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BMO Harris Bank hosted a V.I.P. reception at its Pavilion on the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee Friday.

The Milwaukee Bucks hired Jason Kidd to be their new head coach...Was this a good decision?

*Thursday, July 3, the annual Fireworks Kite Festival will be held along Milwaukee’s lakefront. The festival is open to...

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Tom Cardella, president and beer merchant at MillerCoors’ craft arm, Tenth and Blake Beer Co., plans to retire at the end of the year.

David Peterson, shareholder at Milwaukee-based Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., has been elected president of the Milwaukee Bar Association.

On June 2, President Obama announced his Clean Power Plan for Electrical Generation Utilities. In the plan, EPA proposes to provide states with regulatory flexibility to meet a proposed national goal of a 30% reduction of CO2 emissions from electrical generation utilities by 2030. Given the recent announcement of the Administration's energy program for carbon reductions, it is a good time to discuss energy policy.

Maurice Thomas, executive director of Teach for America’s Milwaukee branch, has departed the organization to pursue a fellowship that will prepare him to launch his own secondary school in Milwaukee.

G3 Industries Inc. will close its manufacturing plant at N92 W15966 Megal Drive in Menomonee Falls on November 1, according to a WARN notice filed with the state Department of Workforce Development Friday.

Teamsters Local 43, based in Racine, has voted to merge with Milwaukee's Teamsters Local 200.