Two state lawmakers plan to begin seeking sponsors Thursday for a bill that would reassert that the site for The Couture, a high-rise building proposed for downtown Milwaukee, is not public land and is available for private development.

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Some Milwaukee County supervisors are worried they will wander into gray areas of a new reform law as soon as they try to talk to department leaders.

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The seven people who work in Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s office should be grateful.

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An ingredient in the state’s Milwaukee County government reform proposal specifically is designed to prevent supervisors from seeking revenge.

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A proposal that Milwaukee County hire an attorney could signal an eventual shift from the hearing room to the courtroom in the debate over government reform.

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State Assembly Democrats warned Wednesday that reform for one county in the state easily could mean the same thing for any municipality.

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Marina Dimitrijevic added yet another misstep to her clumsy tenure as Milwaukee County Board chairwoman when she walked into the Tuesday hearing 32 minutes late.

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A group of Milwaukee County supervisors travelled to Madison on Wednesday to testify about a proposal to limit their pay and duties, but their opinions were not unified.

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The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors’ Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted 6-1 on Monday in favor of a reform resolution that would cut the board’s budget in half and reduce supervisors’ salaries by 20 percent.

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The first question from the audience at the Milwaukee County Board’s Thursday listening session should have been: “Do you take us for fools?”

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