The city of Milwaukee has completed, or is nearing completion on, rehabs of 16 dilapidated houses, construction work that will total about $650,000 by the end of the year.

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AT&T Inc. representatives on Wednesday told Milwaukee officials the company's new U-verse cable service has expanded rapidly and fairly across all income levels.

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A proposed spending increase on small-scale construction projects could be unwise or infeasible for the city of Milwaukee, some city officials say.

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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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Opponents and proponents of a planned $64.6 million, 2.1-mile streetcar project in downtown Milwaukee agree on one thing: It's time to determine who will pay to move utilities that are in the way of the project.

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The Wisconsin Avenue Bridge in Milwaukee is closed for possibly 10 months or longer for a rehabilitation project.

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Members of the Milwaukee Common Council want Mayor Tom Barrett to request a deadline extension for spending $8.3 million in federal money on construction.

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Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman wants to pump money into low-cost capital improvement projects that would beef up city infrastructure and create work for contractors.

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We Energies is taking the first step toward transforming its Menomonee Valley Power Plant from coal to natural gas, company officials said Wednesday.

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A Republican lawmaker wants the city of Milwaukee to pay all utility costs associated with the city's planned streetcar line and is asking the state Public Service Commission to force the issue.

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