West Allis will decide this week whether to cut five police officer positions, while Franklin and New Berlin each will decide whether to fill two police officer positions and one firefighter position that are vacant ...
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Tuesday that regional cooperation between the city of Milwaukee and its suburbs is critical to drawing more jobs to southeastern Wisconsin ...
Ten suburban mayors and village presidents are formally objecting to Milwaukee's proposed 36% increase in water rates for suburban ratepayers, saying it would be unfair to force the suburbs to subsidize the city's general fund operations.A letter, filed Friday with the state Public Service Commission, was signed by the mayors of Wauwatosa, West Allis, New Berlin and Mequon; and the village presidents of Brown Deer, Greendale, Shorewood, Thiensville, Butler and Menomonee Falls.The PSC must
(414) 278-4033The amount of delinquent property taxes in Milwaukee County suburbs continued to rise in 2009, and reflects the effects of the continuing recession on Milwaukee County, according to ...
The parties feuding over the future of the Hoan Bridge met Wednesday in an invitation-only meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and reached one agreement: "Do no harm."Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik called that the theme of the day, after listening to top staff from the state Department of Transportation detail the deterioration of the bridge's road surface and the cost to repair the towering span over the Port of Milwaukee. The $240 million price tag
West Allis — The only full-time African-American firefighter in the Milwaukee County suburbs has passed his probation and is now a permanent member of the West Allis Fire Department.Mike Wright of Milwaukee had been hired in August 2008. His permanent appointment was approved last month by the city Police and Fire Commission.Wright was the only African-American among the more than 600 firefighters employed in the county's 18 suburbs when the Journal Sentinel did a survey in May ...
A water fight may be shaping up between Milwaukee and its neighbors, as the suburbs hash over a proposed 36% increase in what the city charges them to tap into Lake Michigan.The sheer size of the request has suburban leaders chafing. It is roughly nine times higher than a typical water rate increase, such as the 3.8% increase in Milwaukee's rates that took effect Tuesday.The suburbs also question using a 36% boost not only to support Milwaukee's water utility but to generate $3 million per year
Hales Corners — The Fire Department tonight will swear in a man who is believed to be the department's first African-American firefighter and who is one of very few African-American firefighters in the Milwaukee County suburbs ...