Politics

• County Executive Abele Thanks Legislators for Increasing Child Support Funding

  May 22nd, 2013 by County Executive Chris Abele

  Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele applauds members of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee for putting money back into the budget to support Child Support funding across the state.

• Rep. Taylor statement on voucher petition drive

  May 22nd, 2013 by State Rep. Chris Taylor

  Democratic lawmakers delivered 16,809 petitions to Governor Scott Walker and state budget committee co-chairs.

• City pension changes projected to save more than $90 million

  May 21st, 2013 by Ald. Michael Murphy

  Pension changes approved today by the full Common Council will save the city approximately $93 million over the next 20 years, Alderman Michael J. Murphy said.

• Walker food stamp plan puts mean-spirited ideology before taxpayers, common sense

  May 21st, 2013 by Jon Richards

  Madison—Governor Scott Walker wants state taxpayers to pay an extra $16.7 million per year on his plan to take food off the tables of 31,350 low-income Wisconsinites.

• Supervisor David Bowen Resolution on Badgercare Funding Concerns

  May 20th, 2013 by State Rep. David Bowen

  Request for the State to accept Federal Healthcare Funds

• Being 44th in the nation in jobs is nothing to celebrate

  May 16th, 2013 by State Rep. Peter Barca

  Republicans should spend less time spinning troubling job and wage numbers, more time trying to put people back to work

• Supervisors’ Petition for New Board Chair Leadership Falls Short on Signatures

  May 16th, 2013 by Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

  Milwaukee County Board Supervisors Borkowski, Taylor, Alexander, Weishan and Schmitt today issued the following joint statement:

• Statement of Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic on Senate Passage of Assembly Bill 85
  May 14th, 2013 by Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic

  While we prefer local solutions, we appreciate the bipartisan Senate amendments that fix some concerns with the legislation.

• Supervisor Jason Haas Applauds Parks Committee Decision to Keep Paddleboat Vendor Local

  May 14th, 2013 by Sup. Jason Haas

  Milwaukee County Supervisor Jason Haas today applauded a move by the County Board Parks, Energy and Environment Committee to extend for one year a contract with a local vendor for paddleboats at Veterans Park.

• Common sense prevails on downtown streetcar project

  May 9th, 2013 by Ald. Bob Donovan

  Statement from Alderman Bob Donovan May 9, 2013

• Statement from Rep. Barca on new state revenue projections

  May 9th, 2013 by State Rep. Peter Barca

  Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) released the following statement today after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau released new revenue projections for the state:

• County Executive Abele Thanks Assembly for Passing Reform Bill

  May 8th, 2013 by County Executive Chris Abele

  Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele thanks the Wisconsin Assembly for approving the Milwaukee County reform bill.