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After 48 years of leading the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO), conductor Ronald Melby will step down from the podium in May.

Kohl’s Department Stores, based in Menomonee Falls, will celebrate the company’s fourth annual National Go Green Event by donating $2 million in corporate grants to nonprofits across the country focused on serving youth.

Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity has laid the foundation for a new $20 million Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI) that will provide both construction resources and financial support to Washington Park homeowners in need of home repairs.

In the nearly four decades that I have been involved with operating taxicabs, both here in Milwaukee and other cities throughout the country, I’ve discovered that government regulation, while well-intentioned, often results in unintended consequences.

I generally don’t make it a habit to tell other people how to do their jobs, but this one time I need to make an exception.

Plans for a new entrepreneurship project are being unveiled today by the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC). The project is backed by both Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and is being commissioned by American Express Co.

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has accepted an appointment as chairman of the board of Poliwogg Holdings Inc.

Koppa's Farwell Foods, which operates the iconic Fulbeli Deli and grocery store on Milwaukee's east side, has been sold to Krishveer LLC.

Beloit-based ABC Supply Co. Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Lee Wholesale Supply Inc., a distributor specializing in steep-slope roofing, siding and windows with four locations in the Michigan communities of Livonia, Macomb, New Hudson and Port Huron.

Northwestern Mutual employees are donating their time and expertise this tax season to help lower-income Milwaukee residents complete their taxes and file them electronically.