A request to rezone a vacant industrial building to make way for a tax-exempt charter school has forced Milwaukee aldermen to decide if they are willing to lose the tax revenue.

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Milwaukee Common Council President Michael Murphy has announced changes to committee assignments. Murphy, unanimously elected president Tuesday, had been chairman of the Finance and Personnel Committee and a member of the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee. He stepped down from ...

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The Milwaukee Common Council voted 11-4 on Tuesday to sell the Malcolm X Middle School at 2760 N. First St.

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Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney David Feiss found no weight to allegations raised on the floor of a July 24 Milwaukee Common Council meeting that a city official was improperly diverting money from a city account, according to a letter from Feiss to an alderman.

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The Milwaukee Common Council’s approval of a 2.1-mile streetcar project put the contentious issue to rest Tuesday, but hard feelings could linger among council members. Rhetoric surrounding the $64.6 million plan intensified during the week leading up to the council’s ...

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By James Briggs The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday capped two decades of public transit debate by approving construction of a $64.6 million, 2.1-mile streetcar line. It remains to be seen, though, whether the rail line can develop into a ...

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The Milwaukee Common Council on Wednesday approved a proposal to sell city-owned houses for $1 to owners who lost their homes in the July 22 floods. Between 18 and 24 homeowners could qualify to buy the homes that the city ...

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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee Alderman Robert Donovan is opposing the city’s plan to spend $54 million to build a new streetcar system. The federal money earmarked for a Milwaukee transit project should be spent elsewhere, according to a statement Monday ...

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