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City Hall: Council Pushes Plan for $15/Hour Downtown Jobs
City Hall

Council Pushes Plan for $15/Hour Downtown Jobs

Would urge downtown businesses, developers to increase wages, worker protections.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Marquette Destroying Its Beer Can Dorm
Eyes on Milwaukee

Marquette Destroying Its Beer Can Dorm

University demolishing 52-year-old McCormick Hall on 16th and Wisconsin.

NEWaukeean of the Week: Sam Woods
NEWaukeean of the Week

Sam Woods

"People will fight for you here in ways I haven’t seen in other places."

Sponsored: Westown Welcomes The Squeezettes to River Rhythms, July 31
Sponsored

Westown Welcomes The Squeezettes to River Rhythms, July 31

Come polka with The Squeezettes at Pere Marquette Park tomorrow! Show starts at 6:30 p.m.

Eyes on Milwaukee: New Park, Harbor View Plaza Opens
Eyes on Milwaukee

New Park, Harbor View Plaza Opens

Meet the kid-friendly, $1.5 million park overlooking harbor at east end of Greenfield Avenue.

Have a Laugh at Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Have a Laugh at Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Urban Milwaukee members can get two tickets of their choice to this week's festival, while supplies last.

Lost Milwaukee: Thrills on the Wells Street Viaduct
Lost Milwaukee

Thrills on the Wells Street Viaduct

For 60 years streetcars rattled across the 2,085-foot-long bridge, 90 feet above the Menomonee River Valley.

Court Watch: 85% of County’s Pot Cases Arrest Blacks
Court Watch

85% of County’s Pot Cases Arrest Blacks

And 95% were men. Dane County arrests are even more disproportionate racially.

City Hall: Outside Firm Auditing City’s Lead Program
City Hall

Outside Firm Auditing City’s Lead Program

Expert hired by Comptroller doing audit council originally wanted done by May 2018.

GateHouse Deal Could Hurt Journal Sentinel

GateHouse Deal Could Hurt Journal Sentinel

GateHouse Media could take over Gannett, causing more cost cutting at JS, other papers.

The State of Politics: How Ryan “Sold His Soul” to Trump
The State of Politics

How Ryan “Sold His Soul” to Trump

New book details the tough choices Paul Ryan had to make as House Speaker.

GOP Could Bypass Evers, Gerrymander Again

GOP Could Bypass Evers, Gerrymander Again

Joint Resolution bill could prevent governor veto, gain second decade of gerrymandering.