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Business leader backs Milwaukee County government overhaul

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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 10:51 p.m.

Milwaukee businessman Sheldon Lubar still sees Milwaukee County as a hopeless case, a dysfunctional government that must be blown up to save it.Lubar repeated the mantra in a speech before the Rotary Club of Milwaukee Tuesday. His stance goes beyond an in-depth report on reforming county government that Lubar helped inspire.The study by the nonpartisan Public Policy Forum, to be released in late January, will analyze the problems the county faces in providing some key services, but won't

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Bus call center closure cuts 16 jobs

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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 1:43 p.m.

The Milwaukee County Transit System's customer service call center will close beginning Jan. 1, resulting in the loss of 16 jobs, because the service was eliminated in the new Milwaukee County budget ...

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Cut county programs? Even the preliminaries are a tough go

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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 11:27 p.m.

A study committee on Milwaukee County finances Monday nicked some raw nerves over the panel's eventual goal: determining whether some county programs are expendable.It was only the first meeting of the county's revived, nine-member Long-Range Strategic Plan Steering Committee, and getting to recommendations on whether to chop any services is months away. Still, a union-designated member of the group and another union official raised objections to the direction the committee appeared to be

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Milwaukee County Supervisor fights to save Hoan Bridge

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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
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Is there an effort underway by the city of Milwaukee to stall the re-decking of the Hoan Bridge? At last one County Supervisor says yes ...

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Breaking News: Jursik and Sinicki accuse city of seeking delay to Hoan Bridge repairs

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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 11:50 a.m.

Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik and State Rep. Christine Sinicki ...

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Future of farm, fish hatchery uncertain

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Published Nov. 29, 2009 at 11:59 p.m.

The Milwaukee County farm and fish hatchery survived another death threat this fall, though the program's long-term health remains in doubt.Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker proposed killing off the operation as an unaffordable frill in a stretched-tight 2010 budget, as he has done repeatedly since he took office seven years ago. Once again, the County Board overrode a Walker veto to save the program.But instead of running as an arm of the House of Correction in Franklin, as it has

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Milwaukee County cancels Dec. 4 furlough day

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Published Nov. 27, 2009 at 12:51 p.m.

Milwaukee County has cancelled a furlough day that had been scheduled for county workers next week.The news came Friday morning in a joint announcement from County Executive Scott Walker, County Board Chairman Lee Holloway and Finance and Audit Committee chair Elizabeth Coggs.A news release said they have found additional savings in health care that they believe will allow county staff to work and get paid for Dec. 4. An executive order signed by Walker indicated the announcement was made Friday

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County freezes admissions to drug and alcohol outpatient program

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Published Nov. 26, 2009 at 10:15 p.m.

Milwaukee County started putting anyone screened for outpatient drug or alcohol treatment on a waiting list this week, the result of a potential shortfall in federal aid."It's a crisis because addiction is a disease and these people can't get help when you're turning them away," said Rob Cherry, of the Milwaukee Addiction Treatment Initiative.However, John Chianelli, administrator of the county's Behavioral Health Division, said he hoped one large federal grant would be renewed late next year

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Milwaukee day care center faces investigation

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Published Nov. 25, 2009 at 6:39 p.m.

Authorities are investigating Bee's Day Care, 3750 N. 49th St., according to a search warrant returned this week in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.Agents from the state Department of Justice on Tuesday seized documents and computers, as well as a marijuana grinder containing suspected marijuana, from the Milwaukee day care center, according to the document.The statement of probable cause attached to the warrant indicates that authorities may be looking for evidence that the day care defrauded

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Sheriff Announces Road Safety Crackdown

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Published Nov. 25, 2009 at 12:56 p.m.

Citing a recent AAA survey showing 38 million Americans would travel by car this Thanksgiving, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announces a road safety crackdown beginning Wednesday ...

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