JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Gov. Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett plan to hire a consultant to analyze Milwaukee Public Schools'...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... on the bench. They respect you and they love you.”The Bucks’ delegation, including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, departed Sunday morning and was scheduled to arrive in the southern city of Guangzhou this evening (around 6 a.m. today Milwaukee time). The trip marks the first visit outside the North American continent for the franchise, which did take part in exhibition games in Puerto Rico...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Aldermen, library board president clash over closures By LARRY SANDLERMilwaukee aldermen clashed sharply Friday with the president of the city’s Library Board over which libraries could be closed in the 2009 city budget.Mayor Tom Barrett’s budget says two of the 12 neighborhood libraries would be shut down if the Common Council doesn’t approve a 28% boost in the solid waste fee. But the budget...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... process." Additionally, 25 Aurora employees have volunteered, at the request of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, to serve as poll workers at voting sites in the City of Milwaukee on Nov. 4. Aurora Health Care is a not-for-profit Wisconsin health care provider and a national leader in efforts to improve the quality of health care. Aurora offers care at sites in more than 90 communities throughout...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Pieces of Eight site could become UWM facility By TOM DAYKINThe former Pieces of Eight restaurant site on downtown Milwaukee’s lakefront could be replaced by a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee facility that would showcase its new water technology program.Great Lakes A series of reports on acute problems plaguing Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes regionThe building also could house a new agency that...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... idle“If he wants to do something about transit, he needs to get into a room with (Milwaukee Mayor) Tom Barrett and talk about that $91.5 million,” she said. That federal transit money earmarked for Milwaukee has been stalled in Washington, D.C., because local officials have been unable to come to agreement on how it should be spent.Walker said he would work to persuade supervisors to rethink...
