Milwaukee area community leaders, state legislators and County Supervisors expressed their strong opposition to AB 85, which would strip the Milwaukee County Board of its ability to govern effectively, prior to a public hearing on the bill in Madison on Wednesday. Rev. Willie Brisco, president of Milwaukee Inner City Churches Allied for Hope (MICAH) and [...]

Community calls on leaders to focus on real issues By Lynda Jones Opposition is growing against the plan to slash the pay, budget and ultimately the control of the Milwaukee County Board. Last week, the African American County Board Supervisors spoke against the plan exclusively with The Courier, and they were in full agreement that [...]

By Lynda L. Jones County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic did not mince words when she spoke out against state lawmakers taking interest in how the Milwaukee County Board should run and be paid. She says that County Executive Chris Abele’s inability to work well with the County Board led him to push for a measure [...]

Board approves three-year, shared services partnership with City of Milwaukee The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is proud to announce that it has approved a three-year agreement with the City of Milwaukee to have the city handle all emergency 911 calls placed in the city. The agreement between the municipalities, which sets a precedent for [...]

Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to host Oct. 29 hearing The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is proud to host the Annual Budget Public Hearing on Monday, October 29th in the Bradley Pavilion of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water Street in Milwaukee. Doors will open at 6 p.m.; the [...]

County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic and County Executive Chris Abele spent the two days this week meeting with candidates from the public and private sectors interested in serving on the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) District Board. Chairwoman Dimitrijevic released the following statement after nine individuals were appointed to serve on the MATC Board: “I [...]

Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic, Chair of the County Board Committee on Information Technology (Project TEAM), this week officially launched the County Legislative Information Center (CLIC), a new service that provides online access to all legislation within Milwaukee County. The event included a “paper cutting” ceremony with County Clerk Joe Czarnezki and Supervisors Nikiya Harris [...]

Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic was joined by County Supervisor Nikiya Harris and Jason Haas at a news conference this week to update the public on environmental and conservation achievements made possible through implementation of the “Green Print” legislation, which was authored by Supervisor Dimitrijevic and went into effect in 2007. At the event, the [...]

Resolution aims to bring campaign finance reports out of the Courthouse basement Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic has introduced legislation to modernize the way campaign finance reports are handled in Milwaukee County. The resolution, which will be considered by the Judiciary, Safety & General Services Committee later this month, calls on the Director of the [...]