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Milwaukee moves to develop sites near airport

Published: June 11, 2013
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Milwaukee officials may get their wish for more than a parking lot on a former hotel site near General Mitchell airport.

Editorial: Officials choose words carefully for lakefront project

Published: March 15, 2013
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On Monday, as they announced a massive road project, top officials from the state, Milwaukee County and the city of Milwaukee were in a giddy mood.

Milwaukee lakefront projects hinge on Northwestern deal (UPDATE)

Published: March 11, 2013
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Milwaukee’s $18 million share in the reconstruction of Lincoln Memorial Drive, Clybourn Street and two Interstate 794 ramps near the city’s lakefront hinges on approval of an incentive package for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Editorial cartoon: Grant money vs. convent demo

Published: January 25, 2013
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Demo deadline nears for convent, Milwaukee races to spend grant money (VIDEO)

Published: January 23, 2013
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Unexpected asbestos is pushing the city of Milwaukee closer to a Feb. 11 deadline to use $1 million in federal grant money for a major demolition project.

Milwaukee scours coffers for costly demo job

Published: November 26, 2012
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It would cost Milwaukee an entire year’s demolition budget to tear down the former St. Mary’s convent on West Center Street, but vandalism and the fear of squatters setting fires this winter have pushed city officials to scour their coffers and schedule demolition for December.

Asbestos problems dog contractors on renovation

Published: October 5, 2012
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Missing scraps of asbestos-laden insulation has led to a $30,000 remediation bill and a city investigation of a Northcott Neighborhood House Inc. project on Milwaukee’s Second Street.

Milwaukee County DA: Marcoux did not divert money from trust account (UPDATE)

Published: September 17, 2012
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Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney David Feiss found no weight to allegations raised on the floor of a July 24 Milwaukee Common Council meeting that a city official was improperly diverting money from a city account, according to a letter from Feiss to an alderman.

Marcoux’s reappointment as Department of City Development commissioner stalls

Published: July 24, 2012
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Milwaukee’s Common Council on Tuesday voted to hold the reappointment of Rocky Marcoux as the commissioner of the Department of City Development.

Milwaukee Common Council: Sydney Hih’s days are numbered (UPDATE)

Published: July 24, 2012
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Milwaukee’s Common Council on Tuesday reversed the Historic Preservation Committee’s decision that gave Sydney Hih an interim historic designation.

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