Milwaukee Bucks officials say they are beating most of their goals for hiring residents and small businesses for the construction of the Fiserv Forum and related projects, according to a second-quarter report.

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Looking at their construction spending through last spring, Milwaukee Bucks officials say they are on-track to beat the hiring goals set on a trio of development projects related to the recently completed Fiserv Forum. Deer District LLC, the firm developing ...

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Milwaukee officials moved forward with an ordinance change Thursday that would further restrict what hours contractors could log in trying to meet their resident-hiring goals.

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Milwaukee officials are making it clear that it’s not enough for developers and contractors to simply meet the various hiring targets that have been attached to projects that receive city money.

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Contractors and developers doing business in Milwaukee will no doubt eventually work on a project that contains the city's Residents Preference Program hiring goals.

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On Jan. 1, contractors in Milwaukee will find themselves subject to modified resident-hiring goals for various local construction projects.

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Milwaukee Bucks officials have begun using a computer program to help them meet workforce-development goals that are attached to the construction of the team's new downtown arena.

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Save for Northwestern Mutual's headquarters project, various Milwaukee developments that have received public money are falling short of a city-imposed goal to provide jobs to local residents.

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With the Milwaukee Common Council's approval on Tuesday, city officials will not only have to make sure unemployed or underemployed residents are finding work on projects receiving public money, but also that some of those workers come from impoverished neighborhoods.

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When Alderman Russell Stamper sees a building going up in the city and calls for some of the resulting work to go to unemployed Milwaukee residents, he’s not just thinking about the local economy. He’s also looking for a way ...

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