MKE County
Domes Task Force Recommends $66 Million Plan
Plan to radically alter the domes and Mitchell Park demands fast decision making.
Aug 14th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
Transit Negotiations Over, What’s Next?
MCTS makes its best and final offer. Union must accept it or go on strike.
Aug 13th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
MCTS Plans to Cut 16 Bus Routes
Most riders wouldn't be affected by cuts, driven by projected $5.9 million budget deficit.
Aug 13th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
County Wins Grant For Electric Buses
$1.7 million federal matching grant will help buy Battery Electric Buses.
Aug 2nd, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
Indigenous People’s Park Is Official
Renaming Columbus Park, created in 1956 on land original owned by the Potawatomi tribe.
Aug 1st, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
Sup. Alexander Wants More Public Input
County board, less than excited, votes to have the ordinance undergo a review.
Jul 25th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
Domes Proposal Requires Great Speed
Consultant's "Think Big" solution requires fast-paced applications for grants, tax credits.
Jul 24th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
County Proposal Replaces Youth Prison
Tells state it can renovate county Juvenile Justice Center to house children now in state prisons.
Jul 18th, 2019 by Corrinne Hess, Wisconsin Public Radio
Abele’s Power Over County Transit Targeted
Proposal gives county supervisors and employees more power over county bus system.
Jul 11th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
County May Have To Sell Parks
Report predicts county's growing structural deficit could mean selling parks to reduce costs.
Jul 2nd, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
The County’s Queen of Hemp
Why Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez is pushing so hard for county to grow hemp.
Jul 1st, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
County Jail is Bleeding Safety Officers
Pay low, conditions bad. In 2018 county hired 103 corrections officers and lost 110.
Jun 17th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
