Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

What To Expect with MPS Reopening

What To Expect with MPS Reopening

Answers to questions about testing, childcare and sick leave for teachers.

Milwaukee Bakery Reopens Carefully

Milwaukee Bakery Reopens Carefully

Masks and social distancing required, sweets like chocolate-covered strawberries sold.

Where To Get Free and Locally Made Masks

Where To Get Free and Locally Made Masks

With the city's new mandate, here's a list of local resources for face coverings.

Tips for Mental Health During Pandemic

Tips for Mental Health During Pandemic

Local psychologists share ways to cope during difficult times.

Agencies Struggle With Demand for Rent Assistance

Agencies Struggle With Demand for Rent Assistance

Tens of thousands have applied for rental assistance since the eviction ban expired.

Black Lives Matter Has LGBTQ+ Voices

Black Lives Matter Has LGBTQ+ Voices

Two of local movement’s founders who identify as queer say it's also about LGBTQ+ Black lives.

Scaling Language Barriers in Fight Against COVID-19

Scaling Language Barriers in Fight Against COVID-19

Healthcare workers are finding ways to better communicate to city's Spanish-speaking residents.

SDC Deluged With Rental Assistance Requests

SDC Deluged With Rental Assistance Requests

24,000 have filed applications, Social Development Commission has processed just 154.

How to Stay Cool in Heat Wave

How to Stay Cool in Heat Wave

Relief harder to find amid pandemic. Some groups in city offering help.

Will MPS End Truancy Program?

Will MPS End Truancy Program?

Under state law school system pays for four police officers in TABS program.

Racial Disparities Found in Safer-At-Home Arrests

Racial Disparities Found in Safer-At-Home Arrests

The vast majority of those cited for violations of the order were Black.

24,000 Rental Assistance Claims in Metro Area

24,000 Rental Assistance Claims in Metro Area

Social Development Commission swamped with requests, working its way through backlog.