Milwaukee leaders discuss criminal justice reform, tackling violent crime
As Summer temperatures warm up, Milwaukee Police have a plan to combat violent crime. Parents will also be receiving curfew citations.
Officials make exception to preservation rules, letting owner keep vinyl windows
A debate over something as seemingly simple as window replacement revealed different attitudes toward historic preservation at a Milwaukee Common Council meeting on Tuesday. In a 8-6 vote, Common Council […]
Blighted Milwaukee neighborhoods deemed ‘promise zones’
The city of Milwaukee has identified neighborhoods struggling with violence as "promise zones" ahead of summer so that they may receive extra attention and funding.
Effort to spur entrepreneurs around Century City may see few benefits
Milwaukee officials want to set aside nearly $20,000 to spur new innovations and business ideas for the city's 30th Street industrial corridor, but only $5,000 of that would go to actual entrepreneurs.
Milwaukee alderman wants shift in Planning Division oversight
A Milwaukee alderman’s frustration with the city’s development chief has prompted a proposal to tighten oversight of the Planning Division.
Repeal of Milwaukee’s race, gender set-asides stalls during debate
A resolution to repeal portions of Milwaukee’s minority contracting ordinance has stalled while business groups and city officials debate whether eligible companies must have an address in one of four counties.
Standards lacking to justify race-based contract goals
The disparity study that was used to justify the city of Milwaukee’s race- and gender-specific contracting ordinance also was its undoing.
Milwaukee delays minority set-aside repeal (UPDATE)
The Milwaukee Common Council is not ready to officially repeal gender- and race-specific set-asides in its minority contracting program.
Editorial: There still is time to fix set-asides
It took Milwaukee’s Common Council no more than 15 minutes to discuss and unanimously approve a lawsuit settlement that reverses the city’s most recent minority contracting set-asides.
Milwaukee facing minority contracting questions
Conflicting opinions about whether Milwaukee should have contract set asides for specific minorities has left the city’s policymakers at a standstill.
Milwaukee ordinance would promote minority contractor consideration
A proposed Milwaukee ordinance would include race and gender among the city’s goals for hiring contractors.
Today’s News
- $700M Brewers stadium overhaul proposal comes with new contracting language
- Wisconsin unions, businesses rally support for Line 5 relocation project
- Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps
- Wisconsin’s starting fixed fee for engineering services gets a bump
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Caroline Heights Apartments turns historic structures into living space
- Wauwatosa Common Council greenlights $400M Barrett Lo apartments at Mayfair Mall
- Kenosha Common Council unanimously passes contractor requirements for public bids
- Old church finds new purpose as St. John’s Lutheran Church converts to affordable housing
- Indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?
- Low Mississippi River limits barge traffic
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
- Wisconsin contractors urge Kenosha council to delay vote over bidding ordinance
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)