Milwaukee officials do not intend to seek permission to postpone the closings of tax increment financing districts that have reached what typically would be their conclusions.

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The developers of a Brown Deer housing project are citing site problems and rising material costs as the reasons for asking Milwaukee County for an $810,000 construction loan increase.

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A New Berlin contractor is being investigated by federal authorities for allegedly lying about paying prevailing wages to those who worked on the city of Milwaukee’s first phase of the Westlawn revitalization project.

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The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee failed to meet federal requirements when hiring and contracting for the first phase of its Westlawn revitalization project, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County's disadvantaged business enterprise program, pleaded no contest Wednesday to stealing federal grant money.

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Appleton becomes the third city in Wisconsin to adopt rules against housing discrimination based on gender identity.

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The first phase of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s Westlawn Neighborhood Revitalization is under review by a federal agency after a local group alleged the city department violated federal hiring requirements.

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Arraignments on Tuesday for a contractor and the former director of Milwaukee County’s disadvantaged business enterprise program have been postponed.

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A Milwaukee County committee voted unanimously to change the rules governing awards of federal Community Development Block Grants.

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Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County’s Office of Community Business Development Partners, was released Thursday on a $1,000 signature bond in connection with four felony charges.

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