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The average price of a home in Milwaukee County rose about 8-percent since last year. Even with a stable job, buying a home feels out of reach for many. But why is housing so expensive and what can be done about it? WUWM's series Seeking Solutions: Keys to Homeownership digs into systemic housing problems in Milwaukee and sheds light on solutions. One emerging solution is the Milwaukee Community Land Trust, which offers homes under 100 thousand dollars and a fixed appreciation rate to keep that home affordable long term. The organization is new, and has just nine homes in its portfolio as of this summer. As Lake Effect's Sam Woods explains, the model isn't a perfect solution to solve housing affordability. But it is built on decades of nationwide experience, proven to keep individual homes affordable forever, and reveals truths about why homes are so expensive in the first place.  

Community land trusts offer housing affordability for the price of reduced appreciation. In Milwaukee and nationwide, they're showing they can be a limited solution to housing affordability, while teaching us why homes are so expensive in the first place.

Alice's Garden Urban Farm has been growing in Milwaukee for over 50 years and its mission is to bring culture into agriculture.

Kinship Community Food Center is helping Milwaukeeans in five different zip codes fight against food insecurity with their farm fresh model.

Most people across the globe want their governments to act on climate change. In some countries, as much as 89% of the population is in that camp, according to a scientific journal called "Nature Climate Change."

A new state historical marker in Milwaukee honors the city's Chinese Laundry Era.

People can volunteer or donate nonperishable food or money. Donations go directly to food pantries.

Crops on Top and Hundred Acre Farm are putting in the work to supply Milwaukee's residents, restaurants and schools with farm fresh ingredients.

Millions of recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, could see their food assistance delayed in November, due to the federal government shutdown.

To kick off WUWM's new series, "Feeding the City: The People Powering Local Food," Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano chats with Will Allen, who is credited with starting urban agriculture in Milwaukee.

Will Allen is a former professional basketball player, but he decided to trade the court for crops. Allen is credited as a pioneer in urban agriculture in Milwaukee.  He started Growing Power in 1995. The non-profit initiative revolutionized how the city thought about local food production and education. Growing Power ceased operations in 2017, in the face of legal and financial problems. But the organization left its mark, paving the way for future flourishing urban agriculture initiatives in the city.  WUWM's Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano spoke with Allen as part of her series called Feeding the City: The People Powering Local Food. 

A recent report by ProPublica has found that the Department of Homeland Security and ICE has detained more than 170 U.S. citizens in their immigration crackdowns. Here's who has been swept up and what this means for constitutional rights across the nation.

MATC fired four staff in its multicultural department after threats of investigation by the Department of Education this summer.

How does Wisconsin keep track of teachers accused of misconduct? That's the subject of a recent yearlong investigation by Cap Times reporter Danielle DuClos. She found that between 2018 and 2023 nearly 200 school employees were investigated for sexual misconduct or grooming.  Internal records obtained by the Cap Times show the department investigated allegations of sexual assault, educators soliciting nude photos from children or initiating sexual relationships immediately after students graduated.  WUWM education reporter Katherine Kokal is joined by DuClos of the Cap Times to learn about the reporting.  

The Cap Times found that nearly 200 school employees were investigated for sexual misconduct and grooming. Their records are not easily accessible by the public.

Over 800 Milwaukee-area residents shared concerns about public safety and poor living conditions at Common Ground's 2025 fall assembly.

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock plays in Milwaukee tonight. He's produced dozens of albums, spanning jazz, jazz-rock fusion, funk, and electronic music. He's also collaborated with other music greats, from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell.  On that journey, Hancock has picked up 14 Grammys and an Oscar for best soundtrack. He's playing at Milwaukee's Pabst Theatre tonight. Ahead of that he joins WUWM's Maayan Silver who first noted that he has a voice for radio. 

Port Washington leaders and residents debate a proposed data center as communities across Wisconsin weigh the economic and environmental impact of tech expansion.

WUWM is exploring how the economy is impacting Wisconsinites with different financial concerns. We visit a dairy farmer who sells pumpkins to supplement his business.

Over the weekend thousands in Milwaukee, and across the state, showed up to protest the policies of President Trump. The second wave of the 'No Kings' rally took place downtown Milwaukee and cities around the world.

An all-girls Catholic High School opened on Milwaukee's northwest side in 1965. Six years later, it shut down. What happened?

Today, we're continuing our tour of some of Milwaukee's Yemeni coffee shops. Over the past year, five of them have opened in the area. The shops offer drinks made with Yemeni coffee beans and stay open late into the night.  WUWM's Maayan Silver and Eddie Morales visit one shop that has a particularly active evening social scene. 

