Wisconsin Watch
From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Displaying 4 items of Wisconsin Watch with the tag "milwaukee".
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JusticePoint offers incarceration alternatives in Milwaukee. Two judges tried to cancel its contract.
August 30th, 2023 | 16 mins 24 secs
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Municipal Court officials refuse to comment on efforts to cancel JusticePoint’s contract without lining up an alternative provider. A legal ruling allows the services to continue — for now.
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MATC broadens access for Milwaukee students amid historical inequities, dropping enrollment
January 11th, 2022 | 24 mins 15 secs
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Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran explores how Milwaukee Area Technical College offers free tuition, debt forgiveness and early credit to make college more affordable and more available to a diverse student population.
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‘It’s criminal’: Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning
October 12th, 2021 | 24 mins 45 secs
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Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint.
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A national debt: Should government compensate for slavery and racism?
October 12th, 2021 | 16 mins 34 secs
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Evanston, Illinois is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled.