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Sean Ryan [email protected] Bay View residents are worried a proposed development with housing for low-income seniors will not generate as much in property taxes as other ideas for the 5.6-acre property. The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee wants ...

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Steve LeBlanc AP Writer Boston (AP) — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced Wednesday that organizations working in 33 states would receive $1.5 billion in business tax credits fueled with federal stimulus money and aimed at creating and saving jobs in ...

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Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer Washington (AP) — Sales of previously occupied homes rose modestly from March to April as buyers who were brave enough to dive into the market took advantage of prices that were 15.4 percent below ...

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Robert Barr AP Writer London (AP) — Net mortgage lending in Britain hit the lowest level in eight years in April while savings growth remained subdued, the British Bankers Association said Wednesday, suggesting the Bank of England’s massive cash injections ...

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Brian Brus The Journal Record Oklahoma City — John Spence hopes Winewood attains the same level of popularity someday that Highland Grey has now. It may take a couple of years. “You try to create something that’s new and fresh ...

Man dies after rescuing boy at construction site Detroit (AP) — A 58-year-old man died after rescuing a 7-year-old boy who fell into a water-filled hole at a Detroit construction site. Wayne State University police Sgt. Robert Barron said the ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Federal rules governing Community Development Block Grant stimulus money are forcing Milwaukee to downsize its plans to hire and train workers. The city will use most of the $4.5 million in CDBG money for street and building ...

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Jacob Adelman AP Writer Los Angeles — The median home price in Northern California increased nearly 5 percent last month from March, suggesting some parts of the region’s housing market could be stabilizing, a tracking firm said Thursday. The increase ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] A bill designed to level the playing field when it comes to annexation among towns, villages and cities might also prolong already lengthy waiting periods for development. “The longer annexation is delayed, the longer it takes things ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Local disputes over the Ice Age Trail’s route through Madison are slowing work on the Shady Wood neighborhood’s development guidelines to a glacier’s pace. “I don’t know where this is headed,” said Michael Waidelich, Madison city planner. ...

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