The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, a Depression-era government agency, systematically drew “residential security maps” to determine ... It is evident that while Milwaukee may be the city heralded as ...

The Common Council approved one zoning change to make it easier to build housing in the city and rejected another after a ...

Protestors made their presence known on a Milwaukee freeway overpass Saturday. "Stop The Cuts" demonstrators set up on ...

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This is true in Milwaukee, one of the nation's most segregated cities, although organizations across the city have been working to increase tree cover in neighborhoods that need it most.

Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.

Two people were shot and wounded in separate incidents in Milwaukee on Sunday, April 13. No arrests have been made. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360.

A Milwaukee man is wanted in connection to a 2021 shooting. Court records show he's charged with first-degree reckless homicide. The shooting happened near 13th and Dakota on the city's south side.

And, mirroring nationwide issues, childhood lead poisoning in Milwaukee is concentrated in historically redlined and segregated areas, primarily harming Black and African American children.

Across Milwaukee, property assessments are landing in mailboxes with news that values have continued to rise. "We do study the real estate market, and we look at every sale of property that ...