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Push to Maintain Historic Tax Credits
State budget plan would reduce them, but new data shows big benefits for state in maintaining them, advocates say.
May 11th, 2015 by Michael Horne
No Christmas In May For Republicans
Tax collections haven’t risen so GOP lawmakers may have to swallow Walker budget cuts they opposed.
May 11th, 2015 by Steven Walters
Cate Phillips
"Being the most segregated city in the country. It hurts us on so many different levels."
May 11th, 2015 by Newaukee
Double Dutch To Your Dreams
Milwaukee program works with teen girls in the city, using jump roping to build their self-esteem.
May 10th, 2015 by Teran Powell, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Brewery’s 100-Unit Frederick Lofts
Photos of this major residential project, another addition to a virtual mini-city replacing the old Pabst Brewery.
May 8th, 2015 by Jeramey Jannene
More Help for Homeless Men
Crisis hotline now serves homeless men seeking emergency shelter.
May 8th, 2015 by Brendan O’Brien, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
A Tale of Two Buildings
An arena and park pavilion are each called “public-private projects.” But they offer quite different conceptions of the public interest.
May 7th, 2015 by Virginia Small
Layton Blvd. and National Ave.
Talk about car-centric. And what a huge parking lot. Yes, it can be improved.
May 7th, 2015 by Rachel Quednau
20 Years of Making Communities Healthier
Community HealthCorps volunteers work at 200 sites in 17 states, including on Milwaukee's South Side.
May 7th, 2015 by Wyatt Massey, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Lady MacBeth of the Supreme Court
Pat Roggensack has shamed herself and the high court in the ugly way she’s handled her elevation to chief justice.
May 7th, 2015 by Bruce Murphy
The Meaning of Judge Bradley’s Victory
She carried more assembly districts than Obama or Mary Burke. Are there lessons for Democrats and the GOP in her victory?
May 6th, 2015 by Bruce Thompson
Five Truths for Urban Teachers
Classes of 30 to 40 students and the toll of poverty are challenges, yet I love the students.
May 6th, 2015 by Laney Keeshin
