A Milwaukee alderman, fed up with the dispute over who will pay to move utility lines for a downtown streetcar project, wants to charge those companies rent for occupying city property.

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A looming deadline to file an assessment report is pressuring the city of Milwaukee to approve two no-bid contracts.

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Milwaukee is poised to add more oversight to development proposals on the city's east side.

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By James Briggs A $15.4 million, 122-unit apartment development proposed for Milwaukee’s east side includes a billboard atop the roof. It’s the first time city officials can recall agreeing to allow a billboard on an apartment building. “And let’s hope ...

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A proposed bike and pedestrian path isn't the only big-ticket item Milwaukee city officials want included in the Hoan Bridge reconstruction.

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A Milwaukee panel rejected a budget amendment Thursday that would have laid off the city's historic preservation staff and created problems for anyone seeking to remodel or reconstruct old buildings.

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A trio of local officials Wednesday selected a south side Milwaukee park-and-ride lot to announce their request that Congress pull money from the city's planned streetcar project.

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Alderman Robert Bauman on Tuesday failed for the second time to persuade his colleagues to extend -- rather than rescind -- Harley-Davidson Inc.'s obligation to build a 100,000-square-foot office building in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.

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By James Briggs Three developers are vying to replace the Milwaukee Public Library’s 43-year-old, one-story East Library. Stone House Development Inc. and Gorman & Co. Inc., both of Madison, as well as Waukesha-based HSI Properties LLC each responded to a ...

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By James Briggs The city of Milwaukee has agreed to endorse a private insurance company in exchange for money. As a result, Pennsylvania-based Utility Service Partners Inc. can use the city‘s logo in direct-mail marketing pitches to city residents, despite ...

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