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Kenosha-based Jockey International Inc. on Wednesday announced the launch of its new marketing campaign, "Redefining Comfort," for the Jockey collection as preferred by Rachel Zoe.

The Graffito restaurant in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward has officially closed.

Milwaukee could be the birthplace of a handful of new startup companies this November when the second annual Startup Weekend Milwaukee takes over UW-Milwaukee’s Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health.

Should Milwaukee remove the chip off its shoulder and finally embrace its place as a suburb of Chicago?

Editor's note: The following letter was written Tuesday by Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel, and C.J. Szafir, associate counsel and education policy director, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty Inc., Milwaukee, wrote a letter to the Milwaukee Common Council and its president, Alderman Willie Hines, regarding the proposed sale of the former Malcolm X School in Milwaukee.

Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel, and C.J. Szafir, associate counsel and education policy director, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty Inc., Milwaukee, wrote a letter to the Milwaukee Common Council and its president, Alderman Willie Hines, regarding the proposed sale of the former Malcolm X School in Milwaukee.

Former State Rep. Mark Honadel has accepted a position as the manager of business development for the Talent Bridge division of Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin.

With the specter of a government shutdown and default of the national debt providing strong head winds, business confidence in future growth prospects turned downward for the fourth quarter, according to the latest Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).

Led by GE and The Manufacturing Institute, the Get Skills to Work (GSTW) coalition announced a new partnership with ManpowerGroup, the Milwaukee-based global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions.

The Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) board of directors and administration are seeking approval from the Milwaukee Common Council to sell the district’s former Malcolm X Academy building for $2.1 million to 2760 Holdings, LLC.