Government & Politics

The local host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention will hold a series of summits in the coming months in an effort to prepare Milwaukee for what organizers say could catalyze change across the region.

Restoration work has begun on the Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home project. A recent groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of the...

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. will pay nearly $10 million to settle bribery charges from the SEC related to its Chinese...

People who prefer using plastic straws to consume beverages at bars and restaurants in Milwaukee may soon be out of luck.

The redeveloped former Gimbels and Schuster’s Department Store building in Milwaukee’s Halyard Park neighborhood will include 131,000 square feet of office space, 40,000 square feet of early childhood education and fitness center space, 77 affordable apartment units and a 315-stall parking structure.

The city of Milwaukee was awarded a $5.6 million grant this week from the U.S. Department of Housing and...

Who should decide how high local tax rates should be to fund local government? Local officials and local residents,...

Several local officials want to have a referendum asking voters to increase the Milwaukee County sales tax to 6.5%...

Companies across the United States have been scrambling for more than a year now to confront new tariffs in the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. Racine-based Johnson Outdoors Inc. is no different.

Scooter-share company Lime is looking to expand its presence in the Milwaukee area by rolling into some first-ring suburbs. Meanwhile,...