In its attempt to help revitalize an underused section of downtown Milwaukee, the Bucks organization may have something else to pull out of its bag of tricks.
The station serves about 1.3 million passengers each year making connections to Amtrak's Hiawatha Service, which runs from Chicago to Milwaukee, and its Empire Builder trains, which run to the West Coast.
Members of Milwaukee's plan commission gave their approval Monday to the final designs proposed for the new arena being built for the Bucks basketball team in the city's downtown.
The Bucks have so far named construction managers to three key projects for its proposed new arena, revealed final detailed plans for each and reached out to potential subcontractors. The only thing left before breaking ground on the new arena is a few final hurdles with city of Milwaukee officials.
As voters get ready to consider more than 70 school district referendums as part of the statewide elections in a week, a state lawmaker's aide is saying his boss plans to reintroduce legislation that would limit when such votes can take place.
Wisconsin was one of six states that saw their January unemployment rates for the construction industry rise from the same month a year ago despite an unusually warm winter.