Feb-21-2020
Mitchell Airport's ingenious new winter coat check program is 'going gangbusters' in first week.
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Feb-12-2020
A mural is planned for a portion of the city-owned parking structure beneath MacArthur Square: a "canvas" that is roughly 620 feet wide and between 5 and 6 feet high.
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Feb-11-2020
The Milwaukee County Zoo is hosting the fifth annual Polar Plunge on February 15. In 2019, the event raised $84,000 for Special Olympics. Organizers hope to surpass last year's total in 2020. Check in for the event begins at 10 a.m. and the plunge begins around noon.
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Feb-06-2020
A measure to put an additional $50,000 toward voter registration and voter education prompted a nearly hour-long, heated debate among county supervisors Thursday over a larger effort to quickly purge the state's voter rolls of people who were believed to have moved.
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Department
- Board of Supervisors
- Health & Human Services
Feb-06-2020
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors honored Chief Judge Maxine White on Thursday as the first African American woman to serve on the state Appeals Court.
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Department
- Board of Supervisors
- Courts
Feb-05-2020
It will soon be a lot easier for people who are blind or low vision to get around Milwaukee County, and it's all done through a smartphone application. "Aira" app users will get free one-on-one guidance for riding Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) buses to any of the county's 5,000 stops.
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Department
- County Executive
- Transportation
Feb-05-2020
The launch of a pilot program that supports Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) riders who are blind or low vision with increased access to public transportation has been announced by Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, MCTS and the Milwaukee County Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD).
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Department
- County Executive
- Transportation
Feb-04-2020
Milwaukee Art Museum on Tuesday announced its first new strategic direction since 2006, with its goal of emphasizing a focus on community, impact and financial sustainability most visible to the public initially via a Listening Lab that will be installed in the museum's Collection Galleries.
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Feb-03-2020
In a place where those who have served are honored a new mural depicts just that. The Milwaukee County War Memorial unveiled a new mural that shares the history of African Americans who served our country.
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Feb-02-2020
Gordy, the Milwaukee County Zoo's groundhog, made his weather prediction Sunday morning, Feb. 2 -- it's going to be a long winter.
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Jan-30-2020
The Milwaukee County executive, investor and philanthropist Chris Abele has gifted $300,000 to the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin to fund the chamber's project that's expected to come online this spring.
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Jan-29-2020
Milwaukee County supervisors are continuing to tackle the use of plastic products, with Supervisors Marina Dimitrijevic and Marcelia Nicholson being the latest to introduce a new resolution. The measure, sponsored by the duo, would phase out single-use plastics from county facilities, in the hope of reducing pollution and improving water quality.
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Department
- Health & Human Services
Jan-28-2020
The partnership gives the Airport a presence inside the Museum and the opportunity to participate in public events such as Art in Bloom and Lakefront Festival of Art. The Airport is also sponsoring space at the Museum for visitors to stow their backpacks, big bags, baggage and luggage while visiting the galleries.
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Department
- Airport
- County Executive
- Parks
Jan-24-2020
Set in a corner of Milwaukee County's sprawling children's court center is the latest effort by the City of Milwaukee to seed a better future for its poorest children.
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Jan-22-2020
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds (ROD) Israel Ramón announced major reforms for 2020 on January 6, which include changing providers for credit card services, updating record storage and creating personnel efficiencies.
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Department
- County Executive
- Register of Deeds
Jan-17-2020
Gov. Tony Evers today announced his appointment of Judge Maxine White to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District 1. Judge White is the first woman of color to serve on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
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Jan-15-2020
The fun includes numerous activities at the 17 participating museums, which feature programs, tours, workshops, new exhibits and collaborations among them.
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Jan-10-2020
United Airlines will now add nonstop service between San Francisco and Milwaukee beginning June 4 and ending Sept. 7.
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Jan-08-2020
State and local officials vowed Wednesday they would work together to prevent homeless people from forming a large camp in downtown Milwaukee again this spring. But they cannot guarantee that the camp, which in 2019 had dozens of tents beneath I-794, won't return as city officials and others prepare for hosting the Democratic National Convention in July.
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Department
- Administrative Services
- Health & Human Services
- Transportation
Jan-07-2020
A Milwaukee bus driver is being praised for pulling his bus over to help a woman in a wheelchair make her way safely through a busy intersection.
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Jan-06-2020
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds (ROD) Israel Ramón today announced major reforms in 2020, which include changing providers for credit card services, updating record storage and creating personnel efficiencies.
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Department
- County Executive
- Register of Deeds
Jan-03-2020
Milwaukee's downtown will fill with folks wearing MAGA hats and Giannis Antetokounmpo jerseys Jan. 14 as President Donald Trump's rally and the Bucks game on "free scarf night" start at the same time two blocks apart.
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Jan-02-2020
With his surprise decision not to seek a third full term, Abele’s enigmatic stint leading Wisconsin’s largest county ends this spring. And yet, after nine years, we don’t know him any better than we did when he was first elected – and maybe not even as well as we thought we did back then.
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Department
- County Executive
- Transportation
Dec-19-2019
The program is a partnership between UnitedHealthcare and Milwaukee County's Housing Division.
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Department
- Health & Human Services