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Joint Statement from All Members of the Common Council “The Wisconsin Supreme Court announcement of June 23, regarding the ruling lifting of the City of Milwaukee’s 78-year-old residency requirement for city employees, was deeply disappointing. As the Mayor said on the day of the ruling, the decision delivers a huge blow to home rule, in place for local governments in Wisconsin for more than 100 years, and in the case of the residency requirement in Milwaukee, for nearly 80 years. We know that Milwaukee is a bustling, vibrant and wonderful major league city, a city we are deeply proud...

Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering and College of Business Administration have joined Milwaukee-based manufacturer Rexnord to develop an immersive, four-week experience to give early career engineers business fundamentals. Regarding the decision made by the Compact Council today: The members of the Wisconsin Compact Implementation Coalition (CIC) appreciate the seriousness with which members of the Great Lakes Regional Body and Compact Council undertook their responsibility to review Waukesha’s diversion application. We especially appreciate how the Regional Body and Compact Council heeded the concern, echoed by tens of thousands of Great Lakes residents, that Waukesha’s inclusion of neighboring communities in...

On June 15, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin called for a renewed effort to close the “terror gap.” Last November, Senator Baldwin cosponsored the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 to give the Department of Justice authority to prevent a known or suspected terrorist from buying firearms or explosives, which would close this gap. The legislation was introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Representative Peter King (R-NY). “We must address a serious national security and public safety weakness and close this loophole that allows a known or suspected terrorist to swiftly pass a firearms or...

The kickoff event on Friday, July 8, 2016 features the sounds of Highness from 7 p.m to 9 p.m. followed by Poizon Ivy from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. with projections from the Video Villains. NEWaukee proudly announces a continued partnership with Penrod to provide unique employee engagement and increase talent acquisition opportunities through the Lunar Series. The weekly program hosted at the Milwaukee Athletic Club at 758 N. Broadway Street from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday nights starting July 8, 2016 running through September 2, 2016. Employee activations like the Lunar Series are not new to Penrod,...

Alderman Khalif J. Rainey is calling on Milwaukee fathers by the hundreds to attend a special news event on Friday, June 17 at Moody Park to make a commitment to helping end violence in Milwaukee. The event – set for 5:30 p.m. on Friday at Moody Park (at North 23rd and West Burleigh Streets in the 53206 ZIP code) – is part of 500 Fathers, a partnership initiative between Common Council President Ald. Ashanti Hamilton and Mayor Tom Barrett calling on Milwaukee fathers to stand united and commit to setting a positive tone and to helping put a stop...

The Common Council approved an ordinance designed to significantly reinforce the city’s ability to put unemployed or underemployed people to work, while also better ensuring economic opportunities for small and locally-owned businesses on June 14. Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II, chair of the Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee and the primary sponsor of the ordinance, said the measure will help put Milwaukee residents to work in a substantive way. “Economic opportunities are elusive for residents in too many neighborhoods across Milwaukee, and I am confident the ordinance approved today will benefit those who most need those opportunities and...