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đź“© Sign up for our newsletters: https://milwaukeenns.org/subscribe/ Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) is an award-winning online source for objective, professional multimedia reporting on urban issues. NNS covers stories that are important to the people who live, work and serv

e in city neighborhoods, on topics such as education, public safety, economic development, health and wellness, environment, recreation, employment, youth development and housing. Murrow Award for excellence from RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association) in March 2012, and journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club in 2013 and 2014. NNS traces its origins to the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative. Funders have included the Zilber Family Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, John S. Knight Foundation, Argosy Foundation, Northwestern Mutual Foundation and Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. Facebook Commenting Policy
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Through a collaboration with Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, local high school students made videos showing their u...
09/01/2026

Through a collaboration with Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, local high school students made videos showing their unique perspectives on topics ranging from mental health, piracy, local and international history, Amber Alerts and more.

Staff and community ambassadors from NNS helped students from Audubon Technology and Communication Center work on their videos throughout last school year’s spring semester, writes Meredith Melland, neighborhoods reporter.

While the students had control to shape the projects how they wanted, NNS supported them in hands-on skills like researching, planning, fact-checking, script-writing, interviewing and editing.

The process helped students build confidence, try new things and get a taste of what it’s like to work in media.

Read more about the video projects here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/08/31/nns-connects-we-helped-audubon-students-develop-video-projects-heres-what-we-learned/

Wisconsin’s prison population has reached a record high.The state held 23,854 people in custody as of Friday — nearly 6,...
09/01/2026

Wisconsin’s prison population has reached a record high.
The state held 23,854 people in custody as of Friday — nearly 6,000 more than its prisons were designed to house.

The crowding strains an adult prison system already short about 658 correctional officers and sergeants. It can also limit access to treatment, education and work programs intended to prepare people for release.

Women’s prisons are particularly overcrowded. Two hold more than twice as many people as they were designed for.

How did Wisconsin get here — and what might policymakers do about it? Read more at the link in the comments.

Reporting by Natalie Yahr, with contributions from Brittany Carloni.

Read the full Wisconsin Watch story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/08/31/wisconsin-prisons-record-population-crowding-strains-staffing-programs/

International Overdose Awareness Day is being observed Monday in Milwaukee through a number of events. The number of dru...
08/31/2026

International Overdose Awareness Day is being observed Monday in Milwaukee through a number of events.

The number of drug overdose deaths in the county has declined in recent years. Still, deep disparities exist among overdose victims.

This year, 48% of 189 people in the county who died of overdoses were Black, compared with a 39% rate for whites and 10% for Hispanics.

Advocates say more education and resources are needed to address the issue.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/08/30/international-overdose-awareness-day-is-monday-heres-whats-being-done-to-prevent-overdoses-in-milwaukee/

Microsoft and Wisconsin ratepayer advocates don’t agree on everything. But both say a plan for covering data center tran...
08/31/2026

Microsoft and Wisconsin ratepayer advocates don’t agree on everything. But both say a plan for covering data center transmission costs could leave Wisconsinites footing part of the bill.

American Transmission Company expects to spend more than $500 million upgrading Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant data center connection to the electrical grid. ATC and We Energies say their proposal would protect existing customers. Microsoft and advocates say it still leaves gaps — and are asking federal regulators for more scrutiny.
Paul Kiefer explores what’s at stake for Wisconsin ratepayers.

Read the full Wisconsin Watch story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/08/30/wisconsin-data-center-microsoft-ratepayer-advocates-challenge-atc-plan-transmission-costs/

In an opinion piece, Nate Gilliam writes that Wisconsin can’t address the growing and disproportionate harm being caused...
08/28/2026

In an opinion piece, Nate Gilliam writes that Wisconsin can’t address the growing and disproportionate harm being caused by climate change to marginalized communities if it continues to invest in a carceral state.

He said the state spends billions every year on an unjust, violent carceral state.

“Creating a humane future for all of us means not spending resources on death-making entities but instead investing in life-affirming climate-resilient infrastructure and resources. Climate catastrophe does not allow us to spend money on both,” Gilliam writes.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/08/27/opinion-climate-change-and-wisconsins-carceral-cancer/

When a potential tenant looks for a home they often go through background checks. But what if things could also work the...
08/27/2026

When a potential tenant looks for a home they often go through background checks.
But what if things could also work the other way around?

It’s possible now through a new website that gives Milwaukee renters a way to background check potential landlords and learn who owns their buildings, even when properties are held by multiple limited liability companies, or LLCs.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/08/26/landlords-often-run-a-background-check-on-you-new-online-tool-helps-you-background-check-them/

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