Dec-04-2018
The Milwaukee County Zoo is offering a full week of free admission for all visitors at the end of December. Frosty Free Week will be held Monday, Dec. 24 through Tuesday, Jan. 1.
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Nov-29-2018
Milwaukee County Sheriff-elect Earnell Lucas named on Thursday, Nov. 29 leaders to executive positions in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
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Nov-19-2018
The Milwaukee County Transit System‘s launch of a smartphone application has made it easier than ever to ride a bus. and thousands of riders are taking notice.
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Nov-14-2018
Milwaukee County is on a mission to find 100 permanent homes for the homeless in 45 days.
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Department
- County Executive
- Health & Human Services
Nov-02-2018
Milwaukee's long-delayed Couture apartment high-rise is getting some good news. The project has cleared a major hurdle in obtaining a key federal loan guarantee to finance its construction.
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Nov-01-2018
While you wait in line to board the train, use our guide to brush up on streetcar history and learn how the line could be extended.
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Oct-30-2018
County leaders to co-chair workgroup as it develops solutions to address a growing imbalance between the tax revenue sent to Madison by Milwaukee County and what the county receives back in state support for mandated services.
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Oct-29-2018
County partners with City of Milwaukee to offer free rides along the streetcar route so that riders don't have to wait in line to return to their original location. The Hop is having its 'Grand Hop-ening' Nov. 2 - 4.
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Oct-27-2018
Budget amendment would purchase four electric buses this year for MCTS.
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Oct-23-2018
Proposal includes relocating medical examiner's, emergency management offices to new facility.
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Oct-01-2018
County Board Chairman Theodore Lipscomb, Sr., is calling for a “Fair Deal” with the State of Wisconsin that addresses a growing imbalance in the tax revenue sent to Madison by Milwaukee County and what the county receives back in state support for mandated services.
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Sep-27-2018
In early 2021, for the first time in more than 100 years, Milwaukee County will no longer operate a hospital to provide care to people with severe mental illness.
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Department
- Health & Human Services
Sep-19-2018
Rick Barrett, the founder and chief executive officer of Barrett Lo Visionary Development, met with two members of the Milwaukee County Board last week following concerns they raised about how long The Couture project planned for downtown Milwaukee’s lakefront is taking to get going.
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Sep-07-2018
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is bringing some artwork to bus shelters. The last bus shelter art project of the year was unveiled on Thursday, Sept. 6.
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Sep-05-2018
Americans are facing an affordable housing crisis. In some cities, the main issues are availability and soaring housing prices. But in Milwaukee, the biggest issue seems to be income. While housing prices have steadily increased, wages have remained stagnant.
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Department
- Health & Human Services
Sep-05-2018
Eaton power management company has donated $120,000 to the Milwaukee County Zoo's Window to the Wild capital campaign, the Zoological Society of Milwaukee announced Tuesday morning.
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Sep-04-2018
Milwaukee County officials on Friday proposed a compromise on collecting $1.85 million worth of pension overpayments made by mistake to 262 retirees in recent years.
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Aug-30-2018
A Milwaukee County pension reform task force has recommended the possible elimination of 2% annual cost-of-living increases now added to thousands of retirees' pension payments at a cost of up to $20 million a year.
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Aug-29-2018
Milwaukee County Supervisor Dan Sebring, Vice Chairman of the Transportation, Public Works, and Transit Committee, has proposed a change to Milwaukee County’s Code of General Ordinances to establish a policy regarding fare evasion on County buses.
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Department
- Board of Supervisors
- Transportation
Aug-24-2018
Milwaukee County leaders on Thursday, Aug. 23 signed a resolution that expands the county's "free birth certificates" program.
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Department
- Board of Supervisors
- County Clerk
- County Executive
Aug-17-2018
The casino held a ceremonial lift Thursday morning of the highest steel beam in its second hotel tower. The new tower, which is directly connected to the first, now rises 19-stories and will contain 119 rooms when it opens in 2019.
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Aug-16-2018
For the eighth time in less than two years, a Milwaukee County bus driver has helped get a lost child home safely.
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Aug-13-2018
The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin-Southeast donated more than $20,000 to the Milwaukee County Zoo on Friday.
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Aug-08-2018
Milwaukee's Purple Heart recipients were recognized for their sacrifice on Tuesday, Aug. 7.
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Aug-07-2018
Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport is on pace for its largest yearly number of travelers in six years.
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