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

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The repeated renewal of no-bid contracts for two retired Milwaukee assessors has raised a call to audit the city's sole-source records.

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Milwaukee officials plan to continue enforcing local bid preferences on some contracts despite a new state law that bans the policy.

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By Marie Rohde Milwaukee is cautiously building toward a law that would direct more public contract money toward women- and minority-owned companies. The caution stems from a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established lawmakers must prove past or present ...

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