Milwaukee officials on Tuesday recommended maintaining a freeze on a policy that had previously required the deconstruction, rather than demolition, of certain dilapidated properties throughout the city.

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City officials celebrated Milwaukee's first deconstruction project on Thursday, admiring the work of a contractor taking apart a vacant house on the city's north side — some two years after a policy was enacted requiring blighted homes to be taken apart instead of torn down.

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After seeing the number of condemned properties increase in the city last year, Milwaukee officials voted on Tuesday to recommend postponement for a city policy requiring contractors to deconstruct rather than demolish historic houses.

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The Wisconsin Assembly approved another Republican bill to protect landlords Tuesday, this time passing a measure that would limit local governments' authority to inspect rental properties and crack down on emotional support animals in apartments.

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As Milwaukee leaders consider ways to make employees safer when they’re in the field, one official says he knows some city workers are packing more than just their lunch for a day on the jobsite.

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Three men have been charged with killing a Milwaukee city inspector during an attempted carjacking.

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Five people have been arrested in the shooting death of a Milwaukee home inspector.

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Gov. Scott Walker is calling for flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff following the death of a Milwaukee housing inspector.

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City officials in Milwaukee have identified a housing inspector who was shot and killed while on duty.

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Milwaukee has no room for its vacant buildings.

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