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07/29/2024

Mayor Johnson wants more housing. Some Milwaukeeans say he's not listening to them

There's a racial overtone, with folks from mostly Black neighborhoods criticizing what they call a 'white-led' community group's support for the plan.

07/29/2024

Microsoft buys more land near Racine County data center development. Totals $27 million

Microsoft says it will spend $3.3 billion by 2026 to build the initial phase of its data center development. That's on just more than 1,000 acres.

07/26/2024

Downtown off-leash dog park to begin construction in August. Project to take four months

An August groundbreaking is planned. The dog park will be north of the future Foxtown Landing taproom, distillery and restaurant.

07/26/2024

New biotech $49 million hub could generate thousands of jobs, provide mobile cancer screening

Wisconsin's biotech hub could create thousands of jobs in support and service industries and improve cancer screening.

07/26/2024

RNC's impact less than expected at some restaurants. But hotels, other businesses did well

The mixed picture, emerging days after the RNC's July 18 end, comes from the interviews with Milwaukee business operators, as well as new hotel data.

07/25/2024

Sen. Tammy Baldwin introduces bill to limit disruptions caused by sudden hospital closures like HSHS shutdowns in Wisconsin

The bill comes four months after Hospital Sisters Health System permanently closed two hospitals in western Wisconsin, causing disruptions to care.

07/25/2024

Kohl's employees ordered to return to Menomonee Falls office, remote flexibility established during COVID ends

Kohl's' new policy ends flexible and remote work arrangements established during the pandemic.

07/25/2024

Hundreds of millions of dollars spent on delivering internet service yet large gaps remain

Hundreds of millions of dollars spent on delivering internet service yet large gaps remain.

07/25/2024

Milwaukee might help finance converting office towers to housing. That would be a new tactic

Owners of the largely empty 100 East office tower and the vacant former Marshall & Ilsley Bank building have had preliminary talks with city officials

07/25/2024

Wisconsin isn't building new housing fast enough, Policy Forum report finds

Milwaukee saw a construction slowdown in the years that followed the pandemic, despite strong demand from renters and homebuyers alike.

07/24/2024

Johnson Controls sells HVAC business for $8.1 billion

Johnson Controls sells HVAC business for $8.1 billion.

07/24/2024

A $700 million development could replace Marcus Center parking garage with 750 apartments, hotel

The Marcus project could include 750 residential units, 190,000 square feet of office space, 40,000 square feet of retail space and 300 hotel rooms.

07/24/2024

UWM's Kenilworth Building is seeing some exterior renovations. Here's what to know

That work is being done throughout the facade of the building− which actually is two connected buildings. It will go well into 2026.

07/24/2024

Milwaukee-area home sales fell in June. Shortage of available houses hurting first-time buyers

"There’s plenty of demand, just nothing to sell," said Mike Ruzicka, president of the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.

07/24/2024

Milwaukee might ramp up Airbnb rules. That could include requiring operators to live there

The new regulations would be a response to complaints about loud parties and other nuisance behavior linked to short-term rentals.

07/23/2024

UPAF in Milwaukee names Annemarie Scobey-Polacheck as its new president and CEO

Scobey-Polacheck comes to UPAF from Johnson Controls, where she was director of corporate philanthropy.

07/23/2024

At the Northwestern Mutual conference, many agents wore strings of colorful ribbons. What do they mean?

People always wear colorful, long ribbons during the Northwestern Mutual conference. We check in with some attendees to understand their significance.

07/23/2024

'Well needed bump in business': Northwestern Mutual annual meeting packs Third Ward

With the event taking place in the Historic Third Ward, that has given some businesses extra income to offset some of the losses from the convention.

07/22/2024

A group of light industrial buildings near Mitchell International Airport sells for $60 million

The buildings, known as Mitchell Industrial Park, are in Cudahy. It's the largest industrial real estate sale so far this year in Wisconsin

07/19/2024

Retail stores in Bayshore Mall experience disruption following global tech outage

Following a faulty update sent out to Microsoft users, industries worldwide experienced disruption. Retail stores in Bayshore Mall share their experience.

07/19/2024

MATC plans to operate a new athletic facility. It would be near Fiserv Forum

It would mainly serve MATC’s fitness and health programs, and athletics, including women’s basketball, men’s basketball and women’s volleyball teams

07/19/2024

Kalmbach Media sells Town of Brookfield property for $6.5 million to California company

Kalmbach Media sold its property in Brookfield to a California – based metal packaging company for $6.6 million.

07/18/2024

How a top Treasury official handles inflation: change to cheaper grocery store, hybrid car

The Journal Sentinel asked a key Treasury official the same questions local residents were asked about inflation.

07/18/2024

Area residents' views on inflation's impact: A mixed bag. 'I'm keeping my head down low.'

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters talked to some area residents to get their feelings about the economy.

07/18/2024

In Bronzeville, there's frustration, disappointment about lack of RNC business

The Historic King Drive Business Improvement District held a trolley tour to get attention.

07/17/2024

Famed Major Goolsby's sports bar becomes a 'cop bar' and event space during the RNC.

Although Goolsby's is surrounded by the 'hard' security zone, it can be accessed by those without credentials due to a quirk in the map.

07/17/2024

Downtown Milwaukee bars, restaurants report slow sales from the RNC. Business improving for some.

Business was lagging on the first day of the RNC for many downtown bars and restaurants. By Tuesday, business had picked up, but not for everyone.

07/17/2024

Milwaukee's Lake Drive begins a year-long rebuild Monday. That brings detours, new bike lanes

The $8.77 million project will run between East Newberry Boulevard, at Lake Park, to East Edgewood Avenue, Milwaukee's border with Shorewood.

07/16/2024

Farmers, factories, at the center of the immigration debate. Trump has vowed mass deportations.

Immigration is an issue employers in America's Dairyland want addressed in a sensible, non-threatening way as they've filled a large number of job vacancies with undocumented immigrant workers, often in rural areas where the local labor force has been shrinking for decades.

07/16/2024

AmFam Field's public owner will spend $500,000 on flood prevention linked to climate change

The anti-flooding improvements were requested by FM Global, which insures American Family Field. The flood risk comes from the nearby Menomonee River.

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