Government & Politics

City of Milwaukee leaders have endorsed a directive to provide relief to property owners who are having trouble making tax payments due to hardships stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thousands of people in Milwaukee participated in demonstrations throughout the city Friday and Saturday expressing outrage for incidents that has resulted in the death of African American suspects during confrontations with police, sparked in particular by the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Former Republican Wisconsin governor and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said Republicans and Democrats have to work together to effectively combat COVID-19. 

With federal grant money apparently on the way, Milwaukee County officials say they plan to commence construction of the long-anticipated bus rapid-transit project next spring and have the service available to riders in 2022.

Our country currently has the highest number of unemployed Americans since the Great Depression. While many of the 33 million workers who have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus crisis began expect to be rehired, many jobs will not come back.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday on Twitter that he is committing $40.9 million to the East-West Bus Rapid Transit project in Milwaukee County.

Several Milwaukee real estate developers and leaders of real estate industry groups praised the pick of Lafayette Crump as the city's next commissioner of development.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced today that he has selected Lafayette Crump as the city's next commissioner of the Department of City Development, taking the place of retiring commissioner Rocky Marcoux.

Milwaukee County reported Tuesday its highest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a month, while the percentage of positive cases continues to trend upward.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said the Badger Bounce Back dashboard remains a resource for businesses navigating the "confusion" following the state Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Gov. Tony Evers' “Safer at Home" order.