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.

Tagged with: Bob Bauman deconstruction Mayor Tom Barrett Milwaukee Common Council

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.

Tagged with: Bob Bauman deconstruction demolition Mayor Tom Barrett Milwaukee Common Council WasteCap Resource Solutions

Although Milwaukee is embarking on its largest-ever installation of solar panels on city buildings, local officials will still need help from private money if they are to reach their goal of gleaning 25 percent of the city's power from renewable sources.

Tagged with: Milwaukee Common Council solar energy We Energies

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.

Tagged with: American Sewer Services City of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Milwaukee Common Council

Milwaukee aldermen have approved a proposal that would require certain downtown construction and demolition projects to come equipped with canopies meant to protect passersby.

Tagged with: American Sewer Services Bob Bauman Milwaukee Common Council

American Sewer Services has asked if it can wait until next week to go before a group of city officials who expressed outrage after photos surfaced showing gun-touting employees and a cooler bearing a Ku Klux Klan sticker at the company's job sites.

Tagged with: American Sewer Services Milwaukee Common Council

It looks as if the third time was a charm for Chris Houden, a developer seeking to put in a new high-rise on North Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee. Houden’s proposed development was approved on Tuesday by the city’s Common Council. The plans ...

Tagged with: Bob Bauman Goll House Jim Bohl Milwaukee Common Council Nik Kovak

Milwaukee leaders say they want to investigate whether houses built between in the decade before the city started requiring service lines to be made of copper are getting drinking water from lead pipes.

Tagged with: lead pipes Milwaukee Common Council Milwaukee Water Works

The proposed expansion of the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino got its first key endorsement from a panel of Milwaukee officials on Monday.

Tagged with: Building Advantage Ken Kraemer Milwaukee Common Council Plan Commission Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

Music fans on their way to Summerfest this year will have something to celebrate beyond the 50th anniversary of the massive outdoor concert festival.

Tagged with: Jeff Polenske Lakefront Gateway Project Milwaukee Common Council streetcar Summerfest