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Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
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Content for certain districts dated prior to April 18, 2022, may not reflect the Supervisor’s current supervisory district number, due to decennial Milwaukee County redistricting.
Nearly 3,000 retired Milwaukee County workers have received cash checks for a total of $404 million under the controversial pension backdrop program started more than two decades ago.
A joint-government task force focused on climate and green energy projects will be reconstituted. The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to rejoin the City-County Task Force on Climate Change and Economic Equity.
Milwaukee County's controversial lump-sum pension program is now more than two decades old, but county retirees are still cashing in.
A public memorial for 19-year-old Sade Robinson, who was killed and dismembered last year, is moving forward with the help of a fundraising effort after Milwaukee County officials withdrew plans for the site due to a “flurry of racist emails.”
Patricia Ruiz-Cantu speaks of the mother whose teenage son begged her not to go grocery shopping because he was terrified immigration agents might pick her up. With her shopping list in hand, the boy took an Uber to shop on her behalf.
Milwaukee County is taking a significant step toward accountability in the climate crisis by instituting a new advisory board dedicated to the intersecting concerns of environmental and economic equity.
The Milwaukee County Board wants the Milwaukee County Sheriff‘s Office (MCSO) to create a policy speeding up the release of video evidence following a critical incident, like an in-custody death at the Milwaukee County Jail or a shooting.
This week, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution about a policy it knows it cannot enforce. However, one supervisor told WISN 12 News that they had a good reason.
The Milwaukee County Board wants the Sheriff's Office to expedite the release of video and audio following critical incidents, including in-custody deaths.
Sade Carleena Robinson, 19, went missing in early April 2024 after going on a date with Maxwell Anderson, 33. Days later, her car was found on fire, and parts of her body were discovered by authorities around the city and surrounding areas.
Carbon emissions created by Milwaukee County government have decreased 48% since 2005, the baseline year set by the Paris Climate Accords.
A Milwaukee County board committee recommended a proposal to transition two properties – the Charles Allis Art Museum and the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum – to nonprofit management, the county announced on Wednesday.
Republican lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require county sheriffs to assist federal immigration officials in finding individuals living in the country illegally or be at risk of losing state aid.
The County Board of Supervisors will hold their annual Black History Month celebration during the February Board meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
On Monday, February 3, 2025, Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature released a proposal that directs the time and resources of County Sheriffs be redirected away from their jobs as public safety officers.
A coalition of Milwaukee County officials is pushing back against draft legislation from state Republicans that would require county law enforcement to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement identify who is living in the U.S. illegally and cut state funding for those who do not cooperate.
A memorial planned by Milwaukee County for Sade Carleena Robinson, the 19-year-old college student who was killed in April of last year, has been canceled after County Board supervisors reported a flurry of racist abuse over the proposal.
Supervisor Sky Z. Capriolo is encouraging residents in need of essential grocery items to attend the upcoming Live, Laugh, Loaves distribution event tomorrow, Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Oklahoma Avenue Lutheran Church.
There was a big turnout Wednesday night in Oak Creek for an update meeting on projects happening at Bender Park.
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