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Kyle Weatherly, chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based corporate homesharing startup Frontdesk, Inc., was recently named to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. 

If we really love our city, we must acknowledge there is a lot of work to be done to build a more inclusive and equitable community, startup ecosystem and local economy.

Demonstrators again took to Milwaukee's streets today, the fifth day in a row of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

In the midst of nationwide protests and civil unrest over long-standing racial injustices, some business leaders in Milwaukee Tuesday...

With the lifting of the state’s “Safer at Home” order, many Wisconsin business leaders are trying to determine when, and how, to bring employees who have been working from home back to the office while keeping them safe as COVID-19 remains a public health threat.

City of Milwaukee leaders have endorsed a directive to provide relief to property owners who are having trouble making tax payments due to hardships stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Eve Hall, president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee Urban League, implored business and community leaders to not let destructive rioting distract from the need to address racism in the community. 

The looting and destruction that took place in cities across the country, including Milwaukee, over the weekend when peaceful protests escalated in many cases to violence is devastating for two main reasons.

This letter, endorsed by more than 130 Milwaukee community leaders, was sent to BizTimes Milwaukee

Thousands of people in Milwaukee participated in demonstrations throughout the city Friday and Saturday expressing outrage for incidents that has resulted in the death of African American suspects during confrontations with police, sparked in particular by the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.