Federal flood assistance unlikely in Milwaukee: Officials discuss next steps
Initial damage assessment reports indicate that this month’s flood damage will not meet the requirements to request federal assistance.
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Economic Development
Wisconsin data center tax break to cost state more than $2 billion
Designed to lure data centers, the sales tax break is now drawing scrutiny. But some say the development boom will boost other types of revenue.
Education
Some schools made the ACT optional. But its scores might be more important for college than you think.
Here’s what you need to know to set yourself or your student up for success, including when to start preparing and where to find resources.
Health & WEllness
Art exhibit featuring Milwaukee’s Divine Nine members addresses low organ donations in the Black community
Divine Nine members and local artists are using storytelling displays and artwork at Froedtert Hospital to spread awareness about the importance of organ donation in the Black community.
Housing
Project Clean & Green is helping get rid of flood-damaged and other unwanted items
Unwanted items are being collected from residential properties until June 1. Learn when they’ll be picking up trash in your neighborhood.
Public Safety
Two floods, two different responses: City issues four times more parking tickets during last week’s floods than in August
City officials are defending the city’s parking enforcement, saying many of the tickets were issued before and after the heavy rains.
Arts and Recreation
Milwaukee muralist Tia Richardson transforms communities through collaborative art
For more than two decades, Tia Richardson has helped residents transform not just walls but how they see themselves and their communities through collaborative murals.