Construction crews poured 600 yards of concrete Tuesday morning at The Couture site in downtown Milwaukee to serve as a base for a public transit terminal. 

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Construction crews this week set up a crane needed for the Couture high-rise tower in downtown Milwaukee even as the project appears headed toward missing a deadline for the completion of a first-floor transit hub paid for with federal money.

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A Milwaukee committee endorsed plans on Tuesday to begin studying a proposed extension of the city's streetcar south into the the city's Walker's Point neighborhood.

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A Milwaukee committee on Tuesday approved a revised deal with the developer of the Couture high-rise to require work on the project to begin by Feb. 1.

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The developer of the long-planned Couture project has secured a crucial $103.5 million federal loan guarantee.

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Firefighters got a derailed Milwaukee streetcar back on track Thursday.

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A Milwaukee committee voted on Tuesday both to pause plans to extend the city's streetcar and study proposed routes into north- and south-side neighborhoods, a decision that threatens to strain an already tight construction schedule calling for service to be added near the site of the Democratic National Convention by July 2020.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Thursday rolled out plans to extend the city's streetcar to the Wisconsin Center District convention center and the city's lakefront in time for the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

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The city of Milwaukee has missed out on a federal transportation grant to extend its streetcar line to the recently completed Fiserv Forum.

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