From Billy the Bookworm to Browser the Library Lion, we learn about the history and characteristics of Milwaukee Public Library's Summer Reading Program mascots.

As climate change increasingly burdens Milwaukee’s aging housing stock, the city’s Environmental Collaboration Office, or ECO, is working to connect homeowners with energy-saving resources and build new net-zero housing.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in the next few days or weeks on a case about a statute that some argue bans abortion in Wisconsin. The court will rule on whether the statute is a ban, but not whether there are constitutional protections for abortion in the state.

After nearly 30 years of partnering with south side residents, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers has cut back its environmental health initiatives. The environmental team was recognized for coalition building and bringing people together. Now south side residents worry about the future of programs in their neighborhoods.

Increasingly disastrous weather events — due to climate change — are making people in parts of the country consider moving to the Midwest, where impacts are less harsh.

We talk with the chief strategy officer of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin about the federal tax and spending bill before Congress that, if passed, would bar people covered by Medicaid from accessing reproductive health care at organizations that also provide abortions.