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$1.5 Million for Driver Education Grant Released Today

August 30, 2025

Common Ground Secured $6 Million in Perpetuity for Low-Income Students One year ago Common Ground (CG) celebrated the rollout of the Wisconsin Driver Education Grant Program. Since then approximately 10,000 low-income high school students across the state have benefited from the program which pays for classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction.. “We are excited to announce that […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Common Ground, Drivers Education, Grants Received

Dual Enrollment Helps MPS Students Prepare for College Success. Why are Participation Rates low?

August 30, 2025

By Alex Klaus This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Jesús Daniel Ruiz Villamil wanted to be proactive, so before he started his junior year at South Division High School, he asked his counselors about courses beyond […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alex Klaus, Dual Enrollment, Milwaukee Public Schools

Wisconsin’s Budget Shifts Money From Schools to Milwaukee Prosecutors. That may Violate the State Constitution.

August 30, 2025

The budget diverts an estimated $2.2 million annually for the district attorney’s office that’s 0supposed to go to a fund for Milwaukee schools By Margaret Shreiner Wisconsin Watch This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible by donors like you. Editor’s note: This story was […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Common School Fund, Margaret Shreiner, Wisconsin Constitution, Wisconsin State Budget

Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims

August 22, 2025

Thousands of workers could see relief after a judge struck down the state’s ban on unemployment insurance for Social Security Disability recipients. By Janelle Mella Wisconsin Watch A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development to compensate disabled workers who were denied unemployment benefits under a state law struck down as discriminatory. U.S. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Department of Workforce Development, Disability Benefits, Janelle Mella, Social Security, William Conley

Budget deal’s $15 million in earmarks for Robin Vos’ district highlight politicization of Wisconsin’s conservation funding

August 22, 2025

Gov. Tony Evers didn’t veto two projects in the Assembly speaker’s district as part of the budget agreement with Republicans By Noe Goldhaber Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin’s recently passed budget doesn’t include the extension of a popular land conservation program, but it does include two earmarks for environmental projects in the home district of the state’s […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Echo Lake Dam, Environmental Conservation, Noe Goldhaber, Robin Vos, Tony Evers, Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship

Baldwin, Moore, Steil Call for Trump Administration to Provide Immediate Federal Support for Flood Damage in Southeastern Wisconsin

August 16, 2025

Lawmakers support Wisconsin’s request for assistance with federal damage assessment WASHINGTON, D.C. – On August 14, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) and Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) called on the Trump Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support Wisconsin’s request to assist the state in conducting a formal federal […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bryan Steil, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Flooding, Gwen Moore, Kristi Noem, Tammy Baldwin

‘I Did Drop A Tear’: Camp Reunite Helps kids Connect with their Incarcerated Parents

August 16, 2025

A unique camp offers welcoming space for Wisconsin prisoners to spend time with their children, but stigma and other barriers limit its reach. By Addie Costello WPR and Wisconsin Watch This story was produced and originally published by WPR and Wisconsin Watch. The thunk of a plastic bat followed each pitch and question Tasha H. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Addie Costello, Camp Reunite, Incarcerated Parents, Incarcerated People, Incarceration, Recidivism, Taycheedah Correctional Institution

Residents Weigh in on New Ban on Selling THC to Minors

August 16, 2025

By Chesnie Wardell This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Some concerns have emerged over a new ordinance that bans the sale of THC products like Delta-8 and Delta-10 to anyone younger than 21. Nesha Reeves, 17, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chesnie Wardell, Delta 8 THC, Selling THC to Minors

How This Black Pilot in Milwaukee Earned His License to Fly at Age 18

August 16, 2025

By Chesnie Wardell This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News, Service where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. In 2023, Arian Rice became a private pilot at age 18. Now 20, he’s working toward his goal of flying commercial planes and encouraging Black children to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Arian Rice, Black Pilots, Chesnie Wardell, Youngest Pilot

Pick ‘n Save Offers Parting Insult in the Form of Clearance Sales of Tobacco Products

August 9, 2025

By Taffie Foster-Toney Co-Chair, WTPPN Health Equity and Social Justice Subcommittee It’s bad enough that Pick ‘n Save is in the final stages of closing its fifth store in Milwaukee this summer, leaving many neighborhood residents scrambling to find somewhere else to shop. Many now have to travel miles, often without owning or having access […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Pick N Save Closings, Taffie Foster-Toney, Tobacco Products

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