Milwaukee is moving to force the owners of the dilapidated Northridge Mall to tear down the long-abandoned shopping center, a step officials hope would lead to redevelopment.

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Milwaukee could pause its enforcement of a mandate requiring contractors to deconstruct, rather than demolish, historic homes after a assessment of the policy found that it struggled to get off the ground in 2018.

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Gov.-elect Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he's chosen four prominent Milwaukee leaders, including a former campaign manager to Mayor Tom Barrett and a 30-year veteran of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, for top-level Cabinet positions.

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The Milwaukee Common Council defeated a mayoral veto Tuesday that would have slashed cash from a city blight-removal policy often requiring the deconstruction, rather than demolition, of historic homes.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has vetoed a budget amendment that would support a newly enacted city policy requiring the deconstruction — rather than demolition — of historic houses, saying the policy has hindered the redevelopment of blighted properties.

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Milwaukee would perform some lead water-lines replacements itself as part of a 2019 budget proposal that would put more cash toward dismantling the city’s vast network of lead-ridden infrastructure.

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State and Milwaukee Buck officials came together over the weekend to mark the opening of the Bucks team’s new arena in downtown Milwaukee.

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Milwaukee Public Works Commissioner Ghassan Korban will retire at the end of August after three decades in city government, officials announced on Wednesday.

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Minority-owned contractors working in Milwaukee will be able to tap a new reservoir of money following the city's decision last week to set up a new revolving-loan fund.

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Foxconn Technology Group announced Friday that it has bought a building in downtown Milwaukee to serve as its North American headquarters.

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