Dec-04-2024
With fewer dollars in the coffers and a tighter budget season, the fates of the east side's Charles Allis Art Museum and Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum were called into question earlier this year.
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Dec-03-2024
Fundraising for the Milwaukee Public Museum's new location in downtown Milwaukee is on pace, but its top executive will not provide a specific number.
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Dec-03-2024
An outside review of day-to-day operations at the Milwaukee County Jail found several major safety concerns, including a failure to properly monitor occupants on suicide watch and inconsistent communication with medical staff when corrections staff believe an inmate is at risk of harming themselves.
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Dec-03-2024
During a hearing on the audit report, released less than two weeks ago, Milwaukee County supervisors questioned MCSO leadership about some of the audit’s findings related to the jail’s unsafe suicide watch practices, lack of training and overall unsanitary conditions.
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Dec-03-2024
Milwaukee Public Museum's fundraising for its new museum is going very well, with facility construction on track for an early 2027 opening.
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Dec-02-2024
The annual Milwaukee County Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony took place at the Milwaukee County Courthouse Rotunda on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.
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Dec-02-2024
As of January 1, the Milwaukee County pension system will begin to be absorbed by the State of Wisconsin, with all new hires becoming part of the state pension system.
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Nov-27-2024
Two East Side art museums are poised to end their unhappy arranged marriage and strike out on different paths toward greater independence from Milwaukee County government.
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Nov-26-2024
Being arrested, but not convicted of a crime, can sever someone’s connection to health care, and members of the Milwaukee County Board are calling on the federal government to change that.
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Nov-22-2024
Following an independent audit that found “deeply alarming” policies for suicide prevention in the Milwaukee County Jail, the Milwaukee County Sherifff’s Office (MCSO) said it has already made progress on the problem, and began working on it before the audit was commissioned.
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Nov-19-2024
Some vacant office buildings for a longtime manufacturer in South Milwaukee will become affordable housing. Developer Scott Crawford Inc. is moving forward with a $50 million redevelopment of three former Bucyrus-Erie office buildings, 1100 Milwaukee Ave., in South Milwaukee.
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Nov-16-2024
The 2025 Milwaukee County Budget includes two projects that will convert existing sections of roadway to mixed-use trail.
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Nov-13-2024
The 2025 Milwaukee County budget, which includes a 2.5% property tax levy increase, was approved on Wednesday.
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Nov-13-2024
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed the 2025 county budget Wednesday morning without issuing any vetoes.
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Nov-11-2024
A $134 million plan to renovate Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes just got a boost from county officials.
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Nov-09-2024
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is trying out new tactics for improving safety for drivers and riders.
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Nov-07-2024
In roughly half an hour, with no debate and quick votes, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $1.4 billion budget for 2025 on Thursday.
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Nov-07-2024
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors quickly, and unanimously, adopted a $1.4 billion budget for next year.
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Nov-07-2024
Milwaukee County officials have signaled their unanimous support for a proposed $133.4 million project to save the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory.
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Nov-07-2024
Back in September, advocacy group Friends of the Domes presented a plan to repair and subtly “reimagine” Milwaukee’s long-troubled Mitchell Park Domes.
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Nov-07-2024
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a budget amendment that provides key funding for a plan to save, renovate and expand the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Domes.
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Nov-07-2024
At a budget meeting Thursday, Nov. 7, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a budget amendment that would help provide financial support to the Mitchell Park Domes.
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Nov-06-2024
New hope could bloom for the Mitchell Park Domes if the Milwaukee County Board plants the seeds for a restoration project Thursday.
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Nov-06-2024
Wisconsin saw record in-person absentee voting across the state, and Milwaukee County election officials are urging people to keep turning up to vote on Election Day.
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