By Joe Lanane The O’Donnell Park garage should be razed and replaced by a new Milwaukee Public Museum and parking structure, according to philanthropist Michael Cudahy. “O’Donnell Park is a piece of garbage, and it’s been trouble ever since it’s ...

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By Marie Rohde The Milwaukee School of Engineering’s proposal for a parking garage and athletic field in the Park East corridor could gain favor if the county gets new land to replace what it loses to the project. “It’s about ...

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By Marie Rohde Milwaukee County officials are throwing cold water on the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s proposal to build a $30 million parking structure and athletic field in the Park East corridor. “I have concerns,” said County Supervisor Theo Lipscomb, ...

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By Joe Lanane The office of Gov. Jim Doyle clarified Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has not yet ruled on whether to offer individual assistance to disaster victims in Milwaukee and Grant counties. FEMA announced Wednesday morning that ...

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By Sean Ryan The piles of paperwork in William Sackerson Construction Co.’s offices grow with every job, and the company president fears a Milwaukee County hiring goal will only add to the stack. If that happens, John Sackerson said, the ...

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By Sean Ryan A contractor is warning Milwaukee County that paperwork, oversight and program management are unavoidable costs of a local hiring preference for projects. “It might not cost bids, but it will cost taxpayers,” said Larry Rocole, vice president ...

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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee County soon could give a bidding advantage to the contractor that hires the most county residents for a project. The goal of the county resolution, sponsored by Johnny Thomas and Theo Lipscomb, is to eventually offer ...

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By Sean Ryan Nonprofit developers operate in a market that could put them out of business with one bad deal. It happened to West End Development Corp., Milwaukee, after its West Pointe condominium project tanked in 2008. And it’s on ...

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By Sean Ryan A state law change that lets counties issue bonds for construction is letting developers sidestep rules tied to city of Milwaukee project support. Milwaukee requires developers that receive more than $1 million from the city hire Milwaukee ...

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By Sean Ryan Progress trumped caution Thursday when the Milwaukee County Board took an official step toward selling a Wauwatosa property for development of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineering campus. Before the county can sell the land to the UWM ...

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