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Special Reports
Special Report: Law fails to help black-owned contractors get ‘foot in the door’
For the first time in 2012, the City of Milwaukee set aside a specific percentage of contracting dollars for black-owned companies. However, an NNS analysis of city data shows that the ordinance benefited few such firms.
[read more]Special Report: ‘Wisdom Walk’ leads away from violence, toward change
The Alma Center’s Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery offers perpetrators of domestic violence a chance to heal the wounds of their own trauma and unlearn the lessons of violence-plagued childhoods.
[read more]Special Report: Residents’ concerns over river contamination prompt changes in KK project
Resident concerns about asbestos and lead contamination from the KK River Rehabilitation and Flood Control Project have resulted in a policy change by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
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