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MILWAUKEE — A race to remove lead paint from Milwaukee Public Schools before the school year has crossed the finish line. Milwaukee-based JCP Construction in late September announced it completed ...

It was early January when investigators, searching for the source of lead poisoning in a Milwaukee child, discovered the flaking walls in a basement bathroom at Golda Meir Elementary School. The ...

Though more than 1,000 Milwaukee children are poisoned by lead each year, this spring marks the first time city officials have connected cases of childhood lead poisoning to Milwaukee Public Schools.

Milwaukee will temporarily close two more school buildings as the city works to address a lead crisis in its public schools. The district also announced Monday an updated plan to tackle the flaking ...

WE VISITED LOCAL RESTAURANTS. LEAD INSIDE MILWAUKEE AREA HOMES IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, IMPACTING MORE THAN JUST THE PIPES. THE CITY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS MAKING A NEW PUSH TO REMOVE THE HARMFUL ...

MILWAUKEE -- Lead poisoning in our children -- is it mostly due to lead in the water in Milwaukee -- or lead in the paint on older homes? That question comes as a battle is brewing between the City of ...

The makers of lead paint knew as early as the 1930s that the lead pigment was dangerous to children but still promoted the product as safe and superior to others, a city lawyer told jurors as the ...