Government & Politics

Milwaukee city leaders on Thursday discussed a potential city-wide ordinance that would require people to wear masks in public spaces to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 

The Community Within the Corridor, a $59 million redevelopment of the former Briggs & Stratton industrial complex in Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial Corridor, is slated to receive more than $4 million from the city through the advancement of two separate funding sources this week.

Lafayette Crump, Mayor Tom Barrett's choice as Milwaukee's next commissioner of the Department of City Development (DCD), said if his appointment is approved he would work to make the city a more equitable place for racial and ethnic minorities.

Fiserv Forum, Bartolotta Restaurants and Lowlands Group are among more than 70 businesses calling on Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Common Council president Cavalier Johnson to require patrons and workers to wear face masks in public spaces. 

The Village of Pleasant Prairie's preliminary plans for the Village Green Center project call for an inclusive community incorporating civic, commercial, office and various residential uses, with space for more than 1,300 new residences.

Rocky Marcoux is retiring as Milwaukee’s commissioner of the Department of City Development after 16 years in the role....

Milwaukee officials announced Friday that city will move into phase 4 of its reopening plan on Wednesday, July 1, as restrictions continue to be slowly reduced from stay at home mandates earlier this year that were put in place to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The Democrats have reassured that Milwaukee will remain a centerpiece of what's been reduced to a mostly virtual convention this summer, but with only a fraction of the visitors coming to town and the threat of the coronavirus still looming, the once-promised national spotlight is looking pretty dim.

The city of Milwaukee has received a $235,000 grant to support a planned new park in the city’s Century City Triangle Neighborhood.

Despite a more than $300 million drop in Wisconsin’s unemployment fund this year, businesses in the state will likely...