A review of nearly 900 exit surveys from MPS employees who left their jobs found common threads. But the school district doesn't analyze or learn from exit reviews.

UW-Milwaukee Planetarium director Jean Creighton joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to discuss a few sci-fi films that drew on real science.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Hmong refugees resettling in the U.S., but what drove many out of Laos? And how have they made a home in Wisconsin, which is home to the third largest Hmong population in the country?

The Wisconsin Historical Society and Old World Wisconsin are opening a historic tavern on May 17, 2025. Wittenbel's Tavern, established in 1906, has been restored to recreate a post-Prohibition 1930s tavern.

UW-Milwaukee’s Atmospheric Science program, which is part of the School of Freshwater Sciences, will close at the end of this school year due to low enrollment and faculty retirements, according to the university.

Data points often inform budgets and policy. They can also be a tool for transparency. That’s what happened when Milwaukee County recently released its dashboard showing racial demographics of youth in County corrections. Ninety-six percent were Black. Zero percent were white.