Shawn Rolland

Board Gets Messy With Vaccine Mandate

Board muddies county executive order with procedural issues, duplicative legislation.

Chairwoman Nicholson Proposal Would Create Paid Internships, a First for Board of Supervisors

Supervisors Praise Work of County Housing Division in Preventing Evictions

Leaders Celebrate New Mental Health Center

Huge gathering of officials for project lauded as momentous, exciting and historic.

County Board of Supervisors Congratulate Colectivo Workers on Successful Union Election

Colectivo workers voted to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 494 which will develop the group's first negotiated contract, pending the election’s certification by the National Labor Relations Board.

Supervisors Propose Vaccine Incentives and Requirement for all Milwaukee County Employees

Eighteen Milwaukee Local Elected Officials Endorse Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate

Anti-Panhandler Law Raises Controversy

Wauwatosa imposes fines of $25 to $500. Mayor, police department express misgivings.

Supervisor Rolland urges Wauwatosa Common Council to reject ordinance that would worsen homelessness and job insecurity

Proposed ordinance to “discourage panhandling” will actually create flashpoints between police and neighbors, and harm their ability to secure housing and jobs in the future

Milwaukee County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Task Force will launch on Aug. 12

Committee will kick off effort to seek community feedback and build recommendations to strategically allocate $183.6 million in federal funding

Sheriff Projects $3.9 Million Overtime Deficit

Sheriff blames understaffing. Finance Committee does not accept his report.

Rep. Brostoff Celebrates Passage of Milwaukee County Resolution in Support of Ending Qualified Immunity for Police

Board Approves Mental Health Crisis Team

Partnering sheriff's deputies and mental health professionals. But some supervisors opposed creating new Sheriff's Deputy positions.

Supervisor Clancy Demands Accountability, Decries Sheriff’s Office Power Grab

Tosa Mayor, Police Union At Odds

City officials at odds with union amid search for new police chief, calls for reforms.

Lake Park Bridge Needs $1 Million More

Cost now at least $3.4 million to repair historic footbridge designed by Olmsted.

Board Approves Overtime Oversight Policy

New policy will likely bring the sheriff's office before the board to explain overtime expenditures.

Sherman Park Could Get New Basketball Court

Dallas-based Nancy Lieberman Charities has offered to fund a "dream court."

Board’s Bike Trails Resolution Fails

A proposed ordinance change would have given the board final authority over major trail alterations.

Supervisors Clancy and Rolland Applaud Unanimous Recommendation of Overtime Accountability Ordinance

County Board Adopts Resolution Reducing Marijuana Possession Penalty

Reimagined County Board Health Committee Will Add a New Focus on Strategic Planning

Committee OK’s Funding for Emergency Mental Health Center

New crisis center is an important piece of the county's broader re-shuffling of psychiatric services.

Supervisors Denounce Violence and Discrimination Against Asian Americans

Judiciary Committee Approves Proposal to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalty

County Board Adopts Resolutions Celebrating Black Icons

Supervisors’ Statement on the Passing of Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron

Supervisors Denounce Anti-Democratic Coup Attempt in Washington D.C.

Board Adopts 2021 Budget

Tax levy increase of 0.59%, many amendments and delays to electric buses and hemp growing.

Committee Rejects Sheriff Cuts

But it also passed a widely supported increase in spending for services like housing and youth justice.

Supervisor Rolland calls for focus on creating jobs and driving racial wealth equity

Supervisor Rolland calls for Wauwatosa leaders and neighbors to come back to the table and talk

Supervisor Rolland calls for Wauwatosa’s Police and Fire Commission to meet next week and begin weighing independent investigator’s report

Sup. Rolland: “If there was ever a time for community leaders to act with urgency, this is the time.”

Law Enforcement, Protesters Play Cat-Mouse Game After Mensah Decision

March from Downtown to Mayfair Mall blocked repeatedly by National Guard, Sheriffs, Police.

Sup. Rolland Calls for Tosa to Come Together and Clean Up

Let’s come together tomorrow (Thursday) morning and clean up the broken glass along North Ave in #Wauwatosa. The @WauwatosaWI curfew ends at 6 am. Let’s start then. Bring a mask, gloves, broom, dust pan and some garbage bags. https://t.co/u3UWxtvX6W pic.twitter.com/k50xsreWI0 — Shawn Rolland (@shawnrolland) October 8, 2020

Milwaukee County Board unanimously approves strategic planning ordinance

New efforts compel longer-term thinking, goal-setting and performance-based reporting after 20 years with no strategic plan in place

Register of Deeds Israel Ramón Announces Early List of Endorsements

Elected officials from across Milwaukee County, state, support Ramón

Diverse Board of Supervisors United in Urgent Appeal for Federal Aid

Nicholson Elected County Board Chairwoman

Marcelia Nicholson beats Willie Johnson, Jr. out for leadership of the county board.

New Board Sworn In at a Parking Lot

Nicholson and Johnson, Jr. vying for leadership position of County Board Chairperson.

2020 Spring Election Results

Live City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County results for the April 7th Spring Election.

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Candidates

Only three of the 18 races are contested.

County Board Candidates

Only three of 18 races are contested.

MTEA Announces Endorsements in Milwaukee Spring Elections