Government & Politics

Brookfield-based Milwaukee Tool on Thursday announced plans to create an additional 1,000 jobs in Wisconsin by 2027.

Gov. Tony Evers announced today his plans to allocate $5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to help support the redevelopment of a vacant building at 2724 W. Wells St. on Milwaukee’s Near West Side into a comprehensive community center to be known as Concordia 27.

The Milwaukee Department of City Development (DCD) is seeking proposals from developers interested in rehabilitating vacant, city-owned houses.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) has awarded approximately $34 million so far to over 3,400 small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the state through the Main Street Bounceback Program.

Milwaukee aldermen have elected 12th District Alderman Jose Perez to serve as president of the Milwaukee Common Council.

A report released this week by the Wisconsin Policy Forum (WPF) shows that while most states prioritized using federal funding, including American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and CARES Act funds, on unemployment programs and bolstering their own budgets, Wisconsin went in a different direction.

Former Foxconn executive Alan Yeung says it would have made more sense for Foxconn to pick Ohio for the Generation 10.5 LCD plant it initially planned to build in Mount Pleasant.

Mequon investment adviser Kay Yang is facing fraud charges after allegedly misappropriating more than $4 million of investors’ funds.

In a ceremony today at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Cavalier Johnson was sworn in as Milwaukee's 45th mayor and the first African American mayor in the city's history. The following are the remarks he gave in his inaugural address.

Years of public-private collaboration culminated in the announcement this week that Milwaukee has the lowest per-capita unsheltered homeless population...