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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The Democratic field for governor in Wisconsin is starting to become settled, as Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced on Tuesday he will not make a fourth bid for the office, while 10 others appear poised to run in the primary election scheduled for Aug. 14.

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Milwaukee has tweaked its rules for city contractors to bar offensive conduct after a company's employees were caught carrying guns and a cooler bearing a Klu Klux Klan sticker on the job.

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The Milwaukee School of Engineering broke ground on Monday on a $34 million building in the city's downtown, starting work on what will eventually be a hub for the study of high-tech fields like artificial intelligence.

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