Public Safety
Program Expunges Juvenile Records
City partners in program for young adults in public housing to remove job barrier.
Jan 23rd, 2017 by Edgar Mendez, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
City Approves $110,000 Settlement
Suit filed charging excessive police force in ugly 2012 incident.
Jan 21st, 2017 by Gretchen Schuldt
Sheriff Clarke’s Meltdown?
He threatens to eliminate a citizen, uses vicious racial slur against another.
Jan 20th, 2017 by Bruce Murphy
Safe Zones Project Sees Success
Community policing helped homicides, shootings decline in two neighborhoods.
Jan 17th, 2017 by Jabril Faraj, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
State Justice System Uses Racially Biased Test
Wisconsin Corrections uses test with bias against blacks in sentencing, parole.
Jan 5th, 2017 by Bruce Murphy
Texting While Driving Is Killing People
More dangerous than drunk driving, it's a growing cause of accidents in state, nation.
Jan 3rd, 2017 by Casey Hoff
The Return Of Michelle Ackerman Havas
Walker appointee to judge rejected by voters now running for a different branch.
Jan 2nd, 2017 by Gretchen Schuldt
Supreme Court Rules Against Open Records
Conservative majority exempts Schimel’s training videos from disclosure.
Dec 30th, 2016 by Gretchen Schuldt
Public’s Trust Abused on Police Videos
Flynn, Barrett gave misleading statements on Sylville Smith video, yet it still hasn’t been released.
Dec 29th, 2016 by Bill Lueders
Cops’ Training Shows Their Humanity
As outreach to community, Police Academy invites black pastors to observe training.
Dec 23rd, 2016 by Charles Robinson Sr., Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Muni Court Data Withheld From Public?
Judge says data from Warrant Withdrawal Wednesday won’t be publicly released.
Dec 21st, 2016 by Gretchen Schuldt
Muni Court “Warrant Withdrawal” Draws Thousands
Special one-day clemency program a success, but treatment of indigent questioned.
Dec 20th, 2016 by Edgar Mendez, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
