One of the city’s most successful charter school networks, Milwaukee College Prep, has just moved closer to MPS. The two systems have worked together for years, but didn’t fully join forces until this past spring, when the MPS School Board formally agreed to charter all four MCP campuses. The news doesn’t change much on its surface – but it does bring new benefits to both organizations. Milwaukee College Prep has four campuses. But on this chilly fall morning, buses have brought all 2000

Incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Russ Feingold covered a myriad of issues in a debate Friday night in Green Bay. Polling shows the two candidates are locked in a tight race, with Feingold leading by only two points. The meeting started off with each hopeful defending their endorsements of their party’s presidential nominees. While Sen. Johnson didn’t mention Donald Trump by name, he indicated his support. He says the two agree on major issues. “Growing our economy and making

Oct. 14 UPDATE: Local clerks must complete as many addresses as possible on absentee voting forms and do not need to seek the permission of the people involved. Under a new state law, witnesses to absentee voting must record their street number, name and municipality, but thousands have left off parts of that information. Some clerks had asked state elections officials for permission to add the missing details, but officials went one step further Friday and mandated clerks to help. Original

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Russ Feingold will go head-to-head Friday night in a debate in Green Bay. The two are locked in a tight contest, with a new poll showing just a two point differential. One issue that’s heated up just this week is national health care. The two candidates have differing plans for the future of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Sen. Ron Johnson has been an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Under it,

The latest Marquette Law School Poll was released on Wednesday. It says Democrat Hillary Clinton has the support of 44 percent of likely voters. Republican Donald Trump, meanwhile, has the backing of 37 percent of likely voters. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, had the backing of nine percent of likely voters, while Jill Stein of the Green Party captured three percent. Six percent of voters surveyed remain uncommitted. The previous survey was released on September 21 and showed Clinton

The residents of Haiti are coping with yet another unimaginable tragedy. In 2010, an earthquake shattered the island nation. Several days ago, Hurricane Matthew wiped out much of the recovery. For years, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hales Corners has been helping a small village in Haiti, located about 10 kilometers up the mountain from the city of Jeremie. Pam Lownik of St. Mary’s says the reports the parish is receiving this week, following Hurricane Matthew, are devastating. “There is

The nation continues to watch developments in the race for president, stemming from Donald Trump's offensive comments about women caught on tape in 2005. The fallout has Wisconsin state lawmakers talking. They're pondering whether the controversy surrounding Trump will affect races for the Legislature here. Wisconsin state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has backed fellow Republican Trump for months. At a WisPolitics.com luncheon on Tuesday, he was asked about Trump's boasts that as a

What does it mean to be an American? That’s the final question we’re posing to Milwaukeeans, as we wrap up our joint project with NPR called A Nation Engaged. We stopped by the Islamic Resource Center on Milwaukee’s south side to ask members of the Muslim community what it means to them to be Americans. Janan Najeeb is president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. She came to Milwaukee from Palestine more than 40 years ago. Najeeb says being an American means equal treatment for everyone

According to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Milwaukee Public School is no longer required to take part in OSPP, the state's Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program. This comes after months of drama surrounding that initiative, and the resignation of the person who was supposed to head it in Milwaukee. The state legislature created OSPP in 2015, as a way to turn around struggling school districts across the state. Any district that falls in the lowest category on a state

This election year, WUWM and other public radio stations have collaborated with NPR on A Nation Engaged. The project has probed voters on how they feel about a variety of issues. In our final installments this week, we ask Milwaukeeans what it means to them to be Americans, and what the next president could do to advance that vision. We collected these responses at a job fair for veterans in Milwaukee. "My name is Antonio Guajardo. I spent six years in the Army, U.S. Army, from 1971 through 1977