Government & Politics

The local host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention says more than 10,000 people have already expressed interest in volunteering during the July event.

BizTimes Media's annual Economic Trends event was held Friday morning at the Italian Community Center, before a crowd of about 500.

Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump came to downtown Milwaukee Tuesday night to hear the president campaign for re-election, focusing his remarks more on national security and the U.S. economy than on local issues.

Court proceedings over the mandated demolition of the former Northridge Mall on Milwaukee's northwest side continued into day two, as the city further detailed the buildings' deteriorating condition while their owners called into question whether they were given a fair shake by the city.

The owners of the former Northridge Mall on Milwaukee's far northwest side say the city's order to raze the mall buildings is unreasonable and arbitrary.

Approximately 100 people donning 'Make American Great Again' hats and waving Trump 2020 flags had already lined up Tuesday morning in the parking lot across West Kilbourn Avenue from the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in downtown Milwaukee.

An extra busy evening is in store for downtown Milwaukee on Tuesday night, with a presidential visit and sold-out Milwaukee Bucks game occurring at the same time.

The Wisconsin Center District has named the team of Gilbane Building Co. and C.D. Smith Construction Inc. as the construction manager for the planned expansion of the downtown Milwaukee convention center.

Growth in personal income helped push the share of income Wisconsinites pay in state and local taxes down to 10.3%.

The long-planned expansion of the Wisconsin Center has recently taken major steps forward, and it is set to reach even more development milestones in the first few months of 2020.