Wausau Current is a column by Service Journalism Reporter Erik Pfantz that covers city and county governments and local ...

Milwaukee Public Schools is closing Brown Street Academy and Westside Academy because of lead dangers. "That's concerning for ...

The painters lost a fair number of positions then, and over the years, they lost more, to the point where a recent Milwaukee ...

I was at a public hearing on a Milwaukee Public Schools proposed budget about 20 years ago where the hot subject was whether to reduce the number of painters who were employed by MPS. There were ...

Milwaukee Public Schools officials faced questions from school board members and community members about the newly created ...

Administrators for Milwaukee Public Schools are set to discuss their plan to solve the lead crisis in their buildings. It comes as MPS announced it will close two more schools in May as the ...

MILWAUKEE - A special meeting of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, April 30 in ...

Milwaukee’s public school district is inspecting 100 aging buildings after 4 children tested positive for elevated lead levels. Meanwhile, Milwaukee’s health commissioner said he requested ...

While the immediate focus is on addressing lead hazards in schools, a much larger lead problem exists in Milwaukee homes, affecting thousands of children. I was at a public hearing on a Milwaukee ...

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to allowing the creation of the nation’s first public religious charter school in Oklahoma, a blockbuster move that could reshape American ...

Usually, only babies are screened for lead at 1 and 2 years of age, but the city is considering expanding screening to older ...