Tom Barrett

Nov 4, 2016

Milwaukee passes disparity study, lead-pipe removal budget amendments

A bit of compromise was needed Friday before city leaders could agree to using Milwaukee’s 2017 budget to partly pay for a disparity study, which could result in contract set-asides for minority- and women-owned businesses.

Sep 26, 2016

Lead heads Milwaukee budget

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is calling for the city to set aside nearly $11 million for replacing lead pipes and removing lead paint from properties in its next budget.

Sep 7, 2016

Milwaukee mayor: Old homes need water filters

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wants people living in old houses to install faucet filters to remove lead from tap water.

Aug 26, 2016

Milwaukee’s embattled north side to get $4.5M

Gov. Scott Walker is promising $4.5 million for job creation and to clean up blighted property in a troubled neighborhood on Milwaukee's north side where the recent fatal police shooting of a black man led to violent unrest.

Aug 25, 2016

Direct Supply gets tax credit for expansion (UPDATE)

A Milwaukee company that supplies, builds and runs senior living facilities will receive up to $22.5 million in state economic development tax credits to expand its campus on the city's northwest side.

Jun 28, 2016

Milwaukee to get $8M grant to train residents for tech jobs

The city of Milwaukee will receive an $8 million federal grant to help train its residents in technology jobs.

Mar 7, 2016

‘Zombie homes’ bill heads to Senate

A bill headed to the Wisconsin Senate floor would strip the city of Milwaukee of its ability to force lenders to quickly sell "zombie homes," abandoned, foreclosed properties that depress property values and add to urban blight.

Feb 8, 2016

Milwaukee mayor pushes for continued work on tax-foreclosed properties

While Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was touting the city’s progress in getting foreclosed homes back into the hands of responsible property owners, lawmakers in Madison were pushing a bill that would weaken the city’s ability to force certain foreclosed homes back on the market within a handful of weeks.

Jan 26, 2016

Second loan servicer donating to Milwaukee’s residential program

Milwaukee will soon have more money to lend out to residents who want to make house repairs.

Jan 20, 2016

AGC of Milwaukee looks back at 2015

Members of a Milwaukee trades organization reveled Tuesday night in the city’s downtown construction boom, talked up the benefits of their group’s hiring of an in-house counsel and mulled over both recent successes and setbacks in the state Legislature.