Yemeni coffee houses are popping up in the Milwaukee area. For our final Yemeni coffee shop stop, we visit Qahwah House in Oak Creek.

A Black-owned art gallery in Milwaukee, 5 Points Art Gallery & Studios, is facing an uncertain future, but owner Fatima Laster is dedicated to finding a solution.

Yemeni coffee houses are popping up all over the Milwaukee area. WUWM drinks its way through some of them, starting with Haraz Coffee House on the east side.

Yemeni coffee houses are popping up all over the Milwaukee area. WUWM drinks its way through some of them. Up next: Al Wadi Coffee House.

A Black-owned art gallery in Milwaukee is at risk of closing. Fatima Laster purchased the building in 2018 seeking to make a communal space for underrepresented artists. Since then, hundreds of artists have come through the doors of the 5 Points Art Gallery.  Laster acquired the building through the city of Milwaukee's Art and Resource Community Hub loan program, or ARCH. She's now in talks with her lender, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, about restructuring the terms of her loan. She's also launched a fundraising campaign to help with a large mortgage payment due on December first. Laster joins WUWM's Race & Ethnicity Reporter Teran Powell to talk about the gallery and how she's trying to make sure it stays open. 

Dewey Schanandore is one of thousands of Indigenous people who attended a residential school in the United States. He shares his story and how he has overcome its lasting challenges.

Yemeni coffee houses are popping up all over the Milwaukee area. WUWM drinks its way through some of them, starting with Haraz Coffee House on the east side.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of Native American children were sent to schools run by the federal government and churches. Many suffered abuse at the schools, where the goal was to erase Indigenous cultures starting with the communities' children.    On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we have the story of a Wisconsin survivor of one of these schools. His name is Dewey Schanandore (shan-an-door). When he was a child on the Menominee reservation, he went to a Catholic school called St. Anthony's. Dewey shares his story and what it took to heal with WUWM reporter Jimmy Gutierrez and Eric Von Fellow, Maria Peralta-Arellano. 

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted into Wisconsin this summer, triggering multiple air quality advisories and raising health concerns statewide.

Engravings on bullet casings. Manifestos. Online profiles filled with hate. How deep does the rabbit hole go for mass shooters? Extremism experts warn that politicians and media outlets are getting the motivations of these young, isolated shooters all wrong.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center recently hosted an inaugural Native Heritage Celebration to expose the community to Indigenous cultures.

An administrative law judge is weighing a proposal by Canadian company Enbridge to reroute its Line 5 pipeline through northern Wisconsin, as the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental experts warn of lasting damage to wetlands and waterways that flow into Lake Superior.

For almost two years, Gaza has been in the headlines. The bombings and destruction have all been livestreamed digitally nonstop. So it might be easy for some people to put it to the side and not pay attention. But for three people from Milwaukee, it meant moving closer and helping where they could.

Since Pick 'n Save closed in Milwaukee's Metcalfe Park neighborhood this summer, community partners have been working to bridge the food access gap for residents.

Nearly 200 young people in Wisconsin are both deaf and blind, and they relied on the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project for help. Now the project has been defunded.

A month after Wisconsin's historic floods, residents are trying to rebuild their homes and businesses the best they can. President Donald Trump has approved federal funds to help the state recover.

Families and businesses continue to grapple with the aftermath of last month's thousand-year storm. A project in the 30th Street Corridor on Milwaukee's northwest side is under construction. When complete, the stormwater basin will be able to hold 30 million gallons of water.

A hotly-debated reroute of a portion of a gas and oil line in northern Wisconsin is seeing its day in court.

A Milwaukee-based security company is working to increase access to firearms education in the Black community.

As summer comes to an end, we're taking one last trip to the beach: Schoolhouse Beach in Door County. We learn why it's unique.

Japanese stiltgrass is a non-native annual grass that's newer to Wisconsin, but has been detected in the eastern and southern U.S., including Illinois, for several years.

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade ICE will stand trial in December after she declined to appeal a ruling rejecting her attempt to dismiss the case.

Wisconsin's first name, image and likeness deal (NIL) went to a female lacrosse player at the University School of Milwaukee. Here's what she'll be selling.

Dr. Brenda Cassellius started her first full school year as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools this week. Here's what she thinks the year will bring and what will improve.

George Kolintzas Jr. has been relying on veterans' benefits to stay afloat as he starts a new job and a new school year. Here's what he has to say about the current economy.

Five Pick 'n Save grocery stores have closed in the Milwaukee-area. One of those closures leaves a predominantly Black neighborhood without a convenient fresh food source.

Milwaukee Public Schools spent the summer cleaning lead paint, asbestos and now, dealing with a chemical spill. That didn't dampen the mood outside Browning Elementary Tuesday morning.