A formal opinion from state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has done little to remedy ongoing tensions between the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and County Executive Chris Abele.

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Milwaukee County intends to approve roughly $1 million in Community Development Block Grants for low- and moderate-income housing projects in September, according to a tentative schedule presented Monday.

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A proposal to reduce Milwaukee County supervisors’ positions to part-time has prompted predictions that such a change also would increase the waiting period for developers seeking project approvals.

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Milwaukee County supervisors Wednesday overrode a budget amendment veto and forced a renaming for the county’s economic development director position.

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A Milwaukee County committee voted 5-2 Wednesday to recommend approval of a resolution and county ordinance guiding sales of county-owned land.

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Milwaukee County’s Economic and Community Development Committee gave the initial OK Wednesday for negotiations to start between the county and a development group seeking to build an extended stay hotel on the Park East site.

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Milwaukee County’s Economic and Community Development Committee will consider a resolution and ordinance change that would install a process for selling county-owned land at a special meeting Wednesday.

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A committee of Milwaukee County supervisors will consider a proposal to negotiate with MRH West LLC, Milwaukee, to develop an extended-stay hotel on a Park East parcel across Old World Third Street from the Aloft Hotel.

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Though a revised land sale resolution was not on Monday’s agenda for a Milwaukee County Committee, the chairwoman said there is still a chance it could be presented before the full board meeting Sept. 27.

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Milwaukee County can only fund about half of every dollar requested through 51 applications for 2013 Community Development Block Grants.

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