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Milwaukee Art Museum director Dan Keegan on Tuesday told members of the Milwaukee County Board’s Parks, Energy and Environment Committee that the museum plans to submit an offer to purchase the O’Donnell Park parking structure and park, located just west of the museum.

BizTimes Media has opened the call for nominations for its second annual Nonprofit Excellence Awards program, which celebrates both the philanthropic accomplishments of area business leaders and strides made by nonprofits.

Initial unemployment insurance claims fell to 255,000 nationally last week, on a seasonally adjusted basis. That’s 26,000 lower than the previous week, and the lowest number of claims since November 1973, a U.S. Labor Department report stated today.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee will extend its summer programming for thousands of area youth after receiving a $500,000 donation from former Senator Herb Kohl.

The Milwaukee Institute, a nonprofit computational research center, will add to its computing offerings and facilitate more training courses with a $750,000 grant it has received from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

The University of Wisconsin Colleges will lay off more than 80 employees in a cost-cutting move that will see the network of two-year schools consolidate administration of its 13 campuses into four regions of the state, officials announced Tuesday.

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The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. announced today it has named William Tracy chief operating officer, effective July 27.

Milwaukee-based global staffing and workforce solutions firm ManpowerGroup today reported second quarter net income of $105.7 million, or $1.33 per share, down from $109.8 million, or $1.35 per share, in the second quarter of 2014.

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