FITZGERALD: QUICK ACTION UNLIKELY ON BOARD PAY REFERENDUM
An attempt to hold a referendum to slash the pay of Milwaukee County supervisors appears to be off the fast track.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
BOARD PLAN DOES MORE THAN CUT PAY, CRITICS SAY Critics of draft state legislation described as letting voters decide whether to slash pay and eliminate benefits for Milwaukee County supervisors claimed the measure would impose drastic changes.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel STATE ADDED 4,500 PRIVATE-SECTOR JOBS IN DECEMBER The Wisconsin economy flashed a positive signal Thursday even as it plods ahead in an excruciatingly slow recovery: As of last month, the unemployment rate registered a four-year low.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WEST ALLIS PROPOSES BAILOUT FOR TAX FINANCING DISTRICTS West Allis officials are proposing to use property tax revenue from an expiring tax incremental financing district to help bail out two other TIF districts that have been hurt by lagging development prospects.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelWEST ALLIS WANTS TO ADD TO TAX FINANCING DISTRICT
West Allis would provide $2 million to help add more parking spaces at Summit Place business park under a new city proposal.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelNORTHWESTERN MUTUAL OFFICE TOWER SUBSIDY GETS PRELIMINARY OKNorthwestern Mutual's approximately 30-story tower would replace a 16-story office building south of E. Mason and east of N. Cass streets on the company's downtown campus.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelNEW POWER LINE PROPOSED Pewaukee-based American Transmission Co. is proposing a roughly 25-mile power line in Walworth and Kenosha counties and has scheduled open houses this month to discuss potential locations.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelVIDEO: DAYKIN DISCUSSES MEQUON DEVELOPMENT Business reporter Tom Daykin talks about a proposal for multistory apartment buildings with street-level commercial space at the corner of Mequon and Cedarburg roads in Mequon.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel DEVELOPER PROPOSES SENIOR APARTMENTS AT PABST SITE A New York-based development firm hopes to begin construction in April on converting the former Pabst brewery malt house and adjacent grain warehouse into 127 apartments for seniors.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelMEIJER COULD ANCHOR RETAIL AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT AT DELPHI SITEA Meijer supermarket and discount store could anchor a retail and apartment development proposed for the former Delphi site in Oak Creek.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelDEVELOPER PROPOSES 78 CONDO UNITS IN CUDAHY A local developer is seeking city approval to build 78 new condominiums in Cudahy.
-Milwaukee Journal SentinelHEALTH CARE PROVIDER DROPS WEST ALLIS HEADQUARTERS PLAN
A proposal to develop a new West Allis headquarters for a nonprofit health care provider has been dropped. Development firm Tarantino Co. in February 2012 proposed four new buildings totaling 200,000 square feet, for 7.5 acres between W. Greenfield and W. National avenues, about a block west of S. 65th St. The vacant lot was once the site of the Pressed Steel Tank factory.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
