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The Steinhafel family has sold all of its stock in Steinhafels Furniture to an employee stock ownership plan, the Pewaukee-based retailer announced Tuesday.

Six local startups attracted funding and mentorship from moguls on the latest episodes of ‘Project Pitch It,’ WISN-TV Channel 12’s Shark Tank-style show.

Milwaukee aldermen have unanimously approved the incentive deal facilitating the expansion of Milwaukee Tool into a vacant downtown building.

Gorman & Co. will receive the affordable housing tax credits it needs to proceed with Uptown Lofts, a proposed mixed-use development that would serve Kenosha businesses displaced by riots last year.

In a rebuke of Milwaukee Public Schools, Northwestern Mutual chief executive officer John Schlifske said the Milwaukee-based life insurance company is giving $750,000 to support charter and private schools in the city.

Cedar Community, a retirement community with campuses in West Bend and Elkhart Lake, has named Nicole Pretre as its new chief executive officer.

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Rye Brook, New York-based Xylem Inc. for an injury that an employee suffered at the water technology company’s Pewaukee facility.

In response to the debate over a Milwaukee Tool city incentive deal, a group of aldermen are pushing for a new policy that would require any projects downtown that receive a subsidy from the city to also invest in the surrounding neighborhoods.

Mary Bunzel, who has led the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Connected Systems Institute for the past year, has stepped down as executive director.