Bill giving Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele more power is dead
MADISON -- Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele's request for broad new powers is officially dead at the state Capitol for the rest of the year, FOX6 News has learned.The bill was scheduled for a Senate committee vote on Wednesday morning, but was yanked Tuesday night.
Abele's control of lakefront parking meters stripped out of Assembly, Senate bills
MILWAUKEE -- Days after they introduced a bill giving broad new powers to Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, four state lawmakers are seeking to strip out one portion of it.The lawmakers have filed amendments eliminating a provision that would’ve given Abele the ability to install parking meters in county parks and along the lakefront.
Proposed: New, modern state office building could be built in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- After a half century, it is time to go.
Milwaukee County officials reverse course on homeless shelter cuts after public outcry
MILWAUKEE -- A top Milwaukee County official on Monday, December 11th pledged to maintain homeless shelter funding at current levels, ending a showdown over a proposed $200,000 cut.County Executive Chris Abele had reduced the amount of several contracts with shelters after the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors mandated $15 million in countywide cuts in November without specifying what should be eliminated.
Abele pushes back against proposed ban on parking meters at Milwaukee's lakefront
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is pushing back against a proposed ban on paid parking meters along Milwaukee's lakefront.Abele this fall proposed generating $1.6 million in revenue by installing a paid parking system in county parks, and the County Board of Supervisors in November left the plan in the 2018 budget while forcing Abele to win the board's approval before implementing it.
"Devastating:" Homeless, advocates to speak out on $200K in cuts to shelters
MILWAUKEE -- Community activists and homeless families are set to speak out Monday morning, December 11th ahead of a Milwaukee County Board committee meeting.
Watch: MCTS bus driver honored for finding lost, cold 5-year-old boy
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) bus driver Karen Martinez-Casper is being recognized for finding a lost and cold 5-year-old boy.
Last tap: South Shore, Estabrook beer gardens to shut down for season after Sunday
MILWAUKEE -- You last opportunity to enjoy the South Shore Terrace Kitchen & Beer Garden and the Estabrook Beer Garden is this weekend.
Abele, Lipscomb spar over service cuts as public weighs in on wheel tax
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele's administration is proposing dramatic cuts in services if the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors won't agree to double the county's wheel tax to $60, a choice the board's chairman calls "absurd."Abele said Monday, October 30th that the cash-strapped county cannot pay for its current level of services without new revenue.
Milwaukee Co. Executive Chris Abele delivers address on his proposed 2018 budget
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele delivered an address on his proposed 2018 budget on Thursday morning, September 28th."In the six years I've been here, we have always inherited a large structural deficit we always have to close.
Remembering 9/11: Special ceremony held at Milwaukee War Memorial Center
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee and state leaders honored the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 with a special ceremony at the Milwaukee War Memorial Center on Monday, September 11th.
Milwaukee Co. Sheriff David Clarke resigns, says he will announce 'next steps' soon
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke abruptly resigned Thursday, August 31st without explaining his future plans.