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Posted by Staff | Aug 29, 2016 | Video |

Governor Walker announced his $4.5 Million plan to rebuild neighborhoods in Milwaukee at a press conference on August 26. This footage highlights some of his statements, along with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, as they talk about the city, county, and state efforts to create jobs and eliminate blight in Sherman Park and surrounding areas.

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Street name dedication recognizes historic Milwaukee ministry Posted by Lee Matz | Oct 23, 2017 | Featured | From a vacant lot full of drug needles, broken wine bottles, and rusty cans, to a thriving ...

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Capital campaign launched to restore Soldiers Home buildings to serve veterans Posted by Curated Content | Oct 23, 2017 | Curated | The buildings, including the iconic Old Main, will be returned to th...

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Lawsuit accuses Kohl’s of massive consumer fraud regarding Kohl’s Cash Posted by Syndicated | Oct 23, 2017 | Syndicated | Plenty of Kohl’s customers have been frustrated at the store’s pricing...

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Biologist Filipe Alberto awarded $2.8M grant for bioenergy kelp study Posted by Curated Content | Oct 22, 2017 | Curated | The project will create and maintain a kind of “seed stock” for breeding ...

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$5M donation to provide veterans with dentistry scholarships Posted by Curated Content | Oct 21, 2017 | Curated | Dr. Paul Andrews, a longstanding leader and 1974 School of Dentistry alumnus, pledged ...

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Little Free Library’s reading program to help bring “Kids, Community & Cops” together Posted by Curated Content | Oct 20, 2017 | Curated | Wisconsin-based Free Little Free Library to plans to do...

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Milwaukee makes formal proposal for Amazon’s second corporate HQ Posted by Staff | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured | As co-chairs of the Milwaukee 7 regional economic development organization, Milwaukee May...

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LEGO honors Women of NASA with mini-figure set of STEM professions Posted by Editor | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles | The LEGO Group presented the final design and launch date for the Women of NASA LEGO set...

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