefits looms for people across Wisconsin and across the nation. In an Oct. 10 letter, Sasha Gersten-Paal,...
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Fewer children are in foster care, but finding homes remains a challenge
Reading Time: 4 minutes For over 30 years, Ruby Johnson-Harden and her husband fostered Milwaukee youths in need of temporary homes. Though fostering is time-consuming and sometimes challenging,...
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What you need to know about changes to FoodShare (SNAP) and Medicaid
Reading Time: 3 minutes Those who utilize FoodShare and Medicaid may see some changes soon, the result of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Here is what you need to know. Changes...
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A Milwaukee woman’s long journey to homeownership
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Brown faced five years of housing troubles, homelessness and other barriers. But she can now say she’s a homeowner. Brown, 51, always wanted to be a homeowner but...
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Thousands of Milwaukee residents still feel effects of storm wreckage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last week’s storms destroyed Sabrena Henderson’s Milwaukee home, leaving her family displaced. Not only did the basement of her Garden Homes rental unit flood, destroying her...
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Wisconsin law firm paying for free Ubers for July 4 festivities
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you or someone you know is planning to drink for the holiday, there are safe rides being provided. To help reduce drunken driving and encourage safer celebrations this...
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8 things to know about your credit
Reading Time: 3 minutes Low credit scores are keeping some Wisconsin residents from homeownership, renting properties and even job opportunities. Reporter PrincessSafiya Byers sat down with Brenda...
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Milwaukee’s food programs see a rise in demand
Reading Time: 3 minutesMilwaukeeans’ need for food resources continues to rise.Food insecurity peaked in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic but declined with the help of financial support...
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Milwaukee Public Schools administration is in turmoil: Here’s what you need...
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on Thursday said it is withholding a $16.6 million payment to Milwaukee Public Schools for special education services because of...
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After being ignored, Milwaukee’s public housing residents take a new approach...
Reading Time: 3 minutes Frustrated by unresolved complaints, public housing residents have tried unsuccessfully for months to attend the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, or HACM, board...
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10 years after his death, Dontre Hamilton’s family seeks police reforms in...
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nearly 10 years after her son, Dontre Hamilton, was shot and killed by a Milwaukee Police Department officer, Maria Hamilton is still fighting for change. “The system failed me...
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