Government & Politics

After first announcing plans for an automated grocery and home-delivery facility in Pleasant Prairie in November of 2019, Kroger Co.’s new fulfillment center officially opened this week.

Slinger-based MBW, Inc., a manufacturer of compaction and concrete construction equipment, is planning to expand operations by building a new research and development facility. MBW currently operates at 250 Hartford Road.

A Marquette University faculty member has been named the recipient of a $4.2 million Department of Energy Grant. Adam Dempsey, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Opus College of Engineering, will use the funding to further research technology to be used in lean-burn natural gas engines.

In the last few years, Americans have been made acutely aware of government in their daily lives. Why? A worldwide...

A $400,000 Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant provided by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is helping Balcan Innovations, Inc....

Five area businesses have received grants to help them commercialize their products through SBIR Advance’s latest funding round. The state matching...

With no discussion, the Milwaukee Common Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a framework agreement for hosting the Republican National Convention, if the city is chosen for the event.

A framework agreement between the city of Milwaukee and the Republican National Committee is now in limbo after an amendment to the plan -- related to hosting the 2024 Republican National Convention -- was brought forward today, but no action on it was immediately taken by the Common Council's Steering & Rules Committee.

Just over a week after a series of shootings took place near the Deer District in downtown Milwaukee, Gov. Tony Evers announced a $2.2 million investment aimed at preventing violence in the city.

Reducing crime has to be the top priority for our leaders. Everything that matters is at stake.