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Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance announced the 2018 headliner lineup nationally, for this year’s music festival, on Billboard.com. From pop to hip hop, country to EDM, reggae to classic rock, the 2018 lineup stays true to Summerfest’s roots, offering something for every music fan. Featuring entertainment 12 hours a day for 11 days on 12 stages, with more than 800 acts, Summerfest continues to earn its reputation as The World’s Largest Music Festival. “Summerfest offers the most diverse lineup available anywhere and we could not be more excited to announce this incredible lineup for 2018. With everything from...

To mark its first decade and kick off the second, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute will host a special night at the Milwaukee Public Museum on April 26. The event will feature keynote speaker Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. To provide a local perspective on housing segregation in Milwaukee, historian Reggie Jackson, Head Griot of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, will be the special guest. In The Color of Law, Rothstein argues with exacting precision and fascinating insight how segregation in America — the incessant kind that continues...

Barrett Lo Visionary Development announced recently that Findorff was selected as the general contractor for the vertical construction of The Couture project, a transformative economic development on Milwaukee’s lakefront. The company had previously served as the general contractor for demolition and site prep and also partnered with Barrett Lo on The Moderne. “We’re excited to have completed site prep and be nearing the start of construction,” said Rick Barrett, founder and CEO of Barrett Lo Visionary Development. “Findorff has been a great partner for us and we look forward to working with them on the start of construction later...

Efforts to improve water quality throughout the Milwaukee basin moved forward with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of the Milwaukee River Basin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan. The approved TMDL plan aims to reduce phosphorus and other pollutants entering the Menomonee, Kinnickinnic and Milwaukee rivers as well as the Milwaukee Harbor Estuary. “The development phase of this project has spanned more than five years, building on the previous watershed work conducted in the basin and can now move toward implementation,” said Kevin Kirsch, a DNR water resources engineer, and manager of the project. The plan, which was approved...

Starting with the season home opener on April 2, the Brewers Line runs a direct route with 20 stops along Wisconsin Avenue and three entertainment districts to the MCTS transit area at Miller Park. The Brewers Line serves all home games and helps fans avoid traffic and parking hassles. Team MCTS spent the off-season making sure even more fans could get to Miller Park on the new and improved Brewers Line. “As the Brewers begin another exciting season, Milwaukee County and MCTS are happy to pitch in to help fans see every hit, home run and win,” said Milwaukee...

“We hope that the next session will feature a complete review of the criminal justice system, focused on ways to safely and responsibly reduce Wisconsin’s prison population.” – David Liners, executive director of WISDOM The Wisconsin Senate refused to pass Senate Bill 54 on March 20, which would have funded the controversial new facility. After an Assembly proposal to borrow $350 million for a new prison in Wisconsin touched off an intense reaction from a coalition of more than 50 organizations, led by the ACLU of Wisconsin and WISDOM, the project failed to win approval. “For years, state legislators...