MKE County

• All Quiet on the Budget Front

  Nov 13th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  Board passes 2020 budget with no clashes with Abele and small change in spending.

• Proposal Lets County Workers Staff the Polls

  Nov 12th, 2019 by Isiah Holmes

  Board supports employees getting paid time off to work at polling sites.

• Lipscomb Will Run for County Exec

  Nov 12th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  County Board chair says troubled finances must be focus of next county executive.

• Transportation

  Bus Drivers Ready (Again) To Strike

  Nov 6th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  Transit union leader says negotiations with MCTS going nowhere, threatens strike.

• Safe Houses for Domestic Violence Victims Proposed

  Nov 4th, 2019 by Corri Hess

  87% of victims request housing help. Proposal budgets $100,000 for temporary housing.

• Revised Budget Saves More Transit

  Nov 1st, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  Board scrapes the barrel for funds to save bus routes, prevent various service cuts.

• Hemp Proposal Passed By Committee

  Oct 30th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  4-1 vote okays plan for high-end hemp operation in Mitchell Park greenhouse. Next comes full board.

• Board Adds Domes Funding to Budget

  Oct 29th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  Abele's budget had no funding. Board members embrace consultant's $60 million domes plan

• Officials Relocating Tent City Residents

  Oct 28th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  "Housing First" approach gets the homeless housing and then helps with other problems.

• High PFAS Levels Found at Airport

  Oct 24th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  State DNR orders airport to take immediate action to “halt and minimize” PFAS pollution.

• Transportation

  Could Federal Grant Revive the Jobline?

  Oct 23rd, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  Supervisors eager to recreate the shuttered bus service push to use federal grant.

• Transportation

  Bus Union Threatens Strike By October 25

  Oct 18th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer

  Demands new contract proposal by then. Transit officials say they will meet the deadline.