Voters approve $252M for Milwaukee schools 

Voters today narrowly approved $252 million for Milwaukee Public Schools by a margin of 1,720 votes in the largest school referendum of the spring election.  The 51% vote to approve the ask came after business groups urged opposition to the investment. The MPS referendum, one of 93 school district referendums, accounted for about a fifth of the $1.4 billion that districts asked voters to appr...