Milwaukee officials are closely watching their Madison counterparts as they consider offering a publicly owned fiber-optic service, although some local officials note that Milwaukee considered something similar about 10 years ago to little avail.

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For contractors who are under an obligation to employ a certain percentage of Milwaukee residents on local projects, things could get a little more difficult in approaching years, especially when it comes to meeting quotas for highly skilled workers.

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A construction trade group and a chamber of commerce are calling for the elimination of disadvantage requirements in Milwaukee's Small Business Enterprise program. But the city's Office of Small Business Development and several aldermen said that the requirements are needed to ensure contractors who live within the city can get work.

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A Milwaukee alderman wants to push along negotiations to transform a long-vacant Lowes Home Improvement store into an entertainment complex with a theater and other attractions.

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Contrary to the insistence of some Milwaukee officials that $54.9 million allocated for the downtown streetcar may not go to other types of transportation projects, the money might be able to be used for a bus rapid transit system instead.

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Milwaukee officials are seeking demographic breakdowns of small-business-enterprise owners nearly nine months after a federal court settlement forced the city to kill its race and gender contract set-asides.

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Milwaukee aldermen warned the Department of City Development on Wednesday that they are running out of patience with a prolonged tenant search for a vacant downtown property.

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Milwaukee Common Council President Michael Murphy has announced changes to committee assignments. Murphy, unanimously elected president Tuesday, had been chairman of the Finance and Personnel Committee and a member of the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee. He stepped down from ...

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A settlement proposal that would end Milwaukee’s litigation over its crumbling City Hall facade is awaiting the mayor’s signature.

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The Milwaukee Common Council is not ready to officially repeal gender- and race-specific set-asides in its minority contracting program.

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