Milwaukee County officials are contending that a local public pool need not close just because of the rejection late last year of a proposal to double the local $30-a-year wheel tax.

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The Milwaukee Area Labor Council is endorsing the workers' compensation lawyer Casey Shorts in his bid challenging Theo Lipscomb, the incumbent Milwaukee County Board Chairman, for his seat.

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Oak Creek's growing pains threaten to become only worse following Milwaukee County officials' decision this week to not set aside money in the county's 2018 budget for various improvements to a busy commercial corridor.

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The Milwaukee County Board has approved a budget plan for 2018 that would keep the local wheel tax at $30 a year per vehicle, again putting the board at odds with County Executive Chris Abele. County supervisors used a meeting on Monday to ...

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An amendment to Milwaukee County’s 2018 proposed budget would eliminate a handful of road projects at the expense of scrapping a controversial $30 increase to the county’s wheel tax. County Board Chairman Theo Lipscomb on Tuesday morning announced he was proposing a ...

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The Milwaukee County Executive's office says its proposal for a $60-a-year wheel tax will need to be passed ahead of the budget if the county is to receive the full $14.6 million worth of revenue that a fee set at the level would generate next year.

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Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele wants to take advantage of commercial airlines’ new-found interest in General Mitchell International Airport by getting to work there on a new international terminal as soon as possible. To that end, he proposed on Thursday putting more than ...

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Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced on Friday he is again seeking a $60 local vehicle-registration fee as part of his 2018 budget proposal. This marks the second year Abele has asked the county adopt the fee, also called a ...

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Despite a new round of bidding, the proposed cost of an Adventure Africa Elephant Exhibit at the Milwaukee County Zoo is still coming in higher than officials had hoped.

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Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said on Wednesday that a defeated referendum testing the public's support for a $60-a-year wheel tax should show state lawmakers that local governments simply can't be left to fend for themselves when they need more money for their transportation budgets.

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