Royal Capital Group plans $22M overhaul of former school on Milwaukee’s north side

April 13, 2021 2:59 pm Leave a comment

Greenfire Management is set to being work on a $22 million conversion and expansion of the former Phillis Wheatley Elementary School on Milwaukee's north side. (Rendering courtesy of Royal Capital Group)

Royal Capital Group is planning a $22 million conversion and expansion of the former Phillis Wheatley Elementary School on Milwaukee's north side.

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Supreme Court: WisDOT properly used eminent domain to take church property for highway project

April 2, 2021 12:18 pm Leave a comment

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation properly used eminent domain to obtain property from a Fox Valley church, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

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So long, Sheboygan: 144 cities could lose status as metro areas

March 8, 2021 9:42 am Leave a comment

Juan Garza of Northeast Asphalt Inc., Fond du Lac, rolls new blacktop Friday as the crew works on a paving project at Sixth Street and Center Avenue in Sheboygan. Photo by Corey Hengen

The Wisconsin city is one of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area designation.

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Legislature OKs half-billion dollar tax cut

February 16, 2021 7:32 pm Leave a comment

The Wisconsin Legislature overwhelmingly approved a half-billion dollar tax cut Tuesday for businesses that received federal pandemic relief loans to keep employees on the payroll, a move that stands to benefit at least a handful of legislators whose businesses accepted the money.

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We Energies plans large-scale solar, battery storage project in Kenosha

February 16, 2021 2:45 pm Leave a comment

Photovoltaic solar panels are installed on the roof of Walden III Middle and High School in Racine in 2008. We Energies says it plans to develop a 200-megawatt solar farm and 110-megawatt battery storage project in Kenosha County. (AP File Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)

We Energies on Tuesday announced plans to develop a 200-megawatt solar farm and 110-megawatt battery storage project in Kenosha County.

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New MREA scholarships to support solar training in underserved areas

February 11, 2021 9:53 am Leave a comment

MREA Instructor Alex Jarvis, teaches PV 101 to students from the NAACP in Evansville, Indiana this past August, through the MREA's Rise Up Giving Scholarship program.

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association is bringing solar technical training and workforce development opportunities to four Midwest partnering organizations.

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JP Cullen donates laptops to Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee

February 5, 2021 9:35 am Leave a comment

JP Cullen has donated over 100 laptops to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee. The laptops will be disbursed to the Milwaukee-area clubs.

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Analysis: Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses

October 23, 2020 11:29 am Leave a comment

Alphina Kamara at Wesleyan University, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Middletown, Conn. Kamara, a junior at Wesleyan University studying English and sociology, says she was never encouraged to explore options like an engineering course while in high school. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Alphina Kamara wonders what might have happened if she'd been introduced to science and engineering careers at her high school in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Mural project meant to give downtown Janesville a fresh look

September 14, 2020 8:29 am Leave a comment

When Jessie Willyerd was a little girl riding in cars, she would imagine she was riding a horse.

River Hills plans condo complex to recoup costs of ending housing suit

September 10, 2020 3:06 pm Leave a comment

River Hills is proposing developing a condominium complex on land it plans to buy as part of a settlement in a suit accusing the village of shutting out a senior housing project.

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