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MCTS offers free rides for activities with “Take Your Kid on the Bus Day”

Posted by Correspondent | Sep 21, 2018 |

Families across Milwaukee County can leave their cars, minivans, and SUVs at home on September 22, and step on the bus for the Milwaukee County Transit System’s “Take Your Kid on the Bus Day.” All children 11 and under ride for free on all MCTS routes that day. The special event also includes free stickers for young riders and deals and discounts at local attractions. “As adults we realize how important MCTS is to empowering people and strengthening our community but for children the bus is simply fun and exciting– that’s what Take Your Kid on the Bus Day...

Foxconn one year later: 8 lessons from the rushed legislation for massive subsidies

Posted by Wisconsin Budget Project | Sep 20, 2018 |

September 18 marked the one-year anniversary of the bill authorizing massive subsidies for a Foxconn plant in southeast Wisconsin. Although we still don’t know many specifics about the plant that will be built and the new jobs that will result, we have learned a lot in the last year, and the current picture is considerably different than what we had been led to believe a year ago. Here are eight significant things we have learned since the Governor pushed the huge subsidies through the legislature in great haste last year: 1) The plant will be very different from what...

New poll finds Wisconsin voters choose education over tax cuts

Posted by Wisconsin Budget Project | Sep 12, 2018 |

A new poll found that Wisconsin residents believe that excellent public schools are important to the state’s success, and are concerned that recent changes have harmed public schools. Cutting taxes ranks relatively low among voter concerns, the poll showed. Voters all across the state place a great deal of value on Wisconsin’s schools, with nearly half (49%) naming K-12 education as among the two most important issues facing the state, according to the August 2018 poll from Marquette University Law School. In contrast, only 13% of voters identified tax cuts as among the most important issues. When presented with...

Brady Street hosts a neighborhood experience for Harley-Davidson’s 115th

Posted by Lee Matz | Sep 3, 2018 |

As part of the Brady Street Experience announced by Alderman Nik Kovac, the iconic neighborhood thoroughfare was closed to car traffic from August 31 to September 1 to allow for “Bike-Only” parking in celebration of Harley-Davidson’s 115th Anniversary. From Van Buren Street to Farwell Avenue, along both sides of Brady Street, hundreds of Harley-Davidson motorcycles were parked engine to engine. Organized by the Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID #11), the event and entertainment was specifically geared to riding enthusiasts. Block parties began at mid-day on August 31, and continued up to the doorstep of Labor Day. The eight-block...

Developer begins process to evict U.S. Postal Service from Menomonee River location

Posted by Staff | Aug 30, 2018 |

A Chicago-based developer who purchased the 1.1 million square foot facility at 345 W. St. Paul Avenue in downtown Milwaukee three years ago recently announced via Twitter that he had filed an eviction notice against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Matt Garrison, managing principal of R2 Companies, stated in a five-part tweet stream on Twitter that USPS, which leases the four-story building until 2025, had not maintained the building in acceptable condition. “We have filed an eviction against our 1.1 million square foot tenant at 345 St. Paul, the Milwaukee Post Office. Under the lease, the USPS shall...

Search committee members evaluate Milwaukee for 2020 Democratic National Convention

Posted by Wisconsin Public Radio | Aug 30, 2018 |

As Milwaukee competes with Houston and Miami in bids to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the city’s ability to accommodate roughly 50,000 attendees will be examined by the search committee this week. Nearly all of the members of the DNC’s search committee for the 2020 convention are doing a site visit in Milwaukee this week where they’ll explore the city, its venues and meet with both community and business leaders. Wisconsin’s “purple state” status is also a factor, according to the head of the search committee. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett joined search committee members Tuesday at the new...