Wisconsin Found $1.9 Million for Homeless Veterans. Two Cities Already Lost the Fight.
Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee approved $1.9 million for a new veteran-housing grant program benefiting Milwaukee, Janesville, and Madison nonprofits — a real win. But it arrived a year after facilities in Green Bay and Chippewa Falls already shut their doors.
53206 and the Governor’s Second Chance: What Wisconsin’s Commutation Restart Actually Means for Milwaukee
Gov. Evers has restarted commutations for the first time in over two decades, but a GOP-controlled Legislature keeps blocking the deeper reforms that could actually shrink Milwaukee’s most incarcerated zip code. Marcus Hart breaks down what’s real progress and what’s still theater.