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The Milwaukee Common Council Tuesday approved a new ordinance that will remove the cost for homeowners to replace lead service lines.

Children's Wisconsin is ending primary care at its Next Door Pediatrics Clinic at 29th and Clarke in Milwaukee next Friday, Dec. 8.

Children’s Wisconsin will stop providing medical services at its Next Door Pediatrics clinic, at 2561 N. 29th St. in Milwaukees Metcalfe Park neighborhood, by end of end of December.

Milwaukee parents and community advocates claim nearly 2,000 children on the north side of Milwaukee are being 'left behind' by Children's Wisconsin.

Children's Wisconsin is stopping primary care services at Next Door Pediatrics clinic on Milwaukee's north side, and families rallied outside Tuesday.

Children's Wisconsin is stopping primary care services at Next Door Pediatrics clinic on Milwaukee's north side, and families rallied outside Tuesday.

"Children's Wisconsin is creating a gaping hole that kids are going to fall through by doing this," said parent Brenna Durkin of the planned closure.

By Farrah Anderson / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch Sept. 3, 2023 Lead is a serious public health hazard — a neurotoxin that damages the brain and

To some, the 53206 ZIP code is synonymous with issues such as lead poisoning, poverty, violence and mass incarceration. But to the congregants of Hephatha Lutheran Church, their neighborhood is much more, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reports.

City struggles to hold landlords accountable. ‘We have to do something,’ top official says.